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'''Belinda Balaski''' (born December 8, 1947; [[Inglewood, California]]) is an [[United States|American]] actress. She is perhaps best known for her large supporting role in [[Joe Dante]]'s ''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]'' (1981), and has continued to appear in most of Dante's films including an important role in "Piranha" and cameos in "Gremlins", "Gremlins 2", "Matinee", and ''[[Small Soldiers]]''. She co-stars in "Food of the Gods" and "Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw" both featuring [[Marjoe Gortner]], and in [[Roger Corman]]'s "Cannonball!" (directed by [[Paul Bartel]]) she plays navigator to [[Robert Carradine]] in a cross-country car race.
'''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 (film)|The Howling]]'' (1981), and has appeared in most of Dante's other films, including ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'', ''[[Gremlins (film)|Gremlins]]'', ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'', ''[[Matinee (1993 film)|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 (film)|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Staff|first1=Hollywood.com|title=Belinda Balaski {{!}} Biography and Filmography {{!}} 1947|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/belinda-balaski-57966414/|website=Hollywood.com|date=3 February 2015}}</ref>


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.
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==

* ''[[Cannonball (film)|Cannonball]]'' (1977)
===Movies===
* ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'' (1978)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* ''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]'' (1981)
|-
* ''[[Gremlins]]'' (1984)
! Year
* ''[[Terror in the Aisles]]'' (1984)
! Title
* ''[[Amazon Women on the Moon]]'' (1987)
! Role
* ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'' (1990)
! class="unsortable" | Notes
* ''[[Matinee (1993 film)|Matinee]]'' (1993)
|-
* ''[[Small Soldiers]]'' (1998)
| 1974
| ''[[Black Eye (film)|Black Eye]]''
|Mary
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw]]''
|Essie Beaumont
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Food of the Gods (film)|The Food of the Gods]]''
|Rita
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Cannonball (film)|Cannonball]]''
|Maryann
|
|-
| 1978
| ''Till Death''
|Anne Ryan
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]''
|Betsy
|
|-
| 1979
| ''Up Yours''
|Helen
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]''
|Terry Fisher
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Gremlins]]''
|Mrs. Joe Harris
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Explorers (film)|Explorers]]''
| Voice
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Amazon Women on the Moon]]''
|Bernice Pitnik
|Segments: ''Critics' Corner'' and ''Roast Your Loved One''
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]''
|Movie Theatre Mom
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Matinee (1993 film)|Matinee]]''
|Stan's Mom
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[American Perfekt]]''
|Rita
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Small Soldiers]]''
|Neighbor
|
|-
| 2001
| ''The Vampire Hunters Club''
|Vampire Mother
| Short
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Nightmare Cinema]]''
|Nadia
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]''
| Sue
| 1 Episode, ''The Two Million Dollar Hit''
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Cowboys (TV series)|The Cowboys]]''
| Obie Graff
| 1 Episode, ''Requiem for a Lost Son''
|-
| 1974
| ''Locusts''
| Janet Willimer
| TV movie
|-
| 1974
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]''
| Cindy Britton
| 1 Episode, ''Runaways''
|-
| 1975
| ''[[ABC's Wide World of Entertainment]]''
| Beckie
| 1 Episode, ''The Werewolf of Woodstock''
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Baretta]]''
| Nicole
| 1 Episode, ''Ragtime Billy Peaches''
|-
| 1975
| ''[[S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series)|S.W.A.T.]]''
| Judy Collins
| 1 Episode, ''A Coven of Killers''
|-
| 1975
| ''Force Five''
| Ginger
| TV movie
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Death Scream]]''
| Jenny Storm
| TV movie
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Starsky and Hutch]]''
| M.E. Ginny Simpson
| 1 Episode, ''The Velvet Jungle''
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Fantastic Journey]]''
| Arla
| 1 Episode, ''An Act of Love''
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Julie Farr, M.D.|Having Babies II]]''
| Ann
| TV movie
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
| Sue Kantrelle
| 1 Episode, ''Angels on the Run''
|-
| 1979
| ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]''
| Missy
| 1 Episode, ''The Innocent''
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Vega$]]''
| Lucille
| 1 Episode, ''The Visitor''
|-
| 1979
| ''Mrs. R's Daughter''
| Lynn Hollister
| TV movie
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The A-Team]]''
| Jimmy's Mother
| 1 Episode, ''Labor Pains''
|-
| 1984
| ''Anatomy of an Illness''
|
| TV movie
|-
| 1984
| ''[[ABC Weekend Specials]]''
| Margaret Landry
| 1 Episode, ''Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost''
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Matt Houston]]''
| Lois
| 1 Episode, ''Death Watch''
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]''
| Judy
| 1 Episode, ''Fire Man''
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''
| Darlene Cooper
| 1 Episode, ''Family Forecast''
|-
| 1986
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]''
| Anna
| 1 Episode, ''Are You My Mother?''
|-
| 1987
| ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special]]''
| Helen Green
| 1 Episode, ''My Dissident Mom''
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Deadly Care (film)|Deadly Care]]''
| Terry
| TV movie
|-
| 1987
| ''Proud Men''
| Nell
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Our House (1986 TV series)|Our House]]''
| Mrs. Caulder
| 1 Episode, ''Artful Dodging''
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
| Joan Stiller
| 1 Episode, ''Episode #1.956''
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Falcon Crest]]''
| Dr. Stephanie Ambrose
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]''
| Scrub Nurse
| 1 Episode, ''The Medical Mystery''
|-
| 1991 - 1992
| ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]''
| Mother / Winifred Swanson
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[FBI: The Untold Stories]]''
|
| 1 Episode, ''Operation Lemonade''
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Reasonable Doubts]]''
| Phyllis Cleary
| 1 Episode, ''Mercury in Retrograde''
|-
| 1992 - 1996
| ''[[Baywatch]]''
| Cleo Jennings / Worried Mother
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Runaway Daughters (1994 film)|Runaway Daughters]]''
| Mrs. Nicholson
| TV movie
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Seduced by Madness|Seduced by Madness:The Diane Borchardt Story]]''
| Principal
| TV mini-series
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Second Civil War]]''
| Graphic Designer
| TV movie
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy]]''
| Barterer's Wife
| TV movie
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.belindabalaski.com Belinda Balaski Official site]
*{{official website|url=http://www.belindabalaski.com}}

