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Rebecca Balding(1948-2022)

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Rebecca Balding and Steve Doubet in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
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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.
BornSeptember 21, 1948
DiedJuly 18, 2022(73)
BornSeptember 21, 1948
DiedJuly 18, 2022(73)
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Rebecca Balding
Rebecca Balding in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding and Steve Doubet in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding and Steve Doubet in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Juli Andelman, Rebecca Balding, Steve Doubet, and Avery Schreiber in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Juli Andelman and Rebecca Balding in Hiljaisuuden huuto (1979)
Rebecca Balding, Diane Cary, James McEachin, George Maharis, and Lindsay Wagner in The Bionic Woman (1976)
Billy Crystal, Rebecca Balding, and Eugene Roche in Kupla (1977)

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Texas palaa yöllä (1982)
Texas palaa yöllä
4.7
  • Doris Ann
  • 1982
Billy Crystal, Katherine Helmond, Roscoe Lee Browne, Cathryn Damon, Jay Johnson, Robert Mandan, Richard Mulligan, and Arthur Peterson in Kupla (1977)
Kupla
8.2
TV Series
  • Carol David
Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, and Shannen Doherty in Siskoni on noita (1998)
Siskoni on noita
7.2
TV Series
  • Elise Rothman
  • Aunt Jackie
Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills 90210 (1990)
Beverly Hills 90210
6.5
TV Series
  • Jill Abernathy

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  • Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, and Shannen Doherty in Siskoni on noita (1998)
    Siskoni on noita
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Elise Rothman
    • Aunt Jackie
    • 1998–2006
  • Yesterday's Dreams (2005)
    Yesterday's Dreams
    7.2
    • Mrs. Woodward
    • 2005
  • George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in Teho-osasto (1994)
    Teho-osasto
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Ms. Garvey
    • 2000
  • Lemmenlaiva - uudet tuulet (1998)
    Lemmenlaiva - uudet tuulet
    4.6
    TV Series
    • Ms. Leigh
    • 1999
  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Gwen Chandler (segment "Bon Voyage")
    • 1998
  • Melrose Place (1992)
    Melrose Place
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Nora Larner
    • 1998
  • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills 90210 (1990)
    Beverly Hills 90210
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Jill Abernathy
    • 1997
  • Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, Barry Watson, David Gallagher, Catherine Hicks, Mackenzie Rosman, and Happy in Seitsemäs taivas (1996)
    Seitsemäs taivas
    5.2
    TV Series
    • Ellen Jackson
    • 1996
  • University Hospital (1995)
    University Hospital
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Nancy Reynolds
    • 1995
  • Tim Allen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Zachery Ty Bryan, Earl Hindman, and Taran Noah Smith in Koti kuntoon (1991)
    Koti kuntoon
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Leslie Morrison
    • 1993
  • George Clooney, Al Fann, Lee Horsley, and Kate McNeil in Bodies of Evidence (1992)
    Bodies of Evidence
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Karen Turner
    • 1992
  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    Designing Women
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Melinda
    • 1990
  • Paradise (1988)
    Paradise
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Mary McBride
    • 1989–1990
  • Corinne Bohrer, Alyson Hannigan, Edan Gross, Franc Luz, and Paul Scherrer in Free Spirit (1989)
    Free Spirit
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Meg Snyder
    • 1990
  • Robert Guillaume and Wendy Phillips in The Robert Guillaume Show (1989)
    The Robert Guillaume Show
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Jenny
    • 1989

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  • Born
    • September 21, 1948
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
  • Died
    • July 18, 2022
    • Park City, Utah, USA(ovarian cancer)
  • Spouse
    • James L. ConwayFebruary 15, 1981 - July 18, 2022 (her death, 2 children)
  • Relatives
    • Caroline Williams(Cousin)
  • Other works
    She acted in the play, "Angel Street," at the Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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    Attended the University of Kansas.

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