Singer, songwriter, b Bridgewater, NS, 4 Mar 1949. She may not be an actress, but she can act. In 1969, following encouragement from her husband, she joined a bar band in Oakville, Ontario, but was fired after only three weeks. When Baker turned down to appear in the Warner Bros. production in the film "Too Much, Too Soon" as a result they did not allow her to work in outside production like The Three Faces of Eve, The Devil's Disciple, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Brothers Karamazov. After a brief marriage, she had a small part in Easy to Love (1953), did TV commercials, and had a bit part on Broadway. Received a career Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Hoboken International Film Festival. [2] She is of Irish and Polish descent,[3] which has given rise to a rumor that her birth name was Karolina Piekarski. "Diahann Carroll … Delivered her daughter Blanche naturally and her son Herschel via forceps. In 1983, Baker published an autobiography titled Baby Doll: An Autobiography, which detailed her life and career as an actress and revealed the issues with Paramount and Warner Bros. that had led her to move to Europe in the 1970s and pursue a career in Italian films. Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a retired American actress of film, stage, and television. The 1970s also had a return to the stage for Baker, where she appeared in British theater productions of Bell, Book, and Candle; Rain, an adaptation of a story by W. Somerset Maugham; Lucy Crown, an adaptation of the novel by Irwin Shaw; and Motive. The October 19, 1988, issue of Variety, in the Italian Film Production column, announced the movie "Incantesimo Fatale" or "Fatal Spell" began filming October 1, 1988. [103], Baker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street, which was erected on February 8, 1960. [17] In 1955, she screen tested and auditioned for the lead role in Picnic, but lost the part to Kim Novak. As of August 2010, was residing in London, England. I never slept with him or anything, but everyone thought I was his mistress." At 16, she changed her name for a talent scout audition. Baker also has six grandchildren. "[59] Relations between Baker and Levine soured; in a 1965 interview, Baker sardonically commented: "I'll say this about Joe Levine: I admire his taste in leading ladies", which led the press to suspect a rift between the actress and producer. Vrbo | Win VR Fish | 15s | Combo. USA, 1959. While only a modest success at the box office,[38] the film was well received by critics and was America's entry at the Venice International Film Festival. Warner Brothers, sensing a future Marilyn Monroe, cast her in Giant (1956), Baby Doll (1956) (Oscar nomination for her thumb-sucking role), The Carpetbaggers (1964) and Harlow (1965) (title role). "[91], Baker resided mainly in New York City and Los Angeles throughout the 1950s and '60s before relocating to Rome to pursue her career there. Carroll Baker was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in a Catholic family, the daughter of Edith Gertrude (née Duffy) and William Watson Baker, a traveling salesman. Retired from acting in 2003 after 50 years in the motion picture industry. Publicity Listings [76], Following Native Son, Baker had a critically acclaimed lead role as the wife of a schizophrenic drifter (played by Jack Nicholson) in Ironweed (1987), alongside Meryl Streep. Lenedra Carroll met her former husband, Atz Kilcher after she moved to Homer, Alaska with her parents. The film was a huge financial success, grossing over $200 million worldwide. Carroll Baker. [34] She appeared on the cover of Life Magazine in June 1956. At 10, she received the Metropolitan Opera scholarship at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art. [62] The production was heralded as the "theatre event of the week" in Los Angeles, though its reception was middling. [19], Baker's first major screen role was the supporting part of Luz Benedict II in Giant (1956), opposite Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, in his final role. [99][100], A 1956 photograph by Diane Arbus depicts Baker onscreen in Baby Doll with a passing silhouette during a New York City theater screening of the film. [49] She traveled to Kenya to film Mister Moses (1965), where publicized rumors spread that she and co-star Robert Mitchum were having an affair, which they both vehemently denied. Carroll Baker Has Blonde Color Hair and Blue Color Eye. Baker has been married three times. Through the 1990s, Baker had guest roles on several television series, such as Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, and Roswell. