Ina Balin (November 12, 1937 – June 20, 1990) was an American actress on Broadway and in film.
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| 1 | Ina was the daughter of Betty Friedman and Sam Rosenberg, who divorced when she was 9 years old. |
| 2 | Appeared in many Westerns. |
| 3 | Often played the hero's girlfriend/love interest. |
| 4 | Appeared in many westerns. |
| 5 | Sister-in-law of Rochelle Balin. |
| 6 | Sister of actor Richard Balin. |
| 7 | Aunt to producer/director/writer Melissa Balin and film editor Brandon Balin. |
| 8 | Ina lost two big roles to Natalie Wood in her early career. She lost the title role in Marjorie Morningstar (1958) and was tested for and seriously considered for the part of Maria in West Side Story (1961). |
| 9 | All three of the orphans Ina adopted appeared in the TV film The Children of An Lac (1980). |
| 10 | Ina was about 15 years old when she was hired to play the Virgin Mary in Perry Como's nativity scene on his Christmas TV show, which she did for a couple of years. |
| 11 | The oldest of Ina's children, Ngyuet, who is part Black and Vietnamese, has three children -- one of them is named Ina. |
| 12 | Was a student of Lonny Chapman and Curt Conway in an off-shoot of the Actors Studio. It was later taken over by Milton Katselas, Allan Miller and John Lehne. |
| 13 | Has two stepbrothers, David Balin and Richard Rosenthal, and one stepsister Arline Kronengold. Richard was a top Wall Street executive until his death after crashing his private Beechcraft airplane. Flying from Syracuse, New York to Washington D.C., Richard was able to guide the malfunctioning plane into a sparsely-populated area that probably saved many people's lives. He was the only casualty. The Richard G. Rosenthal Jewish Community Center of Northern Westchester was created in his honor by the family. |
| 14 | Her father, Sam Rosenberg, was once a song-and-dance performer who worked the Borscht Belt with Danny Kaye. Sam's parents were prominent furriers and threatened to cut him off if he didn't leave show business. He left and was became very successful in the fur business in his own right. |
| 15 | Stepfather was Harold Balin, a shoe magnate. He adopted Ina and her brother, Richard Balin. |
| 16 | Once while traveling in Madrid, she witnessed a car accident in which a car had overturned. With a sheer rush of adrenalin, the petite actress managed to get to the motorist first and turn the car right side by herself, freeing the man, by the time a crowd formed and applauded her efforts. |
| 17 | Was also a published photographer and was the co-owner of the Balin-Traube Art Gallery in New York, which operated on East 74th Street for three years in the early 1960's. |
| 18 | In the TV-movie The Children of An Lac (1980), Shirley Jones starred as real-life Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale, who along with Ms. Balin, rescued 219 orphans right before the fall of Saigon. While Balin adopted three children, Betty and husband Patrick adopted 5 Vietnamese girls from An Lac and continued to raise funds for An Lac from their home base in Ft. Benning and Columbus, Georgia. |
| 19 | She adopted 3 Vietnamese girls in 1976: Nguyet Baty, Ba-Nhi Mai and Kim Thuy. |
| 20 | Helped evacuate hundreds of Vietnamese orphans at the end of the Vietnam War. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Call to Danger | 1973 | TV Movie | Marla Hayes |
| Cool Million | 1972 | TV Series | Nagway |
| Search | 1972 | TV Series | Alexia Trepov |
| Alias Smith and Jones | 1971 | TV Series | Margaret Carruthers |
| The Projectionist | 1971 | The Girl |
| The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Thalia |
| The Desperate Mission | 1969 | TV Movie | Otilia Ruiz |
| The Lonely Profession | 1969 | TV Movie | Karen Menardos |
| Charro! | 1969 | Tracey Winters |
| The F.B.I. | 1969 | TV Series | Katina Elyti |
| It Takes a Thief | 1968 | TV Series | Dina |
| Run for Your Life | 1965-1968 | TV Series | Lisa Sorrow |
| Get Smart | 1967 | TV Series | Ann Ferris |
| Run Like a Thief | 1967 | Mona Shannon |
| The Loner | 1966 | TV Series | Trina Lopez |
| 12 O'Clock High | 1965 | TV Series | Mara Yellich |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1965 | TV Series | Valerie Ware |
| Bonanza | 1965 | TV Series | Sarah Reynolds |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1965 | TV Series | Litchka |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | 1965 | Martha of Bethany |
| Act of Reprisal | 1964 | Eleni |
| Mr. Kingston | 1964 | TV Movie |
| The Patsy | 1964 | Ellen Betz |
| The Defenders | 1964 | TV Series | Rita Micharde |
| The Lieutenant | 1963 | TV Series | Jan Everest |
| Stoney Burke | 1962 | TV Series | Sutton Meade |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1962 | TV Series | Drusilla |
| Adventures in Paradise | 1962 | TV Series | Princess Sakindra |
| Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage | 1961 | TV Movie | Regan |
| The Comancheros | 1961 | Pilar Graile |
| The Young Doctors | 1961 | Cathy Hunt |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1960 | TV Series |
| From the Terrace | 1960 | Natalie Benzinger |
| New York Confidential | 1959 | TV Series | Elva Dean |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1958 | TV Series | Haydée |
| The Black Orchid | 1958 | Mary Valente |
| Kraft Theatre | 1958 | TV Series |
| As the World Turns | 1956 | TV Series | Rosalind Hatchley (1986) |
| That's Adequate | 1989 | Sister Mary Enquirer |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1988 | TV Series | Stella Gambini |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1981-1986 | TV Series | Lila / Professor Martinez |
| Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter | 1986 | Regine |
| Hostage Flight | 1985 | TV Movie | Rita |
| There Were Times, Dear | 1985 | TV Movie | Marsha |
| Airwolf | 1984 | TV Series | Ingrid Kendall |
| Quincy M.E. | 1977-1982 | TV Series | Dr. Lorraine Linderman / Jeannina Dixon / Dr. Maria Pinaera / ... |
| The Comeback Trail | 1982 | Julie Thomas |
| Hart to Hart | 1982 | TV Series | Jae Turner |
| Code Red | 1981 | TV Series |
| The Children of An Lac | 1980 | TV Movie | Ina Balin |
| Galyon | 1980 | Janet Davis |
| Eischied | 1979 | TV Series |
| Wonder Woman | 1979 | TV Series | Dr. Koren |
| Battlestar Galactica | 1979 | TV Series | Siress Tinia |
| Barnaby Jones | 1975-1978 | TV Series | Francesca Scarlotti / Laura Beecher |
| The Immigrants | 1978 | TV Movie | Maria Cassala |
| Danger in Paradise | 1977 | TV Movie | Marla Fears |
| Westside Medical | 1977 | TV Series | Jean |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | 1976 | TV Series | Cheryl Osborne |
| The Invisible Man | 1976 | TV Series | Katrina Storoff |
| The Blue Knight | 1976 | TV Series | Gwen Foster |
| The Ghost Busters | 1975 | TV Series | Morgan Le Fay |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Penny / Elaine Russo |
| Harry O | 1975 | TV Series | Sylvia Perrault |
| Ironside | 1975 | TV Series | Eleanor Fredericks |
| Panic on the 5:22 | 1974 | TV Movie | Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese |
| Toma | 1974 | TV Series |
| Police Story | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Martha Coleman / Martha LaFreida |
| Mannix | 1971-1974 | TV Series | Andrea / Julia Stefan / Lisa Ralph |
| The Don Is Dead | 1973 | Nella |
