Carroll Baker
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Carroll Baker is an American actress born in 1931 who appeared in films and television throughout her career. She is known for her roles in notable Hollywood productions during the mid-to-late 20th century.
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- 1931-05-28
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Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the adaptation of two Tennessee Williams…
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- Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour — Self2017
- Hollywood Scandals — Self2011
- Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood — Self2009
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self2008
- Baby Doll: See No Evil — Self2006
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King — Self2003
- The Lyon's Den — Jack's Mother2003
- Cinerama Adventure — Self2002
- Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)2002
- Another Woman's Husband — Laurel’s mother
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Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a retired American actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the adaptation of two Tennessee Williams plays into the film Baby Doll in 1956. Her role in the film as a coquettish but sexually naïve Southern bride earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Baker had other early film roles in Giant (1956) and the romantic comedy But Not for Me (1959). In 1961, she appeared in the controversial independent film Something Wild, directed by her then-husband Jack Garfein, playing a traumatized rape victim. She went on to star in several critically acclaimed Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, such as The Big Country (1958), How the West Was Won (1962), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964).
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