Ina Balin was an American stage, film, and television actress.
16 Facts About Ina Balin
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Ina Balin's father, Sam Rosenberg, was a dancer, singer and comedian who worked in the Borscht Belt.
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Ina Balin later quit show business to join his family's furrier business.
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Ina Balin's mother was a Hungarian-born professional dancer who escaped a troubled family life by marrying at age 15.
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Ina Balin graduated from high school at age 15 after having spent five years at a boarding school in Pennsylvania.
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Ina Balin first appeared on television on The Perry Como Show.
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Ina Balin appeared with Joseph Cotten, Fernando Lamas and Dean Jagger in the 1969 made-for-television movie The Lonely Profession.
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Ina Balin did summer stock, which led to roles on Broadway.
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Ina Balin first starred on Broadway in Compulsion, portraying Ruth.
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In 1959, Ina Balin landed her first film role in The Black Orchid.
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Ina Balin was Paul Newman's love interest in the 1960 screen adaptation of From the Terrace.
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Co-starring with Jerry Lewis in the 1964 hit comedy The Patsy, Ina Balin had a secondary part in 1965's The Greatest Story Ever Told.
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Ina Balin co-starred in the 1982 comedy The Comeback Trail, and she appeared in The Young Doctors, the 1961 hospital drama with Ben Gazzara, and Fredric March.
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In 1959, Ina Balin won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the Broadway comedy A Majority of One.
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In 1966, Ina Balin toured Vietnam with the USO on the first of many trips to the war-torn region.
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Ina Balin had been at the hospital seeking a lung transplant.