Ina Balin
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Also Known As
Ina Rosenberg
Birth Place
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born
November 12, 1937
Died
June 20, 1990
Cause of Death
Complications Due To Chronic Lung Disease
Biography
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Attractive dark-haired former model who appeared in "The Black Orchid" (1959), "From the Terrace" (1960) and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965). Balin may be best remembered for starring as herself in the autobiographical TV movie "The Children of An Lac" (1980), about her dramatic rescue efforts to help 217 Vietnamese orphans flee Saigon as it fell in 1975, followed by her adoption, ...
Biography
Attractive dark-haired former model who appeared in "The Black Orchid" (1959), "From the Terrace" (1960) and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965). Balin may be best remembered for starring as herself in the autobiographical TV movie "The Children of An Lac" (1980), about her dramatic rescue efforts to help 217 Vietnamese orphans flee Saigon as it fell in 1975, followed by her adoption, as a single mother, of three girls from An Lac. Also an art dealer (in the early 1960s) and a published photographer.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
That's Adequate
(1989)
Vasectomy, a Delicate Matter
(1986)
Regine
Hostage Flight
(1985)
The Children of An Lac
(1980)
Herself
Danger in Paradise
(1977)
Marla Fears
Panic on the 5:22
(1974)
Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese
Call to Danger
(1973)
Marla Hayes
The Police Story
(1973)
The Don Is Dead
(1973)
The Comeback Trail
(1972)
The Projectionist
(1971)
The girl/The scientist's daughter
The Desperate Mission
(1971)
Otilia
Charro!
(1969)
Tracy
Run Like a Thief
(1967)
Mona Shannon
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Martha of Bethany
The Patsy
(1964)
Ellen Betz
The Comancheros
(1961)
Pilar
The Young Doctors
(1961)
Cathy Hunt
From the Terrace
(1960)
Natalie Benziger
The Black Orchid
(1959)
Mary Valente
Writer (Feature Film)
The Children of An Lac
(1980)
Story By
The Children of An Lac
(1980)
From Story
Producer (Feature Film)
The Children of An Lac
(1980)
Associate Producer
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
The Children of An Lac
(1980)
Other
Cast (Special)
There Were Times, Dear
(1987)
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1958)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
The Immigrants
(1978)
Life Events
1957
Broadway debut in "Compulsion"
1959
Screen acting debut in "The Black Orchid"
1969
First visited the An Lac orphanage in while on an entertainment tour of Vietnam
1980
First credit as associate producer, "The Children of An Lac" (also star and story)
1989
Last film, "That's Adequate"
Videos
Movie Clip
Trailer
Family
Kim Thuy Balin
Daughter
Born c. 1975; adopted by Balin as an infant from Vietnam.
Ba-Nhi Mai Balin
Daughter
Born c. 1975; adopted by Balin as an infant from Vietnam.
Nguyet Balin
Daughter
Part-black, part-Vietnamese-Chinese adopted as a teenager by Balin.
