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person_profile-Ina Balin

Ina Balin Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ina Balin

Date of Birth:

Nov 12, 1937

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 20, 1990

Biography of

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.

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Ina Balin

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Filmography of

Ina Balin

Found 23 Movies in total

That's Adequate

Sister Mary Enquirer ( Actor )

... 1989

There Were Times, Dear

Marsha ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1986

Hostage Flight

Rita ( Actor )

... 1985

The Comeback Trail

Julie Thomas ( Actor )

... 1982

The Children of An Lac

Ina Balin ( Actor )

Story

... 1980

Galyon

Janet Davis ( Actor )

... 1980

The Immigrants

Maria Cassala ( Actor )

... 1978

Danger in Paradise

Marla Fears ( Actor )

... 1977

Panic on the 5:22

Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese ( Actor )

... 1974

The Don Is Dead

Nella ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1973

The Projectionist

The Girl ( Actor )

... 1970

The Desperate Mission

Otilla Ruiz ( Actor )

... 1969

The Lonely Profession

Karen Menardos ( Actor )

... 1969

Charro!

Tracey Winters ( Actor )

... 1969

Run Like a Thief

Mona Shannon ( Actor )

... 1967

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Martha of Bethany ( Actor )

... 1965

The Patsy

Ellen Betz ( Actor )

... 1964

The Comancheros

Pilar Graile ( Actor )

... 1961

The Young Doctors

Cathy Hunt ( Actor )

... 1961

From the Terrace

Natalie Benziger ( Actor )

... 1960

The Black Orchid

Mary Valente ( Actor )

... 1959