Rebecca Balding(1948-2022)
- Actress
Cute, perky, and engaging brunette actress Rebecca Balding was born on September 21, 1948, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The sweet, comely, and spirited Balding first began acting on television in the mid 1970s. She
played an eager-beaver cub reporter on three episodes of
Lou Grant (1977). She achieved
her greatest and most enduring popularity as Carol David, the young lady who becomes a surrogate mother for gay Jodie Dallas' (Billy Crystal child on comedy program Kupla (1977). She portrayed David Naughton's receptionist
girlfriend in the sitcom Makin' It (1979). Balding tackled two substantial starring roles in a couple of hugely enjoyable early 1980s horror pictures: She was the endearingly spunky college student heroine of the superior slasher winner Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979) and an equally likable damsel in distress in the immensely entertaining creature feature The Boogens (1981). Alas, her fright film scream queen phase proved to be sadly fleeting.
She racked up an impressively large volume of guest spot credits on numerous TV shows: Among the television programs she's appeared in are Teho-osasto (1994), Melrose Place (1992), Beverly Hills 90210 (1990), Koti kuntoon (1991), Ihmemies MacGyver (1985), Our House (1986), Perhe on paras (1982), Trapper John, M.D. (1979), Hotel (1983), Matt Houston (1982), Gimme a Break! (1981), The Insiders (1985), Cagney & Lacey (1981), The Fisher Family (1952), I'm a Big Girl Now (1980), Supertrain (1979), Barnaby Jones (1973), The Bionic Woman (1976), and Starsky and Hutch (1975). She gave a touching performance as Edward Asner's estranged dejected daughter in the made-for-TV drama gem The Gathering (1977) and its lesser, more mawkish sequel, The Gathering, Part II (1979).
Late in her career, she popped up in a steady recurring part as Phoebe (Alyssa Milano)'s boss Elise Rothman on Siskoni on noita (1998). She was married to producer James L. Conway from 1981 until her death at 73 in 2022. She was also survived by two daughters.
She racked up an impressively large volume of guest spot credits on numerous TV shows: Among the television programs she's appeared in are Teho-osasto (1994), Melrose Place (1992), Beverly Hills 90210 (1990), Koti kuntoon (1991), Ihmemies MacGyver (1985), Our House (1986), Perhe on paras (1982), Trapper John, M.D. (1979), Hotel (1983), Matt Houston (1982), Gimme a Break! (1981), The Insiders (1985), Cagney & Lacey (1981), The Fisher Family (1952), I'm a Big Girl Now (1980), Supertrain (1979), Barnaby Jones (1973), The Bionic Woman (1976), and Starsky and Hutch (1975). She gave a touching performance as Edward Asner's estranged dejected daughter in the made-for-TV drama gem The Gathering (1977) and its lesser, more mawkish sequel, The Gathering, Part II (1979).
Late in her career, she popped up in a steady recurring part as Phoebe (Alyssa Milano)'s boss Elise Rothman on Siskoni on noita (1998). She was married to producer James L. Conway from 1981 until her death at 73 in 2022. She was also survived by two daughters.
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