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Baker's range of roles from young ingénues to brash and flamboyant women established her as both a pin-up and serious dramatic actress. "[64] The play was also performed at the Tappan Zee Playhouse in Nyack, New York in June 1966.[65]. Carroll Baker & Hank Snow in Nashville 1981 Special - YouTube. In The Carpetbaggers, there was a nice wholesome vulgarity to her performance. [74] After an appearance in the British television film Red Monarch (1983), she played the mother of murdered Playboy model Dorothy Stratten (played by Mariel Hemingway) in the biopic Star 80 (1983). [13][14], After appearing in television commercials for Winston cigarettes and Coca-Cola,[15] Baker was featured in an episode of Monodrama Theater performing a monodramatic piece, which was broadcast in 1952 on the DuMont Network. TV Guide referred to the film as an "exceptionally handsome example of 1970s Italian pop-exploitation filmmaking sweetened by Piero Umilani's lounge-jazz score", and praised Baker's performance, but noted that she was "physically wrong for the role; her elaborate lace-and-beribboned costumes sometimes make her look more like a fleshy Miss Havisham than a sleekly predatory sorceress". Baker appeared in supporting roles in several acclaimed dramas in the 1980s, including the true-crime 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. On August 25, 2018, she was honored with a day of her film work during the TCM Summer Under The Stars. Her performance in the film was praised by Ebert, who said: "Nicholson's homecoming [in the film] is all the more effective because Carroll Baker is so good as his wife ... she finds a whole new range. [42] She followed The Big Country with lead roles in two romances, portraying a nun in The Miracle (1959) co-starring Roger Moore, and in But Not for Me (1959), a comedy with Clark Gable. Baker separated from her second husband, Jack Garfein, in 1967, and moved to Europe with her two children to pursue a career there after struggling to find work in Hollywood. In 1992, she was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of … Born in 1949 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia; Grew up in Port Medway, Nova Scotia; Studied at High School in Liverpool, Nova Scotia Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Baker's range of roles from naive ingenues to brash and flamboyant women established her as both a serious dramatic actress and a blonde bombshell. Baker said to Regis Philbin, when he interviewed her for Lifetime Television in 1986, that she "didn't want to write an autobiography ... but I wanted to write, and I knew that would be the easiest thing to get published. Carroll Baker discography and songs: Music profile for Carroll Baker, born 4 March 1949. Baker was surrounded by music as a little girl but she objected when her musical family launched into their repertoire of country songs. Info. She worked as a dancer in a nightclub to pay her fees for the Actor Studio. What they think is wonderful is not what we might ... it was marvelous for me because it really brought me back to life, and it gave me a whole new outlook. "[40], After her suspension with Warner Bros. was lifted, Baker appeared in William Wyler's Western epic The Big Country (1958). [5] The couple remained together until Burton's death from emphysema at their home in Cathedral City, California, on December 8, 2007. In addition to acting, Baker is also the author of two autobiographies and a novel. [25] In the fall of 1956, artist Robert Everheart, under contract with Warner Bros., constructed a 135-foot-tall (41 m) billboard in Times Square promoting the film, depicting the now-iconic image of a scantily clad Baker lying in a crib sucking her thumb. Official Sites. Carroll Baker on the set of "Big Country" 1957 in Los Angeles, California. Life seems to be a never-ending series of survivals, doesn't it? The production was directed by Garfein. The film's producer, Joseph E. Levine, cast her in the potboiler Sylvia before giving her the role of Jean Harlow in the biopic Harlow (1965). "[43] She disliked The Miracle so much that she bought out her contract with Warner Bros., putting her in considerable debt. Carroll Baker is born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of Polish-American descent to William Watson Baker, a traveling salesman, and his wife Virginia; Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen - The Private Lives and Times of Some of the Most Glamorous Actresses and Starlets of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties. Born Karolina Piekarski on 28th May, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, she is famous for Baby Doll, Harlow in a career that spans 1952–2003. Watch later. [21], Simultaneously, Baker was cast as the title character in Elia Kazan's Baby Doll (1956),[22] a role initially intended for Marilyn Monroe. [32] Baby