Belinda Balaski

Belinda Balaski (born December 8, 1947

Career Balaski is 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.

She won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Emma Duckworth in a production of Bus Stop at Los Angeles Metropolitan Theatre. The role led to her working in television. Among many TV show appearances, she performed in two episodes of Baywatch: Sharks Cove (1992 Season 2) as a worried mother and Sail Away (1996 Season 6) as Cleo Jennings.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1974 Black EyeMary 1976 Bobbie Jo and the OutlawEssie Beaumont The Food of the GodsRita CannonballMaryann 1978 Till DeathAnne Ryan PiranhaBetsy 1979 Up YoursHelen 1981 The HowlingTerry Fisher 1984 GremlinsMrs. Joe Harris 1985 Explorers Voice 1987 Amazon Women on the MoonBernice Pitnik Segments: Critics' Corner and Roast Your Loved One 1990 Gremlins 2: The New BatchMovie Theatre Mom 1993 MatineeStan's Mom 1997 American PerfektRita 1998 Small SoldiersNeighbor 2001 The Vampire Hunters ClubVampire Mother Short 2018 Nightmare CinemaNadia

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 Special 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, aka The Osiris Chronicles