Carroll Baker
For the Canadian country music performer, refer to Carroll Baker (singer).Carroll Baker (born
May 28,
1931) is an
American actress. She is known for her famous platinum blonde hair, although her natural hair color is dark brown.
Baker was born in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania to Virginia and William Baker, a traveling salesman.[
1] She began her film career in
1953, with a small part in
Easy to Love. After appearing in
television commercials, her big break came in
1956, when she not only appeared in the big feature
Giant, but starred in
Baby Doll, for which she was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress.
In
1964 she starred in
The Carpetbaggers, and in
1965 in
Harlow. Afterwards, she moved to
Europe, where she appeared in several films in
Italy,
Spain,
Germany and the
United Kingdom, as well as in
Mexico.
An apocryphal story has it that a
Masai chief offered 150 cows, 200 goats, sheep, and $750 for her while she was on location in
Africa for the 1965 movie
Mister Moses.
She has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street.
She has been married twice:
* The director
Jack Garfein for whom she converted to
Judaism. They had one daughter,
Blanche Baker who was born in
1956.
* The actor
Donald BurtonEasy to Love (
1953)
Giant (
1956)
Baby Doll (
1956)
The Big Country (
1958)
But Not for Me (
1959)
The Miracle (
1959)
Bridge to the Sun (
1961)
Something Wild (
1961)
How the West Was Won (
1962)
Station Six-Sahara (
1962)
The Carpetbaggers (
1964)
Cheyenne Autumn (
1964)
Sylvia (
1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (
1965)
Mister Moses (
1965)
Harlow (
1965)
Her Harem (
1967)
Jack of Diamonds (
1967) (Cameo)
The Sweet Body of Deborah (
1968)
Orgasm (
1969)
So Sweet, So Perverse (
1969)
The Spider (
1970)
Paranoia (
1970)
The Fourth Mrs. Anderson (
1971)
Captain Apache (
1971)
The Devil Has Seven Faces (
1971)
Knife of Ice (
1972)
Baba Yaga (
1973)
The Flower with Petals of Steel (
1973)
The Body (
1974)
The Virgin Wife (
1975)
Private Lessons (
1975)
My Father's Wife (
1976)
As of Tomorrow (
1976)
Bait (
1976)
Bad (
1977)
Cyclone (
1978)
The World Is Full of Married Men (
1979)
The Sky is Falling (film) (
1979)
The Watcher in the Woods (
1980)
Star 80 (
1983)
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (
1984)
Native Son (
1986)
Hollywood Uncensored (
1987) (documentary)
Ironweed (
1987)
Kindergarten Cop (
1990)
Blonde Fist (
1991)
Jackpot (
1992)
Gipsy Angel (
1994)
In the Flesh (
1995)
Skeletons (
1996)
The Game (
1997)
Nowhere to Go (
1998)
Cinerama Adventure (
2002) (documentary)
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Carroll Baker Baby Doll Fan Club*
Carroll Baker in Baby Doll Lobby Card*
Baby Doll Lobby Card*
Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Carroll Baker
