Rebecca Balding

Born: 1948-09-21

Rebecca Balding (September 21, 1948 – July 18, 2022) was an American actress best known for her appearances on Soap and Charmed. Balding was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended the University of Kansas. She had the role of Carol David, mother of Jodie Dallas' child, on Soap, appearing in 19 episodes from 1978 through 1980. Balding played Corky Crandall in 1979 in the sitcom Makin' It, as well as the original female reporter Carla Mardigian during the first three episodes of the inaugural 1977 season of the drama series Lou Grant, starring Ed Asner, before that character was written out for a different female reporter. That same year, she again appeared with Asner, playing his daughter Julie, in the classic Christmas TV film, The Gathering. Also in 1977, Balding played Amy Franklin in Deadly Game, a movie that starred Andy Griffith and James Cromwell. In 1980 she starred in the pilot of the sitcom Mr. and Mrs. and Mr., that was never progressed as a series. In 1996, she made a guest appearance on 7th Heaven as Ellen, the mother of Matt's new girlfriend Tia. In 1998, Balding guest starred as Aunt Jackie in the season one episode "The Fourth Sister" of Charmed. She later returned to the show during its fourth season in 2002 under a different role. Balding played the recurring character Elise Rothman, a newspaper editor-in-chief and the boss of Phoebe Halliwell (played by Alyssa Milano). She played the role until the show's eighth and final season in 2006. Balding was married to television producer James L. Conway, whom she met while auditioning for a part in the 1981 horror movie The Boogens, which Conway directed and in which Balding ultimately starred. Balding died on July 18, 2022, in Park City, Utah, at the age of 73, after having suffered from ovarian cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rebecca Balding, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Boogens

as Trish Michaels
Released: 1981-09-25

Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and...

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Silent Scream

as Scotty Parker
Released: 1979-11-23

Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding....

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Kiss My Grits

as Doris Ann
Released: 1982-06-18

A man heads for Mexico with a mobster's girlfriend.

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The Gathering, Part II

as Julie
Released: 1979-12-17

Two Christmases have passed and widow Kate Thornton has taken over Thornton Industries and is...

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The Gathering

as Julie
Released: 1977-12-04

When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make...

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Deadly Game

as Amy Franklin
Released: 1977-12-01

A military convoy is transporting something apparently for disposal. They pass by Sheriff Abel...

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Charmed

as Elise Rothman
First aired: 1998-10-07

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed...

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Charmed

as Aunt Jackie
First aired: 1998-10-07

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed...

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Melrose Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-07-08

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose...

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Melrose Place

as Nora Larner
First aired: 1992-07-08

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose...

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The Rockford Files

as Carol Lansing
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Beverly Hills, 90210

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...

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MacGyver

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-29

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...

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Home Improvement

as Leslie Morrison
First aired: 1991-09-17

The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with...

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Family Ties

as Karen Banks
First aired: 1982-09-22

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex,...

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Starsky & Hutch

as Mickie Marra
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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7th Heaven

as Ellen Jackson
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as Gwen Chandler (segment "Bon Voyage")
First aired: 1998-11-04

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and...

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The Bionic Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-01-14

After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first...

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Lou Grant

as Carla Mardigian
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Bodies of Evidence

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-06-18

Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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The French Atlantic Affair

as Harriet Kleinfeld
First aired: 1979-11-15

When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer...

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ER

as Ms. Garvey
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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MacGruder and Loud

as Sandy
First aired: 1985-01-21

MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC...

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Soap

as Carol David
First aired: 1977-09-13

The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the...

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Matt Houston

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-26

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...

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Designing Women

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-29

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are...

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Brothers

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-07-13

Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him...

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Free Spirit

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-22

Free Spirit is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1989–1990 television...

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Makin' It

as Corky Crandall
First aired: 1979-02-01

Makin' It is an American sitcom starring David Naughton as a disco dancer in the late 1970s. The...

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