Fairuza Balk

AKA:
Fairuza A Feldthouse
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
05/21/1974
Birthplace:
Point Reyes Station, California
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biography
Blue-eyed, dark-haired Fairuza Balk weathered the storms of Oz, gradually breaking free from her fresh-faced little kid persona to plunge into dark and depressing film scenarios that ultimately reveal an optimism at her core. She worked first on TV in NBC's "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (1983) before beating out 1,200 girls to fill Dorothy's ruby slippers in Walter Murch's feature debut, "Return to Oz" (1985). Refusing to be traumatized by critics comparing her unfavorably to Judy Garland, Balk rebounded for more kid stuff as the well-meaning klutz Mildred Hubble in "The Worst Witch", a Continued
Credits
Logan's Mom
2007
Amber
2006
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Stacia
2006
Cast
2005
Annie
2002
Paula
2002
(TV Show)
1999-2001
of Connie
2001
Vicki Vallencourt
1998
Stacey
1998
Nancy
1996
Cecile DeVolanges
Dorothy Gale
Gretchen Van Buren
Doris
1996
Alice Thomas
milestones
Year
Milestone
1978 
Moved to Vancouver, Canada at age four (date approximate)
1983 
TV acting debut, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (ABC)
 
Moved with mother to England
1985 
Film acting debut as Dorothy in "Return to Oz"
1987 
Played Barbara (at age 12) in NBC movie "Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story"
1989 
Portrayed 14-year-old girl entangled in an arranged marriage to a man 30 years her senior in "Valmont"
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