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Magnum, P.I.
1980
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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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Gender
Female
Birthday
November 12, 1937
Died
June 20, 1990
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
From the Terrace
1960
Run Like a Thief
1967
The Comeback Trail
1982
The Comancheros
1961
Danger in Paradise
1977
Call to Danger
1973
The Black Orchid
1959
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Act of Reprisal
1964
Hostage Flight
1985
The Projectionist
1970
Charro!
1969
The Don Is Dead
1973
There Were Times, Dear
1987
That's Adequate
1989
The Patsy
1964
Galyon
1980
The Children of An Lac
1980
The Young Doctors
1961
The Lonely Profession
1969
+ 4 more movies
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Bonanza
1959
Tony Awards
1956
Mannix
1967
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Airwolf
1984
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Hart to Hart
1979
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Get Smart
1965
The Name of the Game
1968
Barnaby Jones
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973
+ 18 more TV shows