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Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

Acting May 28, 1931 (95 years old) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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 plays into the film Baby Doll in 1956. In the mid-1960s, as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, Baker became a sex symbol after appearing as a hedonistic widow in The Carpetbaggers (1964). The film's producer, Joseph E. Levine, cast her in Sylvia before giving her the role of Jean Harlow in the biopic Harlow (1965). Despite significant prepublicity, Harlow was a critical failure, and Baker relocated to Italy in 1966 amid a legal dispute over her contract with Paramount and Levine's overseeing of her career. In Europe, she spent the next 10 years starring in hard-edged giallo and horror films, including Romolo Guerrieri's The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), a series of four films with Umberto Lenzi beginning with Orgasmo (1969) and ending with Knife of Ice (1972), and Corrado Farina's Baba Yaga (1973). Baker appeared in supporting roles in several acclaimed dramas in the 1980s, including the drama Star 80 (1983) as the mother of murder victim Dorothy Stratten, and the racial drama Native Son (1986), based on the novel by Richard Wright. Through the 1990s Baker had guest roles in several television series, such as Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, and Roswell. She formally retired from acting in 2003.

Movies 89

The Game 7.6

The Game

as Ilsa

1997
Giant 7.6

Giant

as Luz Benedict II

1956
How the West Was Won 7.0

How the West Was Won

as Eve Prescott Rawlings

1962
The Big Country 7.6

The Big Country

as Patricia Terrill

1958
The Greatest Story Ever Told 6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Veronica

1965
Kindergarten Cop 6.1

Kindergarten Cop

as Eleanor Crisp

1990
Cheyenne Autumn 6.7

Cheyenne Autumn

as Deborah Wright

1964
The Watcher in the Woods 5.9

The Watcher in the Woods

as Helen Curtis

1980
Baby Doll 7.0

Baby Doll

as Baby Doll Meighan

1956
Star 80 6.5

Star 80

as Dorothy's Mum

1983
Bad 6.5

Bad

as Hazel Aiken

1977
The Sweet Body of Deborah 5.5

The Sweet Body of Deborah

as Deborah

1968
Ironweed 6.4

Ironweed

as Annie Phelan

1987
Hollywood Uncensored 5.4

Hollywood Uncensored

as Self

1987
But Not for Me 6.3

But Not for Me

as Ellie Brown / Borden

1959
Baba Yaga 5.5

Baba Yaga

as Baba Yaga

1973
Cyclone 5.0

Cyclone

as Sheila

1978
So Sweet... So Perverse 5.6

So Sweet... So Perverse

as Nicole Perrier

1969
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife 6.2

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife

as Laura

1976
Harlow 5.6

Harlow

as Jean Harlow

1965
Knife of Ice 6.0

Knife of Ice

as Martha Caldwell

1972
The Sky is Falling 4.7

The Sky is Falling

as Treasure

1975
The Private Lesson 5.4

The Private Lesson

as Laura Formenti

1975
Something Wild 6.2

Something Wild

as Mary Ann Robinson

1961
The Carpetbaggers 6.0

The Carpetbaggers

as Rina Marlowe Cord

1964
Red Monarch 5.7

Red Monarch

as Ellen Brown

1983
Captain Apache 4.7

Captain Apache

as Maude

1971
A Kiss to Die For 4.6

A Kiss to Die For

as Mrs. Graham

1993
The Flower with Petals of Steel 5.4

The Flower with Petals of Steel

as Evelyne Graffi

1973
Storie di seduzione 4.5

Storie di seduzione

as Diana's Mother

1995
The Fourth Victim 6.0

The Fourth Victim

as Julie Spencer / Lillian Martin

1971
Valentina... The Virgin Wife 5.1

Valentina... The Virgin Wife

as Lucia

1975
The World Is Full of Married Men 5.0

The World Is Full of Married Men

as Linda Cooper

1979
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 7.0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

1997
The Devil with Seven Faces 4.8

The Devil with Seven Faces

as Julie Harrison / Mary Harrison

1971
Just Your Luck 4.3

Just Your Luck

as Momie

1996
Another Woman's Husband 4.0

Another Woman's Husband

as Laurel’s mother

2000
Paranoia 5.9

Paranoia

as Kathryn West

1969
Native Son 5.2

Native Son

as Mrs. Dalton

1986
Shattered Dreams 7.5

Shattered Dreams

as Carol

1976
Judgment Day: The John List Story 5.7

Judgment Day: The John List Story

as Alma List

1993
In the Flesh 9.0

In the Flesh

as Elaine Mitchelson

1995
Bridge to the Sun 6.9

Bridge to the Sun

as Gwen Terasaki

1961
Blonde Fist 4.6

Blonde Fist

as Lovell Summers

1991
Rag and Bone 4.2

Rag and Bone

as Sister Marie, Tony's Aunt

1998
Heart of the Festival 6.7

Heart of the Festival

as Self (archive footage)

2002
Mister Moses 5.0

Mister Moses

as Julie Anderson

1965
Heart Full of Rain 5.5

Heart Full of Rain

as Edith Pearl Dockett

1997
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil 4.9

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

as Gerda Hoffman

1985
Station Six-Sahara 5.9

Station Six-Sahara

as Catherine

1963
Easy to Love 6.2

Easy to Love

as Clarice

1953
Sylvia 6.3

Sylvia

as Sylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)

1965
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story 8.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

as Self

2008
The Harem 5.5

The Harem

as Margherita

1967
The Body 4.8

The Body

as Madeliene

1974
Fun in the Big Country

Fun in the Big Country

as Self

1958
The Miracle 6.7

The Miracle

as Teresa

1959
North Shore Fish 9.0

North Shore Fish

as Arlyne

1997
Skeletons 4.2

Skeletons

as Nancy Norton

1997
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class 7.7

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self

1995
Cyber Eden 5.2

Cyber Eden

as Madame

1992
A Quiet Place to Kill 6.5

A Quiet Place to Kill

as Helen

1970
Jack of Diamonds 4.7

Jack of Diamonds

as Carroll Baker

1967
Dalva 4.0

Dalva

as Naomi

1996
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King 9.0

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

as Self

2003
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons 5.0

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

as Self

1995
James Dean: The First American Teenager 7.5

James Dean: The First American Teenager

as Self

1975
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud 4.6

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

as Mama Freud

1984
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

as Self

2009
Men Don't Tell 6.9

Men Don't Tell

as Ruth

1993
What Mad Pursuit 10.0

What Mad Pursuit

as Louise Steinhauser

1985
Blackmail Chase 9.0

Blackmail Chase

as Polly Pott

1976
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told

The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told

as Self

2017
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' 6.0

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

as Self

1956
Baby Doll: See No Evil

Baby Doll: See No Evil

as Self

2006
La signora della città 10.0

La signora della città

as Martha Sheppard

1996
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 9.0

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)

1994
Gipsy Angel 4.5

Gipsy Angel

as Pheobe

1990
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome 9.0

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

as Self

1996
Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour

Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour

as Self

2017
On Fire 9.0

On Fire

as Maureen Leary

1987
The Next Victim 8.0

The Next Victim

as Sandy Marshall

1975
Cinerama Adventure 7.7

Cinerama Adventure

as Self

2002
Lionpower from MGM 6.3

Lionpower from MGM

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1967
Memories of Giant

Memories of Giant

as Self

1998
Hollywood Scandals

Hollywood Scandals

as Self

2011
The Paradise Suite

The Paradise Suite

as Lena Roland

1963
Nowhere to Go 7.0

Nowhere to Go

as Nana

1998
Return to 'Giant' 6.7

Return to 'Giant'

as Self

1996

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