
Carroll Baker
- Aktor
- 28 Mei 1931 · 95 tahun
- 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.
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- 2003
The Lyon's DenSerial TV8.8
- 1999
RoswellSerial TV7.7
- 1997
The GameFilm7.6
- 1996
E! True Hollywood StorySerial TV8.1
DalvaFilm4.0
- 1994
Chicago HopeSerial TV7.2
- 1991
P.S. I Luv USerial TV6.4
- 1990
Kindergarten CopFilm6.1
GrandSerial TV6.7
- 1989
Tales from the CryptSerial TV8.0
- 1987
Hollywood UncensoredFilm5.4
- 1986
L.A. LawSerial TV7.0
- 1985
- 1984
Murder, She WroteSerial TV7.5
- Sharing Time
Serial TV
- 1983
Star 80Film6.5
- 1982
American PlayhouseSerial TV6.6
- 1980
- Nobody's Perfect
Serial TV
The Watcher in the WoodsFilm5.9
- 1978
- 1977
BadFilm6.5
- 1975
- 1973
- 1971
Captain ApacheFilm4.7
- 1970
- 1969
- W. Somerset Maugham
Serial TV
- 1968
- 1965
HarlowFilm5.6
The Greatest Story Ever ToldFilm6.4
- 1964
Cheyenne AutumnFilm6.7
The CarpetbaggersFilm6.0
- 1963
Station Six-SaharaFilm5.9
- 1962
How the West Was WonFilm7.0
The Merv Griffin ShowSerial TV6.8
- 1961
Something WildFilm6.2
The Mike Douglas ShowSerial TV5.8
- 1958
The Big CountryFilm7.6
- 1956
Baby DollFilm7.0
GiantFilm7.6
Armchair TheatreSerial TV6.0
CinépanoramaSerial TV8.7
- 1953
The OscarsSerial TV7.1
- 1950
What's My Line?Serial TV7.0






