This page will contain wikis about Fairuza Balk, as they become available.Fairuza BalkFairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress, probably most famous for her participation in the 1996 movie The Craft. She is a native of Point Reyes, California. Legend has it that she was named Fairuza because her father, an expert in Persian culture, exclaimed that word the moment she was born, Fairuza meaning Turquoise in Persian, and Balk's eyes being of that color. Soon after her parents split, Fairuza became a world traveller. Raised for the first part of her life in San Francisco, she and her mother moved to Vancouver when Fairuza counted nine years of age. At the age of 11 she moved to London, where she attented various prestigious ballet and acting schools. At that age also, she was picked by the Walt Disney Company to star in the movie Return to Oz. In 1988 she moved to Paris to do more work as an actress, and by 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she began to attend high school. Soon, however, she decided to take correspondence courses instead. Then she went back to Hollywood, where she began to be more and more noticed as an actress. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as Best Actress for her performance in Gas Food Lodging. Balk was soon cast in The Craft, in which she forms a teenage coven along with Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney. This was particularly appropriate casting, as Fairuza is a wiccan in real life, and she owns a store dedicated to that religion, named Panpipes Magickal. Balk also had a memorable performance as a neo-nazi opposite Edward Norton in American History X. Balk has been romantically linked to British actor David Thewlis. She also dated Marilyn Manson, but they have since split. Filmography
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She also dated Marilyn Manson, but they have since split. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. Balk has been romantically linked to British actor David Thewlis. Shirley Booth died after a brief illness at age ninety-four at her home in North Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Balk also had a memorable performance as a neo-nazi opposite Edward Norton in American History X. Her last Broadway appearance was in a revival of Hay Fever (1970). This was particularly appropriate casting, as Fairuza is a wiccan in real life, and she owns a store dedicated to that religion, named Panpipes Magickal. She also did voice work for animated features. Balk was soon cast in The Craft, in which she forms a teenage coven along with Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney. Booth was a distinguished and versatile performer, equally at home acting in theatre, radio, and on the big and small screen. She had a long and prestigious list of stage credits and made numerous appearances in TV movies and programs. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as Best Actress for her performance in Gas Food Lodging. For this role, she won two Emmys, in 1962 and 1963, and new stardom with a younger audience. Then she went back to Hollywood, where she began to be more and more noticed as an actress. In 1961, she began starring in the long-running TV sitcom Hazel, based on a popular comic strip about a sassy, wisecracking and domineering, yet lovable housemaid, Hazel Burke. In 1988 she moved to Paris to do more work as an actress, and by 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she began to attend high school. Soon, however, she decided to take correspondence courses instead. Leslie (1954), playing Dolly Gallagher Levi in the romance/comedy The Matchmaker (1958), which is the movie version of the non-musical play that Hello, Dolly! was later based on, and playing Alma Duval in the drama Hot Spell (1958). At that age also, she was picked by the Walt Disney Company to star in the movie Return to Oz. Vivien Leslie in the romance/drama About Mrs. At the age of 11 she moved to London, where she attented various prestigious ballet and acting schools. Booth made only four more movies, as herself in the all-star novelty Main Street to Broadway (1953), playing Mrs. Raised for the first part of her life in San Francisco, she and her mother moved to Vancouver when Fairuza counted nine years of age. On Broadway, she scored personal successes in the musical My Beautiful Sea (1954) and the comedy The Desk Set (1955). Soon after her parents split, Fairuza became a world traveller. She spent the next few years commuting between New York and Southern California. Legend has it that she was named Fairuza because her father, an expert in Persian culture, exclaimed that word the moment she was born, Fairuza meaning Turquoise in Persian, and Balk's eyes being of that color. She also received her third Tony, which was her second in the Best Actress in a Play category, for her performance in The Time of the Cuckoo. She is a native of Point Reyes, California. In 1953, she received the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as Lola Delaney in the successful movie, Come Back, Little Sheba. Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress, probably most famous for her participation in the 1996 movie The Craft. Booth then returned to New York and played Leona Samish in Time of the Cuckoo (1952) on Broadway. What Is It? (2003). It was her first movie. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 video game), as "Mercedes Cortez". She then went to Hollywood and recreated her stage role in the motion picture version of Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) with Burt Lancaster playing Doc. Deuces Wild (2002). Her enormous success in Come Back, Little Sheba was immediately followed by A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), in which Booth played the feisty but loveable Aunt Cissy. Personal Velocity (2002). Her leading man, Sidney Blackmer, received the Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his performance of Doc. Almost Famous (2000). Her second Tony was for Best Actress in a Play, which she received for her widely acclaimed performance of the tortured wife, Lola, in the poignant drama Come Back, Little Sheba (1950). Red Letters (2000). Her first Tony, for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), was awarded for her performance as Grace Woods in Goodbye, My Fancy (1948). Family Guy (TV animated series, three episodes from 1999-2001). Booth had two husbands, actor Ed Gardner (married 1929-divorced 1942) and William Baker (married 1943-his death 1951). The Sopranos (TV, appearing in three episodes in 1999 and 2001). She also starred on the popular radio series Duffy's Tavern, portraying the light-hearted Miss Duffy on CBS Radio from 1941 to 1942 and on NBC-Blue Radio from 1942 to 1943, and won an audience of fans over the airwaves. The Waterboy (1998). She acted with Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1939) and with Ralph Bellamy in Tomorrow the World (1943). American History X (1998). During the 1930s and 1940s, she achieved popularity in dramas, comedies and musicals. There's no Fish Food in Heaven (1998). She debuted on Broadway in the play Hell's Bells opposite Humphrey Bogart on January 26, 1925. American Perfekt (1997). Booth began her career on the stage as a teenager acting in stock company productions. The Maker (1997). Her younger sister was Jean Valentine Ford. The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). She was born Thelma Marjorie Ford in New York City, the daughter of Albert James Ford and Virginia Wright. The Craft (1996). Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an acclaimed American actress. Shadow of a Doubt (1995, TV). Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), alongside Andy Garcia. Tollbooth (1994). Imaginary Crimes (1994). Murder in the Heartland (1993, TV). The Danger of Love (1992, TV). Shame (1992, TV). Gas Food Lodging (1992). Deadly Intentions....Again (1991, TV). Valmont (1989). The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988). Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987, TV), as Barbara Hutton at 12. Discovery (1986). The Worst Witch (1986, TV). Deceptions (1986, TV). The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Review (1985, video). Return to Oz (1985). The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983, TV). |