Maureen Neliya Ballard (née Hingert) (born 9 January 1937), also professionally known as Jana Davi is a Sri Lankan actress, dancer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ceylon 1955 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1955 where she placed 2nd Runner-Up.
[2] Hingert attended school at the Holy Family Convent in Bambalapitiya, Colombo until she was eighteen and continued her college education in Los Angeles, California in the United States.
Some of the movies she appeared in include The King and I, Fort Bowie, Gun Fever, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday, Moroccan Halk Moth, Pillars of the Sky, Dangerous Search, Gunmen from Laredo, The Rawhide Trail and the British TV Series Captain David Grief.
[2] The couple had three daughters, one of whom – Gina Zamparelli (died 2018) – achieved fame in arts and entertainment and was active in the field of historic preservation.
[1] In July 1970, Hingert divorced Zamparelli, and in 1976 she married with William J. Ballard in Los Angeles, United States.