Jeanne Bal: Difference between revisions

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| years_active = 1955-19711955–1971

| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{Marriage|Ross Bowman (|1953-2018)<br>|1956|reason=divorced}}|{{Marriage|Edward Richard Lee (|1963-19??)|1992|reason=d}}}}

A [[Chicago]] native,<ref name="ac">{{cite news|last1=Carrollton|first1=Betty|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20643178/jeanne_bal|title=Jeanne Bal Dropped Journalism Study To Make Musical Comedy Headlines|date=March 26, 1954|work=The Atlanta Constitution|accessdate=June 3, 2018|location=Georgia, Atlanta|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> Bal was an only child, the daughter of Joseph Peter Bal (1899–1981), a [[Monogram Pictures]] scenic designer.,<ref name=":0"/> and Bessie Lee '' ''Bozeman'' '' Bal (1902–1967). She was raised in California, attending high school and junior college in Santa Monica.<ref name="ac"/> She worked as a fashion model for a year and a half.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Will|title=Boy, What She'd Do With Lessons|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20642143/jeanne_bal|work=Star Tribune|date=December 4, 1951|location=Minnesota, Minneapolis|page=29|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=June 3, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Bal was a regular cast member on the ABC comedy ''Sid Caesar Invites You'' (1958).{{r|etvs|page1=966}} In the 1959-601959–60 season, she featured in the short-lived [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Love and Marriage (1959 TV series)|Love and Marriage]]'', which ran during the 1959 season, as Pat Baker, the business partner of her father ([[William Demarest]]), the founder of a failing music publishing company.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=626|edition=2nd}}</ref>

In 1961, Bal became a regular on the sitcom ''[[Bachelor Father (U.S. TV series)|Bachelor Father]]'', but left shortly afterwards. Her other television credits include four appearances on ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', including the role of Dr. Linda Carey in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Angry Astronaut", and murder victim Vera Wynne in the 1965 episode, "The Case of the Telltale Tap". SheIn 1963, she guest-starred as Melissa, an overly ambitious saloon girl, on ''[[Bonanza]]'' in the episode "The Saga of Whizzer McGee." Bal also appeared in guest roles on ''[[BonanzaWagon Train]]'', ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'', and ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]''. In "[[The Man Trap]]" (1966), the very first episode of the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' series episode "[[The Man Trap]]" (1966), she played a lethal shape-shifting alien which craves salt.

On ''[[Mr. Novak]]'' Bal portrayed Assistant Vice Principal Jean Pagano during the 1963-641963–64 season. Initially, plans called for increasing her role for the 1964-651964–65 season, promoting her to second billing on the show, but the producer instead cut the number of episodes in which she was to appear. The result was that she left the program.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Harter|first1=Chuck|title=Mr. Novak: A Landmark of Dramatic Television|journal=Classic Images|date=April 2018|issue=514|pages=62-6862–68}}</ref>

Bal's first stage appearance came in ''Gypsy Lady''.<ref name="ma">{{cite news|title='South Pacific' Stars Jeanne Bal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20641093/jeanne_bal|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|date=February 7, 1954|location=Alabama, Montgomery|page=27|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=June 3, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She also appeared on Broadway in the musical ''[[The Gay Life]]'',<ref name=ibdb>{{cite web|title=Jeanne Bal profile|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jeanne-bal-90871|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|accessdate=June 4, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.litoday/TjOsZ20180604011146/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jeanne-bal-90871|archivedate=June 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> introducing the song "Why Go Anywhere At All?" During the run, Bal was given a different song to sing in the same spot, "You're Not the Type."{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

** episodeS1:E1 [[The Man Trap]]&nbsp;— as Nancy Crater

* ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''

* ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''

* ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''

* ''[[Letter to Loretta]]''&nbsp;— Herself/Hosthost (1960) (NBC Playhouse version)

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