- Author of the book, "The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco and Six Intimate Friends ". She was a bridesmaid at the princess' wedding.
- Mother, with husband Jay Kanter of Amy Kanter and Victoria Kanter. Jay Kanter was agent to Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando.
- Daughter of Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures from 1936-64. Sister of Burt Balaban. Niece of Elmer Balaban. Cousin of Bob Balaban.
- She appeared in the Showtime documentary 'Becoming Cary Grant'.
- Her brothers were American jazz tubist and sousaphonist, Leonard "Red" Balaban and American film producer and director Burt Balaban.
- Balaban was a friend of Grace Kelly, through her marriage to Jay Kanter, and served as a bridesmaid in her wedding to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, in April 1956.
- She shared an LSD experience with Cary Grant. In a 2010 piece for Vanity Fair that she and Judy Beauchamp co-wrote, Balaban described using LSD (then legal) as a form of therapy in the early 1960s when her good friends Cary Grant and his third wife, Betsy Drake, were using it, too.
- Balaban wrote the book "The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly and Six Intimate Friends".
- Balaban dated Montgomery Clift and Merv Griffin.
- Balaban was a champion for civil rights, serving on the board of directors for the ACLU of Southern California for decades.
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