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Rebecca Balding

Actor • Born 1948

Rebecca Balding

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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...

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Charmed posterCharmedSeries • 1998Beverly Hills, 90210 posterBeverly Hills, 90210Series • 1990MacGyver posterMacGyverSeries • 1985ER posterERSeries • 1994Melrose Place posterMelrose PlaceSeries • 1992Home Improvement posterHome ImprovementSeries • 1991The Rockford Files posterThe Rockford FilesSeries • 1974Family Ties posterFamily TiesSeries • 1982Starsky & Hutch posterStarsky & HutchSeries • 1975Hotel posterHotelSeries • 1982Lou Grant posterLou GrantSeries • 19777th Heaven poster7th HeavenSeries • 1996Cagney & Lacey posterCagney & LaceySeries • 1982Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction posterBeyond Belief: Fact or FictionSeries • 1997Matt Houston posterMatt HoustonSeries • 1982The Bionic Woman posterThe Bionic WomanSeries • 1976Soap posterSoapSeries • 1977Designing Women posterDesigning WomenSeries • 1986Brothers posterBrothersSeries • 1984The Tony Randall Show posterThe Tony Randall ShowSeries • 1976Silent Scream posterSilent ScreamMovie • 1979The Boogens posterThe BoogensMovie • 1981