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Revision as of 05:46, 11 January 2024

Belinda Balaski
Born (1947-12-08) December 8, 1947 (age 76)
Inglewood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1974–present
FatherLester 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, 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]

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

Year Title Role Notes
1974 Black Eye Mary
1976 Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Essie Beaumont
1976 The Food of the Gods Rita
1976 Cannonball Maryann
1978 Till Death Anne Ryan
1978 Piranha Betsy
1979 Up Yours Helen
1981 The Howling Terry Fisher
1984 Gremlins Mrs. Joe Harris
1985 Explorers Voice
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon Bernice Pitnik Segments: 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
2001 The Vampire Hunters Club Vampire Mother Short
2018 Nightmare Cinema Nadia

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1974 The F.B.I. Sue 1 Episode, The Two Million Dollar Hit
1974 The Cowboys Obie Graff 1 Episode, Requiem for a Lost Son
1974 Locusts Janet Willimer TV movie
1974 ABC Afterschool Specials Cindy Britton 1 Episode, Runaways
1975 ABC's Wide World of Entertainment Beckie 1 Episode, The Werewolf of Woodstock
1975 Baretta Nicole 1 Episode, Ragtime Billy Peaches
1975 S.W.A.T. Judy Collins 1 Episode, A Coven of Killers
1975 Force Five Ginger TV movie
1975 Death Scream Jenny Storm TV movie
1977 Starsky and Hutch M.E. Ginny Simpson 1 Episode, The Velvet Jungle
1977 The Fantastic Journey Arla 1 Episode, An Act of Love
1977 Having Babies II Ann TV movie
1978 Charlie's Angels Sue Kantrelle 1 Episode, Angels on the Run
1979 How the West Was Won Missy 1 Episode, The Innocent
1979 Vega$ Lucille 1 Episode, The Visitor
1979 Mrs. R's Daughter Lynn Hollister TV movie
1983 The A-Team Jimmy's Mother 1 Episode, Labor Pains
1984 Anatomy of an Illness TV movie
1984 ABC Weekend Specials Margaret Landry 1 Episode, Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost
1985 Matt Houston Lois 1 Episode, Death Watch
1985 Hunter Judy 1 Episode, Fire Man
1986 Simon & Simon Darlene Cooper 1 Episode, Family Forecast
1986 ABC Afterschool Specials Anna 1 Episode, Are You My Mother?
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Helen Green 1 Episode, My Dissident Mom
1987 Deadly Care Terry TV movie
1987 Proud Men Nell TV movie
1988 Our House Mrs. Caulder 1 Episode, Artful Dodging
1988 Santa Barbara Joan Stiller 1 Episode, Episode #1.956
1989 Falcon Crest Dr. Stephanie Ambrose 3 episodes
1990 Father Dowling Mysteries Scrub Nurse 1 Episode, The Medical Mystery
1991 - 1992 Eerie, Indiana Mother / Winifred Swanson 2 episodes
1992 FBI: The Untold Stories 1 Episode, Operation Lemonade
1992 Reasonable Doubts Phyllis Cleary 1 Episode, Mercury in Retrograde
1992 - 1996 Baywatch Cleo Jennings / Worried Mother 2 episodes
1994 Runaway Daughters Mrs. Nicholson TV movie
1996 Seduced by Madness:The Diane Borchardt Story Principal TV mini-series
1997 The Second Civil War Graphic Designer TV movie
1998 The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy Barterer's Wife TV movie

References

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


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