Ladies Of Character Character Actresses
Belinda Balaski
The Howling/ Terry Fisher
Gremlins/ Mrs. Joe Harris
Piranha/ Betsy
Food Of The Gods/ Rita
Belinda Balaski is an American actress who has appeared in films and on television.
She was born in 1947 at Inglewood, CA.
Ms. Balaski first began acting at the age of five and earned drama scholarships for drama up through her college years.
She has worked well with director Joe Dante and has appeared in most of Dante's films including important parts in both Piranha and The Howling.
Some of the film roles of Belinda Balaski were:
Black Eye (1974) as Mary
Locusts (1974-TV) as Janet Willimer
Force Five (1975-TV) as Ginger
Death Scream (1975-TV) as Jenny Storm
Bobbie Jo And The Outlaw (1976) as Essie Beaumont
The Food Of The Gods (1976) as Rita
Cannonball (1976) as Maryann
Having Babies II (1977-TV) as Ann
Till Death (1978) as Ann Ryan
Piranha (1978) as Betsy
How The West Was Won (1979-TV Miniseries) as Missy
Mrs. R's Daughter (1979-TV) as Lynn Hollister
Up Yours (1979) as Helen
The Howling ((1981) as Terry Fisher
Gremlins (1984) as Mrs. Joe Harris
Deadly Care (1987) as Terry
Amazon Women On The Moon (1987) as Bernice Pitnik
Proud Men (1987) as Nell
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Movie Theater Mom
Matinee (1993) as Stan's Mom
Seduced By Madness: The Diane Burchardt Story (1996-TV Mini Series) as The Principal
The Second Civil War (1997-TV) as Graphic Designer
American Perfekt (1997) as Rita
The Warlord: Battle For The Galaxy (1998-TV) as Barterer's Wife
Small Soldiers (1998) as Neighbor
Ms. Balaski has been very active on television appearing in such programs as The FBI, The Cowboys, The Wide World Of Mystery, Baretta, S.W.A.T., Starsky And Hutch, The Fantastic Journey, Charlie's Angels, Vegas$, The A Team, Matt Houston, Hunter, ABC Afterschool Specials, Our House, Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest, Father Dowling Mysteries, FBI: The Untold Stories, Rebel Highway and Baywatch among others.
She won an Emmy Award for starring in The Best Afterschool Specials - The Runaways.
She also is a stage actress as well. Her theater background has earned her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award as well as two Robbies and has acted on the stage with such actors as Don Knotts, Nick Nolte, Charlton Heston and Cloris Leachman.
Ms. Balaski has created BB's Acting School For Kids which teaches kids and teenagers in theatrical, commercial workshops. You can check it out on Facebook.
In addition to acting and teaching, she is also a writer, painter and photographer.
I particularly enjoyed this actress in the films The Howling, Piranha, Food Of The Gods, Billie Joe And The Outlaw and Gremlins.
Louie The Movie Buff
Her film and television career started in 1974 with her television debut in the TV series The FBI and her film debut was in 1973 in the film Black Eye.