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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1937-11-12

Died: 1990-06-20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	The Black Orchid	Mary Valente	62
2	1960	From the Terrace	Natalie Benziger	66
3	1961	The Young Doctors	Cathy Hunt	56
4	1961	The Comancheros	Pilar Graile	66
5	1964	Act of Reprisal	Eleni	0
6	1964	The Patsy	Ellen Betz	62
7	1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Martha of Bethany	64
8	1967	Run Like a Thief	Mona Shannon	0
9	1969	Charro!	Tracey Winters	54
10	1969	The Lonely Profession	Karen Menardos	0
11	1969	The Desperate Mission	Otilla Ruiz	46
12	1970	The Projectionist	The Girl	56
13	1973	Call to Danger	Marla Hayes	0
14	1973	The Don Is Dead	Nella	60
15	1974	Panic on the 5:22	Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese	53
16	1977	Danger in Paradise	Marla Fears	0
17	1978	The Immigrants	Maria Cassala	20
18	1980	Galyon	Janet Davis	40
19	1980	The Children of An Lac	Ina Balin	60
20	1982	The Comeback Trail	Julie Thomas	50
21	1985	Hostage Flight	Rita	59
22	1986	Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter	Regine	10
23	1987	There Were Times, Dear	Marsha	0
24	1989	That's Adequate	Sister Mary Enquirer	32

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
2	1959	New York Confidential		0
3	1959	Bonanza	Sarah Reynolds	75
4	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Princess Sakindra	57
5	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Valerie Ware	75
6	1962	Stoney Burke		57
7	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
8	1963	The Lieutenant	Jan Everest	60
9	1964	12 O'Clock High	Mara Yellich	73
10	1965	Run for Your Life	Lisa Sorrow	72
11	1965	The Loner		57
12	1965	Get Smart	Ann Ferris	79
13	1967	Ironside		68
14	1967	Mannix		67
15	1967	Mannix	Andrea	67
16	1968	The Name of the Game	Thalia	68
17	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
18	1972	Search		69
19	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Penny	69
20	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Elaine Russo	69
21	1972	Cool Million	Nagway	50
22	1973	Barnaby Jones	Laura Beecher	69
23	1973	Barnaby Jones	Francesca Scarlotti	69
24	1973	Toma		78
25	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Cheryl Osborne	73
26	1974	Harry O		46
27	1975	The Invisible Man	Katrina Storoff	61
28	1975	Wonder Woman	Dr. Koren	70
29	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
30	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Stella Ross	75
31	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Dr. Maria Pinaera	75
32	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Irene	75
33	1978	Battlestar Galactica	Siress Tinia	71
34	1979	Hart to Hart		68
35	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Professor Martinez	73
36	1981	Code Red		55
37	1984	Airwolf	Ingrid Kendall	76
38	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Stella Gambini	75

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