Carroll Baker

Born

May 28, 1931 (94 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

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 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.

Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour

Self

0.0

2017

Hollywood Scandals

Self

0.0

2011

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

Self

0.0

2009

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

Self

8.5

2008

Baby Doll: See No Evil

Baby Doll: See No Evil

Self

0.0

2006

The Lyon's Den

The Lyon's Den

Jack's Mother · (1 episode)

9.3

2003

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Self

0.0

2003

Cinerama Adventure

Cinerama Adventure

Self

7.6

2002

Another Woman's Husband

Another Woman's Husband

Laurel’s mother

3.8

2000

Roswell

Roswell

Claudia Parker · (1 episode)

7.7

1999

Nowhere to Go

Nana

0.0

1998

Rag and Bone

Rag and Bone

Sister Marie, Tony's Aunt

3.3

1998

Heart Full of Rain

Heart Full of Rain

Edith Pearl Dockett

4.0

1997

The Game

The Game

Ilsa

7.6

1997

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Self

0.0

1997

Skeletons

Skeletons

Nancy Norton

4.1

1997

North Shore Fish

North Shore Fish

Arlyne

0.0

1997

Just Your Luck

Just Your Luck

Momie

3.5

1996

Return to 'Giant'

Return to 'Giant'

Self

6.1

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

(1 episode)

8.1

1996

La signora della città

La signora della città

Martha Sheppard

0.0

1996

Dalva

Dalva

Naomi

3.3

1996

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Self

0.0

1996

Storie di seduzione

Storie di seduzione

Diana's Mother

0.0

1995

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self

6.0

1995

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

Self

5.0

1995

In the Flesh

In the Flesh

Elaine Mitchelson

0.0

1995

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)

0.0

1994

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

Sylvie Tannen · (1 episode)

7.2

1994

A Kiss to Die For

A Kiss to Die For

Mrs. Graham

4.4

1993

Men Don't Tell

Men Don't Tell

Ruth

6.4

1993

Judgment Day: The John List Story

Judgment Day: The John List Story

Alma List

4.5

1993

Cyber Eden

Cyber Eden

Madame

4.7

1992

Blonde Fist

Blonde Fist

Lovell Summers

4.6

1991

P.S. I Luv U

P.S. I Luv U

Victoria · (1 episode)

5.8

1991

Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop

Eleanor Crisp

6.1

1990

Gipsy Angel

Gipsy Angel

Pheobe

3.5

1990

Grand

Grand

Viva · (3 episodes)

5.5

1990

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

Mother Paloma ("segment "The Trap") · (1 episode)

8.0

1989

Ironweed

Ironweed

Annie Phelan

6.3

1987

Hollywood Uncensored

Hollywood Uncensored

Self

5.5

1987

On Fire

On Fire

Maureen Leary

0.0

1987

Native Son

Native Son

Mrs. Dalton

5.2

1986

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

Rae Morrison · (3 episodes)

7.1

1986

What Mad Pursuit

What Mad Pursuit

Louise Steinhauser

0.0

1985

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Gerda Hoffman

4.5

1985

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Sibella Stone · (1 episode)

7.5

1984

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

Mama Freud

4.0

1984

Star 80

Star 80

Dorothy's Mum

6.4

1983

Red Monarch

Red Monarch

Ellen Brown

5.0

1983

The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods

Helen Curtis

5.9

1980

The World Is Full of Married Men

The World Is Full of Married Men

Linda Cooper

5.3

1979

Cyclone

Cyclone

Sheila

5.1

1978

Bad

Bad

Hazel Aiken

6.3

1977

Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

Carol

8.0

1976

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife

Laura

6.4

1976

Blackmail Chase

Blackmail Chase

Polly Pott

0.0

1976

Bloodbath

Bloodbath

Treasure

4.1

1975

The Private Lesson

The Private Lesson

Laura Formenti

5.4

1975

James Dean: The First American Teenager

James Dean: The First American Teenager

Self

6.0

1975

The Next Victim

The Next Victim

Sandy Marshall

0.0

1975

Valentina... The Virgin Wife

Valentina... The Virgin Wife

Lucia

5.1

1975

The Body

The Body

Madeliene

4.4

1974

The Flower with Petals of Steel

The Flower with Petals of Steel

Evelyne Graffi

5.5

1973

Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga

5.4

1973

Thriller

Thriller

Sandy Marshall · (1 episode)

6.6

1973

Knife of Ice

Knife of Ice

Martha Caldwell

6.0

1972

The Devil with Seven Faces

The Devil with Seven Faces

Julie Harrison / Mary Harrison

4.7

1971

Captain Apache

Captain Apache

Maude

4.5

1971

The Fourth Victim

The Fourth Victim

Julie Spencer / Lillian Martin

5.8

1971

A Quiet Place to Kill

A Quiet Place to Kill

Helen

6.5

1970

So Sweet... So Perverse

So Sweet... So Perverse

Nicole Perrier

5.5

1969

Paranoia

Paranoia

Kathryn West

5.9

1969

The Sweet Body of Deborah

The Sweet Body of Deborah

Deborah

5.4

1968

Jack of Diamonds

Jack of Diamonds

Carroll Baker

4.2

1967

The Harem

The Harem

Margherita

5.4

1967

Harlow

Harlow

Jean Harlow

5.4

1965

Mister Moses

Mister Moses

Julie Anderson

4.0

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Veronica

6.4

1965

Sylvia

Sylvia

Sylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)

6.2

1965

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

Deborah Wright

6.7

1964

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

Rina Marlowe Cord

5.8

1964

The Paradise Suite

Lena Roland

0.0

1963

Station Six-Sahara

Station Six-Sahara

Catherine

5.9

1963

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

Eve Prescott Rawlings

7.0

1962

Something Wild

Something Wild

Mary Ann Robinson

6.2

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · (1 episode)

5.4

1961

Bridge to the Sun

Bridge to the Sun

Gwen Terasaki

6.8

1961

The Miracle

The Miracle

Teresa

6.7

1959

But Not for Me

But Not for Me

Ellie Brown / Borden

6.0

1959

The Big Country

The Big Country

Patricia Terrill

7.6

1958

Fun in the Big Country

Fun in the Big Country

Self

0.0

1958

Baby Doll

Baby Doll

Baby Doll Meighan

7.1

1956

Giant

Giant

Luz Benedict II

7.6

1956

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

Self

6.0

1956

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

Self · (1 episode)

8.0

1956

Easy to Love

Easy to Love

Clarice

6.1

1953

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self · (2 episodes)

7.0

1953

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest · (2 episodes)

6.9

1950