Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

Date of Birth:

May 28, 1931

Place of Birth:

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Carroll Baker 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.

filmography:

The World Is Full of Married Men The World Is Full of Married Men

1979

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

1995

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

2003

Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

1995

The Paradise Suite The Paradise Suite

1963

Gipsy Angel Gipsy Angel

1990

The Body The Body

1974

Harlow Harlow

1965

What Mad Pursuit What Mad Pursuit

1985

Skeletons Skeletons

1997

On Fire On Fire

1987

Nowhere to Go Nowhere to Go

1998

Mister Moses Mister Moses

1965

Bloodbath Bloodbath

1975

Cinerama Adventure Cinerama Adventure

2002

The Private Lesson The Private Lesson

1975

Blackmail Chase Blackmail Chase

1976

Shattered Dreams Shattered Dreams

1976

Dalva Dalva

1996

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife

1976

In the Flesh In the Flesh

1995

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

1985

The Flower with Petals of Steel The Flower with Petals of Steel

1973

The Sweet Body of Deborah The Sweet Body of Deborah

1968

So Sweet... So Perverse So Sweet... So Perverse

1969

Easy to Love Easy to Love

1953

North Shore Fish North Shore Fish

1997

La signora della città La signora della città

1996

Heart Full of Rain Heart Full of Rain

1997

The Next Victim The Next Victim

1975

Baby Doll: See No Evil Baby Doll: See No Evil

2006

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

2009

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

1984

Rag and Bone Rag and Bone

1998

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

2008

James Dean: The First American Teenager James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975

Another Woman's Husband Another Woman's Husband

2000

Just Your Luck Just Your Luck

1996

Return to 'Giant' Return to 'Giant'

1996

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

1956

Blonde Fist Blonde Fist

1991

Judgment Day: The John List Story Judgment Day: The John List Story

1993

The Carpetbaggers The Carpetbaggers

1964

The Fourth Victim The Fourth Victim

1971

Cyclone Cyclone

1978

Cheyenne Autumn Cheyenne Autumn

1964

Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour

2017

Paranoia Paranoia

1969

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997

Hollywood Uncensored Hollywood Uncensored

1987

Bad Bad

1977

Knife of Ice Knife of Ice

1972

Ironweed Ironweed

1987

The Game The Game

1997

The Greatest Story Ever Told The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

Giant Giant

1956

The Watcher in the Woods The Watcher in the Woods

1980

Star 80 Star 80

1983

Baby Doll Baby Doll

1956

The Big Country The Big Country

1958

How the West Was Won How the West Was Won

1962

Hollywood Scandals Hollywood Scandals

2011

Something Wild Something Wild

1961

A Kiss to Die For A Kiss to Die For

1993

Jack of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds

1967

Cyber Eden Cyber Eden

1992

Native Son Native Son

1986

Men Don't Tell Men Don't Tell

1993

The Miracle The Miracle

1959

Station Six-Sahara Station Six-Sahara

1963

Valentina... The Virgin Wife Valentina... The Virgin Wife

1975

Bridge to the Sun Bridge to the Sun

1961

A Quiet Place to Kill A Quiet Place to Kill

1970

Captain Apache Captain Apache

1971

The Devil with Seven Faces The Devil with Seven Faces

1971

Baba Yaga Baba Yaga

1973

Storie di seduzione Storie di seduzione

1995

Sylvia Sylvia

1965

Red Monarch Red Monarch

1983

The Harem The Harem

1967

But Not for Me But Not for Me

1959

Fun in the Big Country Fun in the Big Country

1958

Kindergarten Cop Kindergarten Cop

1990

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