Ina Balin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ina Balin (November 12, 1937 – June 20, 1990) was an American actress on Broadway and in film. Born as Ina Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, she first appeared on television on The Perry Como Show. She also did summer stock, which led to roles on Broadway, and in 1959, she won the "Theatre World Award" for her performance in the Broadway comedy, A Majority of One, starring Gertrude Berg and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. That same year, she landed her first film role in The Black Orchid, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. A year later, Balin was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress — Motion Picture for her performance opposite Paul Newman in From the Terrace. She also appeared in The Young Doctors. In 1961, she appeared as Pilar Graile in The Comancheros with John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. Co-starring with Jerry Lewis in the 1964 hit comedy The Patsy, Balin also had a secondary, but important part in 1965's The Greatest Story Ever Told. She co-starred with Elvis Presley in his 1969 film Charro! Balin guest-starred on dozens of television shows, including Bonanza, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Battlestar Galactica, Get Smart, Ironside, Quincy, M.E. and Magnum, P.I. She appeared with Joseph Cotten, Fernando Lamas and Dean Jagger in the 1969 made-for-television movie The Lonely Profession. In 1970, Balin toured Vietnam with the USO on the first of many trips to the war-torn region. She co-starred in the 1971 film The Projectionist, which marked the screen debut of Rodney Dangerfield. In 1975, she aided in the evacuation of orphans during the fall of Saigon; eventually, she adopted three of these orphaned children. In 1980, she played herself in a made-for-television movie based on these experiences, The Children of An Lac. While working on The Children of An Lac, she became acquainted with Christy Marx, who at the time worked as a producer's liaison for various television programs. According to Marx, she used Balin's story as a basis for a character in the animated show Jem when she later became a writer. The character of Ba Nee is based on Balin's adopted daughter, Ba-Nhi. Ba Nee's obsession with and struggle to find her birth father are the focus of several episodes of Jem. She co-starred in the comedy The Comeback Trail with the lead actor and director from The Projectionist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ina Balin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1989 · That's Adequate as Sister Mary Enquirer
- 1987 · There Were Times, Dear as Marsha
- 1986 · Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Regine
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Rita
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Stella Gambini
- 1984 · Airwolf as Ingrid Kendall
- 1982 · The Comeback Trail as Julie Thomas
- 1981 · Code Red as
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · The Children of An Lac as Ina Balin
- 1980 · Galyon as Janet Davis
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · The Immigrants as Maria Cassala
- 1978 · Battlestar Galactica as Siress Tinia
- 1977 · Danger in Paradise as Marla Fears
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Stella Ross
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Maria Pinaera
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Dr. Koren
- 1974 · Panic on the 5:22 as Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Cheryl Osborne
- 1973 · The Don Is Dead as Nella
- 1973 · Toma as
- 1973 · Call to Danger as
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Laura Beecher
- 1972 · Cool Million as Nagway
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Penny
- 1972 · Search as
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · The Projectionist as The Girl
- 1969 · The Desperate Mission as Otilla Ruiz
- 1969 · The Lonely Profession as Karen Menardos
- 1969 · Charro! as Tracey Winters
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Thalia
- 1967 · Run Like a Thief as Mona Shannon
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · Mannix as Andrea
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1965 · Get Smart as Ann Ferris
- 1965 · The Loner as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Lisa Sorrow
- 1965 · The Greatest Story Ever Told as Martha of Bethany
- 1964 · The Patsy as Ellen Betz
- 1964 · Act of Reprisal as Eleni
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as Jan Everest
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1961 · The Comancheros as Pilar Graile
- 1961 · The Dick Van Dyke Show as Valerie Ware
- 1961 · The Young Doctors as Cathy Hunt
- 1960 · From the Terrace as Natalie Benziger
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Princess Sakindra
- 1959 · Bonanza as Sarah Reynolds
- 1959 · The Black Orchid as Mary Valente
- 1959 · New York Confidential as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter