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Belinda Balaski
Birth Date:8 December 1947
Birth Place:Inglewood, California, U.S.
Yearsactive:1974–present
Occupation:Actress
Father:Lester Balaski[1]

Belinda Balaski (born December 8, 1947, in Inglewood, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Terri Fisher in Joe Dante's The Howling (1981), and has appeared in most of Dante's other films, including Piranha, Gremlins, , Matinee and Small Soldiers, as well as two segments that Dante directed for Amazon Women on the Moon. She also co-starred in The Food of the Gods and Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, both featuring Marjoe Gortner, and in Cannonball! as a navigator in a cross-country car race.[2]

Among many TV show appearances, she performed in two Baywatch episodes: Sharks Cove, 1992 Season 2 as a worried mother and Sail Away, 1996 Season 6 as Cleo Jennings.

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Black EyeMary
1976Bobbie Jo and the OutlawEssie Beaumont
1976The Food of the GodsRita
1976CannonballMaryann
1978Till DeathAnne Ryan
1978PiranhaBetsy
1979Up YoursHelen
1981The HowlingTerry Fisher
1984GremlinsMrs. Joe Harris
1985ExplorersVoice
1987Amazon Women on the MoonBernice Pitnik Segments: Critics' Corner and Roast Your Loved One
1990Movie Theatre Mom
1993MatineeStan's Mom
1997American PerfektRita
1998Small SoldiersNeighbor
2001The Vampire Hunters ClubVampire MotherShort
2018Nightmare CinemaNadia

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974The F.B.I.Sue1 Episode, The Two Million Dollar Hit
1974The CowboysObie Graff 1 Episode, Requiem for a Lost Son
1974LocustsJanet Willimer TV movie
1974ABC Afterschool SpecialsCindy Britton 1 Episode, Runaways
1975ABC's Wide World of EntertainmentBeckie1 Episode, The Werewolf of Woodstock
1975BarettaNicole1 Episode, Ragtime Billy Peaches
1975S.W.A.T.Judy Collins 1 Episode, A Coven of Killers
1975Force FiveGinger TV movie
1975Death ScreamJenny Storm TV movie
1977Starsky and HutchM.E. Ginny Simpson 1 Episode, The Velvet Jungle
1977The Fantastic JourneyArla 1 Episode, An Act of Love
1977Having Babies IIAnn TV movie
1978Charlie's AngelsSue Kantrelle 1 Episode, Angels on the Run
1979How the West Was WonMissy1 Episode, The Innocent
1979Vega$Lucille 1 Episode, The Visitor
1979Mrs. R's DaughterLynn Hollister TV movie
1983The A-TeamJimmy's Mother 1 Episode, Labor Pains
1984Anatomy of an IllnessTV movie
1984ABC Weekend SpecialsMargaret Landry 1 Episode, Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost
1985Matt HoustonLois1 Episode, Death Watch
1985HunterJudy 1 Episode, Fire Man
1986Simon & SimonDarlene Cooper 1 Episode, Family Forecast
1986ABC Afterschool SpecialsAnna1 Episode, Are You My Mother?
1987CBS Schoolbreak SpecialHelen Green1 Episode, My Dissident Mom
1987Deadly CareTerry TV movie
1987Proud MenNell TV movie
1988Our HouseMrs. Caulder 1 Episode, Artful Dodging
1988Santa BarbaraJoan Stiller 1 Episode, Episode #1.956
1989Falcon CrestDr. Stephanie Ambrose3 episodes
1990Father Dowling MysteriesScrub Nurse 1 Episode, The Medical Mystery
1991 - 1992Eerie, IndianaMother / Winifred Swanson 2 episodes
19921 Episode, Operation Lemonade
1992Reasonable DoubtsPhyllis Cleary 1 Episode, Mercury in Retrograde
1992 - 1996BaywatchCleo Jennings / Worried Mother 2 episodes
1994Runaway DaughtersMrs. Nicholson TV movie
1996Seduced by Madness:The Diane Borchardt StoryPrincipal TV mini-series
1997The Second Civil WarGraphic Designer TV movie
1998Barterer's Wife TV movie

Notes and References

  1. http://www.belindabalaski.com/bio.html Belinda Balaski bio
  2. Web site: Staff. Hollywood.com. Belinda Balaski Biography and Filmography 1947. Hollywood.com. 3 February 2015.