The Greatest Prisoner Cell Block H Characters No 34 Ruth Ballinger

Top 100 characters from the Australian soap which ran from 1979 -1986.
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[@toffeeblue2201]

Lindy Davis was superb.

[@daybyday442]

Tremendous actress. In for a short stint and made a terrific impact.

[@jmajesty79]

You can say that again!!! lol

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Reminded me of Toni McNally

[@Neil0014]

​@@Shane-Flanagan tony McNally was small fry compared to Ruth ballinger.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@Neil0014 How so? Both were strong independent women, the wives of big time crims. Both had class and charm but weren't afraid to get their hands dirty. Also Toni appeared very early on when the shows budget was low

[@jmajesty79]

The most evil woman who was ever a guest at Hotel Wentworth. Didn't even settle the bill on her way out...

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Intriguing character portrayed perfectly. Beauty and the Beast. Beautiful on the outside, ugly within. Ruth reminded me of one of my favs Toni McNally but Ruth's crimes were dark and sick

[@darrenbethell5893]

She is awesome great actress

[@lynlynnielyn9188]

in the year 2024 Ruth Ballenger is similar to Ghislane Maxwell, i was searching for this storyline but I couldnt remember her name.

[@thenewmodfather]

She was hilarious in the film Malcolm

[@amistjohn1509]

Love the movie

[@highEQlevel]

My favourite badass. Her and doctor kate.

[@annesmonde5723]

A nasty piece of work.

[@madwatermelon1316]

If Bea hadn't have been transferred to barnhurst she would've probably been killed in wentworth during the Ballinger siege.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

It may have been a more fitting end than what she got, an offscreen death

[@CallemJayNZ]

I daresay she'd probably have killed Ballinger a little while after her drug rackets were exposed, even sooner if Bea had found out about then Pedo ring

[@bilkomax]

Depends if Val would have been looking for a pay rise like Annie Phelan was

[@speedy692]

@@bilkomaxGood point. Anyone looking for a pay rise gets killed off.

[@trackiedude]

❤Awesome Actress👍

[@LouiseGroenewald-hj2vo]

It was a great storyline !

[@GriefTourist]

Pure evil and a very very heavy storyline for the era

[@sharongoodsell9341]

Inner city suburb girls , I've forgotten half these lucky girls TV Australia

[@zeddeka]

What this storyline captures well is how child sex abuse is often closely linked to other forms of organised crime. It often goes hand in hand with drugs, people trafficking and prostitution - all a business enterprise for the criminals.

[@rossco5409]

Ghislane Maxwell comes to mind

[@katbrown1449]

Wow too gross for Ferguson. Never expected to see THAT

[@stephenbaker5413]

Apparently Lindy Davies who played Ruth,was unhappy with her treatment on the show and hasn't got many fond memories of being on it and doesn't like to talk about it.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Where did you hear that? What bad treatment would she have gotten

[@stephenbaker5413]

Not ,that you should always believe what you read in books or newspapers but it was in one of the Prisoner.books,Lindy wasn't made to feel welcome by the cast,and said there was a pecking order on the show,she also felt the actors in the show weren't paid well and were treated badly,I know many prisoner fans have been told the same story,Lindy also was very unhappy about R Ballinger dealing in Child porn etc,and felt the role was more sensationalised than she was led to believe,and from what I ',ve heard on line she doesn't like to talk much about her role in prisoner.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@stephenbaker5413 Didn't know there were Prisoner books. Surprised she was a victim of the pecking order as there wasn't really any OG cast left and Lindy wasn't going to be a permanent cast member. If true, it is disappointing given how great her portrayal of Ruth was.

[@carlyonbay45]

A fake fur, plastic pearls and so much polyester 😂 they did their best on a budget 😂

[@Kblog777]

What a revolting human being she was. Rivals anyone out of Game of Thrones etc.

[@VictoriaBitter1976]

Yikes! Ruth has "Mr Kelly" as one of her henchmen 😖

[@stevie9028]

Great show

[@Kblog777]

Wonder if Arnie Ballinger was loosely based on Pablo Escobar.

[@stephenbaker5413]

Lindy Davies was a fantastic Actress who made Ruth Ballinger pure evil!,she made Toni McNally look like Snow White!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Toni McNally was clearly an inspiration for Ruth Ballinger. Maybe the show regretted killing McNally off.

[@michaelainsworth947]

Mari winter the baddass

[@nassauguy48]

LOL. In many ways, this place WAS more like a hotel than a prison. I am not an expert on the Australian penal system, but was/is it common for white collar criminals to be put in the same areas as murderers? Since there have always been far fewer female criminals, I suppose they had no choice.

[@mistofoles]

DF ? Anne lied to cover Ferguson ??

[@Shane-Flanagan]

It was prob personal too. Ann was disgusted by Ballinger as anyone would

[@Redsleather]

Funniest line is by Mrs Barry I think who describes Ballenger as ‘beautiful’ 🤮 Ballenger is one of the ugliest characters in the whole series!

[@fmensah8581]

🤣🤣😆🤣

[@FluWorldOrder]

Ghislane Maxwell anyone? The irony is that Maggie Kilpatrick was accused of child abused dating back to when this episode was being film.