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Ina Balin

Ina Balin

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 12, 1937
Died Jun 20, 1990 (52)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 B ... roadway, 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.

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That's Adequate

That's Adequate

1989

as Sister Mary Enquirer

There Were Times, Dear

There Were Times, Dear

1987

as Marsha

Hostage Flight

Hostage Flight

1985

as Rita

The Comeback Trail

The Comeback Trail

1982

as Julie Thomas

The Children of An Lac

The Children of An Lac

1980

as Ina Balin

Galyon

Galyon

1980

as Janet Davis

The Immigrants

The Immigrants

1978

as Maria Cassala

Danger in Paradise

Danger in Paradise

1977

as Marla Fears

Panic on the 5:22

Panic on the 5:22

1974

as Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese

The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973

as Nella

The Projectionist

The Projectionist

1970

as The Girl

Charro!

Charro!

1969

as Tracey Winters

The Lonely Profession

The Lonely Profession

1969

as Karen Menardos

The Desperate Mission

The Desperate Mission

1969

as Otilla Ruiz

Run Like a Thief

Run Like a Thief

1967

as Mona Shannon

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

as Martha of Bethany

Act of Reprisal

Act of Reprisal

1964

as Eleni

The Patsy

The Patsy

1964

as Ellen Betz

The Comancheros

The Comancheros

1961

as Pilar Graile

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors

1961

as Cathy Hunt

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

1960

as Natalie Benziger

The Black Orchid

The Black Orchid

1959

as Mary Valente

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The Children of An Lac

The Children of An Lac

1980

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Television Credits

Magnum, P.I.

as Professor Martinez

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1980

Run for Your Life

as Lisa Sorrow

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

Mannix

as Andrea

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Airwolf

as Ingrid Kendall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1984

Wonder Woman

as Dr. Koren

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1975

Adventures in Paradise

as Princess Sakindra

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Murder, She Wrote

as Stella Gambini

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Cheryl Osborne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1974

The Name of the Game

as Thalia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Get Smart

as Ann Ferris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Bonanza

as Sarah Reynolds

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Lieutenant

as Jan Everest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1963

The Streets of San Francisco

as Penny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1972

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Valerie Ware

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

Quincy, M.E.

as Stella Ross

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Barnaby Jones

as Laura Beecher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1973

Battlestar Galactica

as Siress Tinia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1978

Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Maria Pinaera

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Cool Million

as Nagway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 28, 1972

Quincy, M.E.

as Irene

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

12 O'Clock High

as Mara Yellich

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1964

Quincy, M.E.

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

The Streets of San Francisco

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

Mannix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Hart to Hart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1979

Ironside

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Harry O

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1974

Search

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

The Loner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Toma

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 21, 1973

New York Confidential

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1959

Stoney Burke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Code Red

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1981

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

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