Ina Balin

Ina Balin (November 12, 1937–June 20, 1990) was an American actress on Broadway and in film.

Born Ina Rosenberg in Brooklyn, New York City, Balin first appeared on television in the 1950s Perry Como Show. She also did summer stock, which led to roles on Broadway. In 1959, she landed her first film role in The Black Orchid, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. A year later, Balin won a Golden Globe award.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, she starred alongside many Hollywood notables, including Jerry Lewis, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Elvis Presley, Max von Sydow, John Wayne, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward. She also guest starred on dozens of television shows, including Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica, and Magnum, P.I..

In 1970, Balin toured Vietnam with the USO on the first of many trips to the war-torn region. In 1975, she aided in the evacuation of orphans during the fall of Saigon; eventually, she adopted three of these orphaned children.

Balin passed away in New Haven, Connecticut, from pulmonary hypertension brought on by coronary heart disease.