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Balenda had contracts with RKO Pictures and Columbia Pictures, but a 1954 newspaper article noted, "she didn't really hit her stride until she was chosen to be Mickey Rooney's TV love." After being billed as Sally Bliss in "a few minor roles in RKO productions," she changed her name to Carla Balenda. She explained: "Sally Bliss was just too cute.
Carla Balenda. Actress: Prince of Pirates. She was born Sally Bliss in Carthage, New York. Her father had moved the family from Ohio and was a science teacher at Carthage High School. In 1927, the family moved to Amityville, Long Island. She attended drama school in Rhode Island and at age 17, she was invited to Hollywood by Howard Hughes, who ...
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Carla Balenda - Carla Balenda was born on November 22, 1925 in Carthage, New York, USA as Sally Bliss. She is an actress, known for Prince of Pirates (1953), The Whip Hand (1951) and The Mickey Rooney Show (1954).
- Jean Harlow. Publicity Still, circa 1935. The It Girl of the 1930s, Jean Harlow was known for her platinum hair and bombshell figure. She showed off her curvy body in this iconic publicity still where she posed poolside in fabulous heels and scandalously slipping straps.
- Esther Williams. Publicity Still, 1950. As pretty as a mermaid, Esther Williams starred in a series of synchronized swimming movies, dubbed "aquamusicals," in the 1940s and 1950s such as Bathing Beauty and Neptune's Daughter.
- Brigitte Bardot. The Girl In The Bikini, 1952. Four years before her performance in And God Created Woman established Brigitte Bardot as an international sex symbol, she was made a stir as The Girl in the Bikini.
- Deborah Kerr. From Here to Eternity, 1953. "I don't think anyone knew I could act until I put on a bathing suit," Deborah Kerr once said, referring to her star-making turn as an adulterous wife in 1953's From Here To Eternity.
Balenda had contracts with Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures and Columbia Pictures, but a 1954 newspaper article noted, "she didn"t really hit her stride until she was chosen to be Mickey Rooney"s television love." After being billed as Sally Bliss in "a few minor roles in Radio-Keith-Orpheum productions," she changed her name to Carla Balenda. She ...
Carla Balenda. Actress: Prince of Pirates. She was born Sally Bliss in Carthage, New York. Her father had moved the family from Ohio and was a science teacher at Carthage High School. In 1927, the family moved to Amityville, Long Island. She attended drama school in Rhode Island and at age 17, she was invited to Hollywood by Howard Hughes, who she did not meet until about a year later....
