Carla Balenda, who starred alongside Dana Andrews and Claude Rains in the Rko Pictures thriller Sealed Cargo and portrayed Mickey Rooney’s girlfriend on the NBC sitcom Hey Mulligan, has died. She was 98.
Balenda, billed at times as Sally Bliss, her birth name, died April 9 of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her grandson Jim Martin told The Hollywood Reporter.
She also played a nurse on the 1955-56 syndicated series The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu, starring Glen Gordon, and recurred as Miss Hazlitt, Timmy’s (Jon Provost) teacher, on CBS’ Lassie from 1958-63.
In Sealed Cargo (1951), Balenda portrayed a woman who is aboard a fishing trawler bound for Newfoundland when she and the skipper (Andrews) wind up tangling in the North Atlantic with Nazis led by Rains’ character. She often said it was her favorite role.
When Rooney took his first crack at television,...
Balenda, billed at times as Sally Bliss, her birth name, died April 9 of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her grandson Jim Martin told The Hollywood Reporter.
She also played a nurse on the 1955-56 syndicated series The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu, starring Glen Gordon, and recurred as Miss Hazlitt, Timmy’s (Jon Provost) teacher, on CBS’ Lassie from 1958-63.
In Sealed Cargo (1951), Balenda portrayed a woman who is aboard a fishing trawler bound for Newfoundland when she and the skipper (Andrews) wind up tangling in the North Atlantic with Nazis led by Rains’ character. She often said it was her favorite role.
When Rooney took his first crack at television,...
- 7/22/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jered Barclay, a longtime stage and screen actor who found a second career as a TV voice-over artist for series including The Smurfs and The Transformers, has died. He was 91. His longtime friend Myra Turley said Barclay died July 23 of Mds leukemia in North Hollywood, CA.
Born on November 22, 1930, in Seattle, Barclay began in show business at age 3, performing in vaudeville with the likes of Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Sammy Davis Jr. He was doing radio at 6 and traveled with the Clyde Beatty Circus at age 12.
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Born on November 22, 1930, in Seattle, Barclay began in show business at age 3, performing in vaudeville with the likes of Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Sammy Davis Jr. He was doing radio at 6 and traveled with the Clyde Beatty Circus at age 12.
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- 7/27/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
There’ve been so many actors to play Batman over the decades, but arguably the most perennially popular is Adam West. Star of the iconic Batman TV show and its associated movie outing, West has been a hero to generations thanks to his unique, loveable take on the (Not-So) Dark Knight. Tragically, he passed away in 2017 at the age of 88 after a short battle with Leukemia.
Today would have been his 91st birthday though and fans are paying their respects to the DC legend on social media, and here are just a few of the best reactions.
Adam West was born on September 19, 1928.
We miss you, old chum!#AdamWest #Batman66 #LongLiveTheBat pic.twitter.com/tgy9XTiXR1
— 60s Batman (@60s_Batman) September 19, 2019
You can argue over which Batman portrayal is better, but you have to agree that no one’s been batter than Adam West.
Adam West was born Otd and...
Today would have been his 91st birthday though and fans are paying their respects to the DC legend on social media, and here are just a few of the best reactions.
Adam West was born on September 19, 1928.
We miss you, old chum!#AdamWest #Batman66 #LongLiveTheBat pic.twitter.com/tgy9XTiXR1
— 60s Batman (@60s_Batman) September 19, 2019
You can argue over which Batman portrayal is better, but you have to agree that no one’s been batter than Adam West.
Adam West was born Otd and...
- 9/19/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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