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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

64

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-11-12

Day of Death

1990-06-20 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Ίνα Μπάλιν

Ίνα Ρόζενμπεργκ

Ina Rosenberg

Ina Balin

Biography

​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

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as

Martha of Bethany

The Comancheros

1961

The Comancheros

as

Pilar Graile

The Patsy

1964

The Patsy

as

Ellen Betz

The Projectionist

1970

The Projectionist

as

The Girl

From the Terrace

1960

From the Terrace

as

Natalie Benziger

Charro!

1969

Charro!

as

Tracey Winters

The Don Is Dead

1973

The Don Is Dead

as

Nella

Galyon

1980

Galyon

as

Janet Davis

Panic on the 5:22

1974

Panic on the 5:22

as

Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese

That's Adequate

1989

That's Adequate

as

Sister Mary Enquirer

The Young Doctors

1961

The Young Doctors

as

Cathy Hunt

Act of Reprisal

1964

Act of Reprisal

as

Eleni

Danger in Paradise

1977

Danger in Paradise

as

Marla Fears

The Desperate Mission

1969

The Desperate Mission

as

Otilla Ruiz

The Immigrants

1978

The Immigrants

as

Maria Cassala

Hostage Flight

1985

Hostage Flight

as

Rita

The Children of An Lac

1980

The Children of An Lac

as

Ina Balin

Call to Danger

1973

Call to Danger

as

Marla Hayes

Run Like a Thief

1967

Run Like a Thief

as

Mona Shannon

The Black Orchid

1959

The Black Orchid

as

Mary Valente

The Lonely Profession

1969

The Lonely Profession

as

Karen Menardos

The Comeback Trail

1982

The Comeback Trail

as

Julie Thomas

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

as

Professor Martinez

Airwolf

Airwolf

as

Ingrid Kendall

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

as

Dr. Koren

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

as

Lisa Sorrow

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

as

Princess Sakindra

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Stella Gambini

Get Smart

Get Smart

as

Ann Ferris

Bonanza

Bonanza

as

Sarah Reynolds

The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant

as

Jan Everest

Mannix

Mannix

as

Andrea

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

as

Stella Ross

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

as

Laura Beecher

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

as

Siress Tinia

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

as

Dr. Maria Pinaera

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Presenter

Cool Million

Cool Million

as

Nagway

12 O'Clock High

12 O'Clock High

as

Mara Yellich

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

as

Katrina Storoff

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

as

Francesca Scarlotti

Production

Crew

Directing