Doll established Baker as an A-list actress and would remain the film for which she is best remembered. Based on her Carpetbaggers performance, Levine began to develop Baker as a movie sex symbol, and she appeared posing in the December 1964 issue of Playboy. [86] Baker alleged that Ritter had raped her when she was still a virgin in the early stages of their relationship. "I was under contract to Joe Levine, who was going around giving me diamonds and behaving like he owned me. [48] In addition to film acting, Baker also found time to appear again on Broadway, starring in the 1962 production of Garson Kanin's Come on Strong in the fall of that year. Her daughter Jewel Kilcher is a popular singer. [36] She refused to make Too Much Too Soon, so Warner Bros. put her on suspension, which prevented her from starring in The Brothers Karamazov (1958) at MGM. "[40] The film, adapted originally from Tennessee Williams' one-act play 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, has been performed on stage into the 21st century: It had its theatrical debut in 2000,[95] and has been performed numerous times since. Her memories of James Dean at the Actors Studio and later in Giant were recalled on BBC Radio 2 in 1982, when she guested on You're Tearing Me Apart, Terence Pettigrew's documentary which commemorated the 25th anniversary of Dean's death in a car accident in 1955. The daughter of an old-time country fiddler, Baker grew up preferring rock & roll to country… Read Full Biography. In it, Baker plays a 1930s Chicago housewife and mother of a teenage girl that accidentally is killed by an African American chauffeur, who attempts to cover up the accident. [90], After leaving Hollywood in the mid-1960s, Baker travelled with Bob Hope's Christmas USO troupe entertaining soldiers in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, an experience which she described as reformative: "In the hospitals I held the hands of damaged young men, and I realized that my pain was not exclusive: that in this world there was suffering much more terrible than mine. Tap to unmute. Profile: Canadian country music artist and songwriter. [79] Her film and television work continued throughout the '90s, and she acted in many made-for-television movies, including the true-crime story Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993), Witness Run (1996), and Dalva (1996) with Farrah Fawcett. Moving to Italy, she made films there and in England, Germany, Mexico and Spain . Canadian singer Carroll Baker released a version titled "I've Never Been This Far Before". After singing casually with a bar band in Oakville, Ont, at 19, then at fairs and jamborees in southern Ontario, she began recording in 1970. Up Next. Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine St. on February 8, 1960. Gave birth to her second child at age 26, son Herschel David Garfein, on January 17, 1958. Her first single, "Mem-ries of Home," for the Gaiety label (owned by Don Grashey, her … [93] In February 2014, she served as maid of honor at longtime friend and former actor Patrick Suraci's wedding to his partner, Tony Perkins, in New York. She studied at the Actors Studio and was married to director Jack Garfein (one daughter, Blanche Baker). The '90s also had Baker more frequently appearing on television series, including episodes of Grand (1990), Tales from the Crypt (1991, opposite Teri Garr in a segment directed by Michael J. [11], Baker studied acting at HB Studio. Singer & businesswoman, Lenedra Carroll has a net worth around $13 million. Her role on The Lyon's Den was Baker's last screen appearance before she formally retired from acting in 2003. This led to her landing roles in two Broadway productions: Roger MacDougall's Escapade in the fall of 1953, and Robert Anderson's All Summer Long, opposite Ed Begley, which ran from September to mid-November 1954. In this independent production, she plays a young college student from the Bronx who is raped one night in St. James Park, and later held captive by a Manhattan mechanic (Ralph Meeker), who witnessed her subsequent suicide attempt. [24] Shot in Benoit, Mississippi, directly after Baker had completed Giant, her role in the film as a sexually repressed teenaged bride to a failed middle-aged cotton gin owner brought Baker overnight fame and a level of notoriety even before the film's release. Born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Carroll Baker was one of the most popular female country singers in Canada. After returning to American films, she married Donald Burton in 1982 and resided in Hampstead, London in the 1980s. 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. 