Rebecca Balding

Best known for her roles in the original Charmed series and Soap, veteran screen actor Rebecca Balding has died at the age of 73.

The show, which also starred Richard Mulligan and Emmy award-winning actor Billy Crystal, was a spoof on daytime soaps. That was 41 years ago.” “That Saturday night, she proposed.

Rebecca Balding -- who starred on shows such as Soap and the original Charmed -- has died at age 73 following a battle with ovarian cancer, according to ...

"I feel so honored that our paths crossed in this lifetime. Following news of Balding's death, Milano shared a touching tribute on Instagram. Balding's husband, James L. Conway, confirmed the news to multiple outlets, stating that she passed away in Park City, Utah, on Monday.

Rebecca Balding, the actress who starred in Soap and Charmed, has died at the age of 73.

Rest In Peace." I feel so honored that our paths crossed in this lifetime. Her Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano shared her condolences on Instagram, sharing a photo of the pair of them and writing: "Rebecca Balding was not only a wonderful actress, she was such a good person."

The actress appeared in some of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and was best known for roles in "Soap" and "Charmed."

In Charmed she played the recurring character of Elise Rothman, Phoebe's boss and friend, from 2002 to 2006. He told People magazine:"I was casting the film The Boogens. Rebecca came in to audition. Balding appeared in 19 episodes of the comedy between 1978 and 1980. "Somehow she got cast. Her credits included Cagney & Lacey, Family Ties, MacGyver, Designing Women, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills, 90210. #TheBoogens was where she met her delightful husband @jameslconway. Mother, wife, actress.

"Charmed" and "Soap" actress Rebecca Balding dies at 73 following a battle with ovarian cancer.

"Rebecca Balding was not only a wonderful actress, she was such a good person,'' Milano wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of the two, "I loved every minute I got to spend with her on Charmed. I have such fond memories of Rebecca and her husband, Jim, dancing at our wrap parties!" She was also known for horror films "The Silent Scream," as Scotty Parker, and "The Boogens,"which her husband directed, as Trish Michaels. Rebecca Balding, the actress best known for her work on "Soap" and original "Charmed," has died following a battle with ovarian cancer, according to a statement from her writer-director husband James L Conway.

Rebecca Balding played Billy Crystal's girlfriend on 'Soap' and Alyssa Milano's boss on “Charmed.' She is survived by her husband, actor-director James L.

"Somehow she got cast," Conway continued. The series aired from 1977 to 1981. We chatted, she read and when she left, I turned to the associate producer and said, ‘I could marry that girl.’ "Rebecca came in to audition. She eventually had her sights set on Hollywood and moved to Los Angeles. Balding kicked off her career on the West Coast as a scream queen.

Her husband, actor and director James L. Conway told Deadline that Balding died following a battle with ovarian cancer in Park City, Utah. The actress was best ...

She played a college student heroine in the slasher film The Silent Scream (1979) which author Richard Nowell cited as one of the most financially successful independent horror films of the 1970s in his book Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle; and Trish Michaels, a young woman terrorized by monsters in the creature feature The Boogens (1981)–on the set of which Balding also met her husband. According to IMDB, Balding was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on Sept. 21, 1948 (a Virgo!) and she began her TV acting career in the 1970s before starring in a few horror flicks during the late '70s and early '80s. The actress was best known for her role as Carol David–a young woman who becomes a surrogate mother for a gay child (played by Billy Crystal)–in ABC's Soap and recurring roles as Elise Rothman (Phoebe/ Alyssa Milano's boss) and Aunt Jackie and in the WB hit Charmed.