Baker in a promotional photo, ca. 1956
Carroll Baker filmography
Feature films 65
Television series 16
Theater 15
Short films 2

Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American actress of film, stage, and television. Spanning a career of fifty years, Baker appeared in 66 feature and television films, as well as 16 television appearances and over 15 stage credits, including 3 Broadway productions. Her most prolific role was in Elia Kazan's 1956 film Baby Doll, which earned her a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.[1][2] Throughout her career, she became an established movie sex symbol.

Baker began her acting career in New York City as a member of the Actors Studio, and starred in Broadway productions before her screen debut in Easy to Love (1953). After the critical success of Baby Doll, Baker worked consistently throughout the 1960s, starring in westerns such as How the West Was Won (1962), as well as independent films such as Something Wild (1961) and melodramas The Carpetbaggers (1964) and Sylvia (1965). After portraying Jean Harlow in 1965's Harlow, Baker initiated a legal dispute over her contract with Paramount Pictures, which ultimately led to her being blacklisted in Hollywood. Baker moved to Europe in the late 1960s, where she starred in multiple Italian horror and giallo films.

She saw a return to American cinema in Andy Warhol's Bad in 1977, and later received critical acclaim for her performance in Ironweed (1987) alongside Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Baker worked in both television and film into the 1990s, and had supporting roles in the critically acclaimed Hollywood films Kindergarten Cop (1990) and David Fincher's The Game (1997). She formally retired from acting in 2003.

Screen

Films

Film
Year Film Role Director(s) Box office
(USD)		 Notes Ref.
1953Easy to LoveClariceCharles Walters—[3]
1956GiantLuz Benedict IIGeorge Stevens39,000,000 [4][3]
1956Baby DollBaby Doll MeighanElia Kazan2,300,000 [5]Won – Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer (female)*
*shared with Jayne Mansfield and Natalie Wood
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – BAFTA for Best Foreign Actress		[3]
1958The Big CountryPatricia TerrillWilliam Wyler4,000,000 [6][7]
1959But Not for MeEllie Brown/BordenWalter Lang2,500,000 [8][9]
1959The MiracleTeresaIrving Rapper—[10]
1961Bridge to the SunGwen TerasakiÉtienne Périer—[11]
1961Something WildMary Ann RobinsonJack Garfein—[12]
1962How the West Was WonEve PrescottJohn Ford
Henry Hathaway
George Marshall		50,000,000 [13][13]
1963Station Six-SaharaCatherineSeth Holt—[14]
1964The CarpetbaggersRina Marlowe CordEdward Dmytryk13,000,000 [15]Golden Laurel — Dramatic Performance, Female (2nd place)[16]
1964Cheyenne AutumnDeborah WrightJohn Ford3,500,000 [17][18]
1965SylviaSylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)Gordon Douglas1,500,000 [19][20]
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldVeronicaGeorge Stevens15,473,333 [21][22]
1965Mister MosesJulie AndersonRonald Neame1,250,000 [23][24]
1965HarlowJean HarlowGordon Douglas3,400,000 [17][25]
1967Her HaremMargheritaMarco Ferreri—[26]
1967Jack of DiamondsHerselfDon Taylor—[26]
1968The Sweet Body of DeborahDeborahRomolo Guerrieri1,600,000 [27][26]
1969ParanoiaKathryn WestUmberto Lenzi—Also known as: Orgasmo[26]
1969So Sweet... So PerverseNicole Perrier—[26]
1970A Quiet Place to KillHelen—Also known as: Paranoia[26]
1971The Fourth VictimJulie Spencer/Lillian MartinEugenio Martín—Also known as: Death at the Deep End of the Swimming Pool[26]
1971Captain ApacheMaudeAlexander Singer—Also known as: Deathwork[26]
1971The Devil Has Seven FacesJulie Harrison/Mary HarrisonOsvaldo Civirani—[26]
1972Knife of IceMartha CaldwellUmberto Lenzi—Also known as: Silent Horror[26]
1973Baba YagaBaba YagaCorrado Farina—Also known as: Baba Yaga: Devil Witch, and Kiss Me, Kill Me[26]
1973The Flower with the Deadly StingEvelynGianfranco Piccioli—[26]
1974The BodyMadeleineLuigi Scattini—[26]
1975Private LessonsLaura FormentiVittorio De Sisti—[26]
1975At Last, at LastLuciaMarino Girolami—[26]
1976As of TomorrowPolly PottFrançois Legrand—Also known as: Blackmail Chase[26]
1976My Father's WifeLauraAndrea Bianchi—Also known as: Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife[26]
1976BaitCarolPeter Patzak—Also known as: Shattered Dreams[26]
1977Andy Warhol's BadHazel AikenJed Johnson1,500,000Also known as: Bad[26]
1978CycloneSheilaRené Cardona Jr.—Also known as: Terror Storm[26]
1979The World Is Full of Married MenLinda CooperRobert Young—[26]
1979The Sky is FallingTreasureSilvio Narizzano—Also known as: Bloodbath[26]
1980The Watcher in the WoodsHelen CurtisJohn Hough5,000,000 [28][26]
1983Star 80Nelly HoogstratenBob Fosse6,472,990 [29][26]
1983Red MonarchBrownJack Gold—[30]
1984The Secret Diary of Sigmund FreudMama FreudDanford B. Greene—[26]
1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilGerda HoffmanJim Goddard—TV movie[31]
1985What Mad Pursuit?Louise SteinhauserTony Smith—TV movie[32]
1986Native SonMrs. DaltonJerrold Freedman1,301,121 [33][34]
1987On FireMaureenRobert Greenwald—TV movie[35]
1987IronweedAnnie PhelanHéctor Babenco7,393,346 [36][26][37]
1990Gipsy AngelPhoebeAl Festa—[26]
1990Kindergarten CopEleanor CrispIvan Reitman201,957,688 [38][26][39]
1991Blonde FistLovelle SummersFrank Clarke—[26]
1992JackpotMadameMario Orfini174,000,000Also known as: Cyber Eden[26]
1993Judgment Day: The John List StoryAlma ListBobby Roth—TV movie[26]
1993Men Don't TellRuthHarry Winer—TV movie[26]
1993A Kiss to Die ForMrs. GrahamLeon Ichaso—TV movie[26]
1995In the FleshElaine MitchelsonNikolai Müllerschön—[26]
1996DalvaNaomiKen Cameron—TV movie[26]
1996Witness RunMartha ShepardBeppe Cino—TV movie[26]
1996Just Your LuckMomieGary Auerbach—[26]
1997SkeletonsNancy NortonDavid DeCoteau—TV movie[26]
1997North Shore FishArlyneSteve Zuckerman—TV movie[26]
1997The GameIlsaDavid Fincher109,400,000 [40][26]
1998Nowhere to GoNanaJohn Caire—[26]
1998Rag and BoneSister Marie, Tony's AuntJames D. Parriott—TV movie[26]
1998Heart Full of RainEdith Pearl DockettRoger Young—TV movie[26]
2000Another Woman's HusbandLaurel's MomNoel Nosseck—TV movie[26]