1953) ( divorced). Tap to unmute. "[58], Despite much prepublicity, Harlow received a lukewarm response from critics: Variety referred to Baker's portrayal of Harlow as "a fairly reasonable facsimile, although she lacks the electric fire of the original. In Groups: Northern Lights (6) In the spring of 1966, Baker returned to theatre, performing in a production of Anna Christie at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles. I still had a slave contract and they were willing to put you in almost anything they had. Info. Carroll Baker on the set of "Big Country" 1957 in Los Angeles, California. After appearing in television commercials for Winston cigarettes and Coca-Cola, Baker was featured in an episode of Monodrama Theater performing a monodramatic piece, which was broadcast in 1952 on the DuMont Network. She attended community college for a year and then worked as a dancer and magician's assistant. [23][30] Baker received immense critical praise for her performance. In his review of Paranoia, Roger Ebert said: "Carroll Baker, who was a Hollywood sex symbol (for some, it is said) until she sued Joe Levine and got blacklisted, has been around. As of 2016[update], she resides in New York City. Carroll Baker was born on May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a traveling salesman, William W. Baker. The singer is also the co-founder of the foundation of Higher Ground for Humanity. Shopping. Carroll Baker, Actress: Baby Doll. Carroll Baker Photo Gallery. [39] Baker commented on the effect of the system on her career, saying: "I came in at the end of the big studio system. Lowest Rated: 33% The Carpetbaggers (1964) Birthday: May 28, 1931. [a] though this currently cannot be substantiated by known records. She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you. She quickly took to music by singing in church. [26] The controversial advertising campaign for the film caused a pre-emptive backlash from religious groups, and on December 16, 1956, Cardinal Francis Spellman of St. Patrick's Cathedral denounced the film and advised his parish against seeing it. Carroll Baker was born on May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a traveling salesman, William W. Baker. She went on to star in several critically acclaimed Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, such as The Big Country (1958), How the West Was Won (1962), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). But Not for Me was made at Paramount.[44]. While I could go out and say, even before I started to act, 'Yes, I'm an actress,' I couldn't really say 'I'm a writer. For the Canadian country music performer, see, 1952–1957: Early work and critical success, 1958–1963: Contract disputes and independent films, 1976–1987: Return to American films; theater, Mentions of Baker having been born Karolina Piekarski date back to at least 2006 when the name appeared on the Internet Movie Database, and the claim has been republished in works such as, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress, Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, List of actors with Academy Award nominations, List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars, "The Private Life and Times of Carroll Baker", "Carroll Baker Actress, 'Baby Doll,' grandma", "The Fabulous Baker: A Consideration of Carroll", "Carroll Baker – Broadway Theater Credits", "Catch Baby Doll with Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach", "Baby Doll (1956) Screen: Streetcar on Tobacco Road; Williams-Kazan 'Baby Doll' Is at Victoria", "For Baby Doll Carroll Baker, Life Has Been No Nursery Rhyme", "Age Before Beauty; Gable, Carroll Baker Appear in Comedy But Not For Me' Opens at the Capitol", "Cheyenne Autumn (1964) Screen: John Ford Mounts Huge Frontier Western: Cheyenne Autumn' Bows at Capitol 3 Other Films Open at Local Cinemas", "Screen: 'The Carpetbaggers' Opens:Adaptation of Book by Robbins in Debut", "Isn't that Carroll Baker behind those Foster Grants? Baker's new husband Jack Garfein insisted that she return to New York once the test was shot, and negotiations were broken off. "You can hardly call making an Andy Warhol movie a 'comeback'", said Baker. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. She first married 54 year-old Louie Ritter, owner of the Weylin Hotel, in 1953. [38] The same year, she portrayed Gwen Harold in Bridge to the Sun (1961), a production by MGM based on the 1957 best-selling autobiography of a Tennessee-born woman who married a Japanese diplomat (portrayed by James Shigeta) and became one of the few Americans to live in Japan during World War II. [81], In addition to her work in big-budget productions, Baker also appeared in small, independent films, such as Just Your Luck (1996) and Nowhere to Go (1997). read more. Carroll Baker zodiac sign is pisces. Ed Stephan
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