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Carroll Baker is an American actor, stage actor, novelist, and film actor. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1931, she began her work period in 1952. She is educated at HB Studio and speaks English. Her notable works include the novels To Africa with love, A Roman tale, and Baby Doll.
Baker was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has received Golden Globes, the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was employed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. Her spouses are Jack Garfein and Donald Burton, and she has a child named Blanche Baker.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Works
- 4
Top works
- To Africa with love
- A Roman tale
- A Roman tale
- Baby Doll
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
Known for
- 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 mother2000
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1931-05-28 ) May 28, 1931 (age 95) , Johnstown, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress writer
- Years active
- 1951–2007
- Notable work
- Baby Doll (1956) Giant (1956) The Big Country (1958) Something Wild (1961) How the West Was Won (1962) The Carpetbaggers (1964) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Harlow (1965) Star 80 (1983) Native Son (1986) Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- Spouses
- Louie Ritter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1953 ) Jack Garfein ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1969 ) Donald Burton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 ; died 2007 )
- Children
- Blanche Baker Herschel Garfein
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Johnstown
- Spouse
- Donald Burton
- Child
- Blanche Baker
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- HB Studio
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Carroll Baker headshot for Station Six-Sahara 1962.png
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- Commons category
- Carroll Baker
- date of birth
- 1931-05-28
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- name in native language
- Carroll Baker
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Carroll Baker
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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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