Rebecca Balding

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Rebecca Balding
Born	(1948 -09-21) September 21, 1948 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–2006

Rebecca Balding (born on September 21, 1948) is an American actress who was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.^[1]

Life and career

Balding may be best known for her 23 appearances, from 2002 through 2006, in the television series Charmed as Elise Rothman, newspaper editor-in-chief and Phoebe's boss (Balding first appeared on Charmed in the guest role of Aunt Jackie in the first season episode The Fourth Sister). Balding was previously known for her role as Carol David on Soap, appearing in 18 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. In 1980 she starred in the pilot of the sitcom Mr. and Mrs. and Mr.,^[2] 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.

Rebecca attended the University of Kansas. She is married to television producer James L. Conway, whom she met whilst auditioning for part in Conway's 1981 horror movie The Boogens.^[3]

Partial filmography

The Gathering (1977) as Julie
The Silent Scream (1979) as Scotty Parker
Makin' It as Corky Crandall (9 episodes, 1979)
Soap as Carol David (20 episodes, 1978-1981)
The Boogens (1981) as Trish Michaels
Kiss My Grits (1982) as Doris Ann
Paradise as Mary McBride (6 episodes, 1989-1990)
Yesterday's Dreams (2005) as Mrs. Woodward
Charmed as Elise Rothman (23 episodes, 1998-2006)

References

↑ Rebecca Balding Biography (1955-)
↑ Entertainment is low on weekend schedule
↑ John Kenneth Muir (March 2007). Horror films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-7864-2821-2. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

External links

Rebecca Balding at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 233461827 LCCN: no2009203215

Persondata
Name	Balding, Rebecca
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	September 21, 1955
Place of birth	Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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