Carla Borelli (born October 12, 1942 in

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) is an American actress. Borelli is one of five children born to parents who had been in the grocery business since the early 1930s. She was modeling as a baby and studied ballet at age 12. Borelli played Lisa Vincent in ''

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'' on CBS (1977-1978). Her early television appearances included one episode of ''

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'' ("The Night of Montezuma's Hordes", 1967), an episode on ''

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'' ("Color Her Missing", S3-Episode 02, 1969), two episodes of '' Ironside'' ("Ransom", 1970, and "The Quincunx", 1971), and the two-part 1971 episode "The Banker" of ''

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''. She appeared in three episodes of the

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series '' The Name of the Game'', each as different characters. In 1977, she appeared in a first-season episode of "Charlie's Angels" entitled "The Vegas Connection." From 1979 to 1982, Borelli played the part of Reena Bellman Cook Dekker on the daytime soaps '' Another World'' and ''

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''. She also played Ruth Bannister in Season 2 of ''

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'', "Log 24: A Rare Occasion." Borelli is possibly best known for her role as Connie Giannini in the 1980s

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series ''

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''. She also played the female lead in

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's first directorial effort, ''Asylum of Satan'' (1972). Borelli was married to the actor

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