Belinda Balaski

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Belinda Balaski
Born (1947-12-08) December 8, 1947 (age 77)
Inglewood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1974–present
Father Lester Balaski [1]

Belinda Balaski (born December 8, 1947) 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 , Gremlins 2: The New Batch , 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]

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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
1974 Black Eye Mary
1976 Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Essie Beaumont
The Food of the Gods Rita
Cannonball Maryann
1978Till DeathAnne Ryan
Piranha Betsy
1979Up YoursHelen
1981 The Howling Terry Fisher
1984 Gremlins Mrs. Joe Harris
1985 Explorers Voice
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon Bernice PitnikSegments: Critics' Corner and Roast Your Loved One
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Movie Theatre Mom
1993 Matinee Stan's Mom
1997 American Perfekt Rita
1998 Small Soldiers Neighbor
2001The Vampire Hunters ClubVampire MotherShort
2018 Nightmare Cinema Nadia

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 The F.B.I. Sue1 Episode, The Two Million Dollar Hit
1974 The Cowboys Obie Graff1 Episode, Requiem for a Lost Son
1974LocustsJanet WillimerTV movie
1974 ABC Afterschool Specials Cindy Britton1 Episode, Runaways
1975 ABC's Wide World of Entertainment Beckie1 Episode, The Werewolf of Woodstock
1975 Baretta Nicole1 Episode, Ragtime Billy Peaches
1975 S.W.A.T. Judy Collins1 Episode, A Coven of Killers
1975Force FiveGingerTV movie
1975 Death Scream Jenny StormTV movie
1977 Starsky and Hutch M.E. Ginny Simpson1 Episode, The Velvet Jungle
1977 The Fantastic Journey Arla1 Episode, An Act of Love
1977 Having Babies II AnnTV movie
1978 Charlie's Angels Sue Kantrelle1 Episode, Angels on the Run
1979 How the West Was Won Missy1 Episode, The Innocent
1979 Vega$ Lucille1 Episode, The Visitor
1979Mrs. R's DaughterLynn HollisterTV movie
1983 The A-Team Jimmy's Mother1 Episode, Labor Pains
1984Anatomy of an IllnessTV movie
1984 ABC Weekend Specials Margaret Landry1 Episode, Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost
1985 Matt Houston Lois1 Episode, Death Watch
1985 Hunter Judy1 Episode, Fire Man
1986 Simon & Simon Darlene Cooper1 Episode, Family Forecast
1986 ABC Afterschool Specials Anna1 Episode, Are You My Mother?
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Helen Green1 Episode, My Dissident Mom
1987 Deadly Care TerryTV movie
1987Proud MenNellTV movie
1988 Our House Mrs. Caulder1 Episode, Artful Dodging
1988 Santa Barbara Joan Stiller1 Episode, Episode #1.956
1989 Falcon Crest Dr. Stephanie Ambrose3 episodes
1990 Father Dowling Mysteries Scrub Nurse1 Episode, The Medical Mystery
1991 - 1992 Eerie, Indiana Mother / Winifred Swanson2 episodes
1992 FBI: The Untold Stories 1 Episode, Operation Lemonade
1992 Reasonable Doubts Phyllis Cleary1 Episode, Mercury in Retrograde
1992 - 1996 Baywatch Cleo Jennings / Worried Mother2 episodes
1994 Runaway Daughters Mrs. NicholsonTV movie
1996 Seduced by Madness:The Diane Borchardt Story PrincipalTV mini-series
1997 The Second Civil War Graphic DesignerTV movie
1998 The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy Barterer's WifeTV movie, aka The Osiris Chronicles

References

  1. ↑ Belinda Balaski bio Retrieved May 13, 2020
  2. ↑ Hollywood.com Staff (3 February 2015). "Belinda Balaski | Biography and Filmography | 1947". Hollywood.com.


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