The Young Doctors, the 1961 hospital drama with Ben Gazzara, and Fredric March. Awards In 1959, Balin won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the Broadway comedy A Majority of One. Then in 1961, in recognition of her critically acclaimed performance in From the Terrace, she won the New Star of the Year-Actress Golden Globe Award and was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress — Motion Picture. Humanitarian activities In 1966, Balin toured Vietnam with the USO on the first of many trips to the war-torn region. In 1975, she aided in the evacuation of orphans during the fall of Saigon. Eventually, she adopted three of these orphaned children. In 1980, she played herself in a made-for-television movie based on her experiences, The Children of An Lac. Death Balin, a former cigarette smoker, died on June 20, 1990 at Yale–New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, aged 52, from complications of chronic lung disease, including pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure of the lungs). She had been at the hospital seeking a lung transplant. A single mother, she was survived by her father, Sam Rosenberg; her three adopted children: Nguyet Baty, Ba-Nhi Mai, and Kim Thuy; a brother, Richard Balin; and two grandchildren. Ba-Nhi Mai and Kim Thuy were raised by Hollywood talent agent Ted Ashley and his wife Page (née Cuddy). Filmography The Black Orchid (1958) – Mary Valente From the Terrace (1960) – Natalie Benzinger The Young Doctors (1961) – Cathy Hunt The Comancheros (1961) – Pilar Graile The Patsy (1964) – Ellen Betz Act of Reprisal (1964) – Eleni The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – Martha of Bethany Bonanza - Evil on Her Shoulder (1965) - Sarah Run Like a Thief (1967) – Mona Shannon Charro! (1969) – Tracey Winters The Lonely Profession (1969, TV movie) – Karen Menardos Desperate Mission (1969) – Otilia Ruiz The Projectionist (1971) – The Girl Call to Danger (1973, TV movie) – Marla Hayes The Don Is Dead (1973) – Nella Panic on the 5:22 (1974, TV movie) – Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese The Immigrants (1978, TV movie) – Maria Cassala Galyon (1980) – Janet Davis The Children of An Lac (1980, TV movie) – Ina Balin The Comeback Trail (1982) – Julie Thomas Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986) – Regine That's Adequate (1989) – Sister Mary Enquirer (final film role) References External links