Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker
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.
Acted Movies
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Larry Gross,
Cast: Anna Katarina, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Carroll Baker, Charles Martinet, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Michael Douglas, Peter Donat, Scott Hunter McGuire, Sean Penn,
Director: Bob Fosse
Writers: Bob Fosse,
Cast: Carroll Baker, Cliff Robertson, David Clennon, Eric Roberts, Josh Mostel, Keith Hefner, Lisa Gordon, Mariel Hemingway, Roger Rees, Sidney Miller,
Director: John Hough
Writers: Gerry Day,
Cast: Benedict Taylor, Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Frances Cuka, Ian Bannen, Katharine Levy, Kyle Richards, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Richard Pasco,
Director: John Ford
Writers: James R. Webb,
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Dolores del Río, Edward G. Robinson, Gilbert Roland, James Stewart, Karl Malden, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Widmark, Sal Mineo,
Director: George Marshall
Writers: James R. Webb,
Cast: Carolyn Jones, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, George Peppard, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Karl Malden, Richard Widmark, Robert Preston,
Director: William Wyler
Writers: James R. Webb,
Cast: Alfonso Bedoya, Buff Brady, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker, Charles Bickford, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Chuck Hayward, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons,
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Tennessee Williams,
Cast: Carroll Baker, Eades Hogue, Eli Wallach, Karl Malden, Lonny Chapman, Madeleine Sherwood, Mildred Dunnock, Noah Williamson, R.G. Armstrong, Rip Torn,
Director: George Stevens
Writers: Ivan Moffat,
Cast: Carroll Baker, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Jane Withers, Mercedes McCambridge, Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Sal Mineo,