Rebecca Balding

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 pilot of the sitcom Mr and Mrs and Mr that was never progressed as a series In 1996 she made a guest appearance on 7th Heaven as Ellen the mother of Matts new girlfriend Tia In 1998 Balding guest starred as Aunt Jackie in the season one episode The Fourth Sister of Charmed She later returned to the show during its fourth season in 2002 under a different role Balding played the recurring character Elise Rothman a newspaper editorinchief and the boss of Phoebe Halliwell played by Alyssa Milano She played the role until the shows eighth and final season in 2006 Balding was married to television producer James L Conway whom she met while auditioning for a part in the 1981 horror movie The Boogens which Conway directed and in which Balding ultimately starred Balding died on July 18 2022 in Park City Utah at the age of 73 after having suffered from ovarian cancer Description above from the Wikipedia article Rebecca Balding licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia