FAIRUZA BALK

Fairuza Balk, her full name is Fairuza Alejandra Balk, born on May 21, 1974. Father Solomon Feldthouse is a traveling musician, mother Cathryn Balk is a ballerina-they soon parted ways. Ferruza grew up on a model cooperative farm in northern San Francisco, California. Her mother later found a job in British Columbia, Canada. It was there that Ferruza had his first performance experience in a TV movie when he was nine years old.

Fairuza Balk began earning acting credits through her performance in the ‘80s Disney sequel Return to Oz as the adorable Dorothy, but the ‘90s saw her evolve into a full-fledged actress who had to finish high school through mere correspondence while she made the move to Hollywood. Balk had since taken on more grown-up film credits in movies like Humboldt County where she appeared as the carefree jazz singer Bogart, as well as Grindstone Road where she stars as the possibly disillusioned mother Hannah Sloan. She also has some voice acting credits up her belt including her work on Family Guy and The Justice League.

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