  Consider a holomorphic vector bundle $L\to X$ and an open cover ${\frak
U}=\{U_a\colon a\in A\}$ of $X$, parametrized by a complex manifold $A$. We
prove that the sheaf cohomology groups $H^q(X,L)$ can be computed from the
complex $C^{\bullet}_{\text{hol}}$ $({\frak U},L)$ of cochains $(f_{a_0\ldots
a_q})_{a_0,\ldots, a_q\in A}$ that depend holomorphically on the $a_j$,
provided $S=\{(a,x)\in A\times X\colon x\in U_a\}$ is a Stein open subset of
$A\times X$. The result is proved in the setting of Banach manifolds, and is
applied to study representations on cohomology groups induced by a holomorphic
action of a complex reductive Lie group on $L$.