Television series

Television
Year Series Role Notes Ref.
1952Monodrama TheaterClariceLate-night show on DuMont Television Network
1954The WebEpisode: "The Treadmill"
1955Studio OneJennieEpisode: "A Stranger May Die"DangerEpisode: "Season for Murder"
1963Armchair TheatreLena RolandEpisode: "The Paradise Suite"[41]
1970W. Somerset MaughamSadie ThompsonEpisode: "Rain"[42]
1975The Wide World of MysterySandy MarshallEpisode: "The Next Victim"; was produced for Series 6 of Thriller
1984Sharing TimeFranEpisode: "Oceans Apart"
1990GrandVivaEpisodes: "The Well", "Wolf Boy", "The Mother Load"
1991Tales from the CryptMother PalomaEpisode: "The Trap"[43]
1991P.S. I Luv UVictoriaEpisode: "The Honeymooners"
1992Davis RulesEpisode: "Everybody Comes to Nick's"
1993Murder, She WroteSibella StoneEpisode: "Love's Deadly Desire"[44]
L.A. LawRae MorrisonEpisodes: "How Much Is That Bentley in the Window",
"Leap of Faith", "Book of Renovation, Chapter 1"
1995Chicago HopeSylvie TannenEpisode: "Informed Consent"
1999RoswellGrandma ClaudiaEpisode: "Leaving Normal"[45]
2003The Lyon's DenJack's MotherEpisode: "The Quantum Theory"

Short subjects

Short films
Year Title Role Director Notes
1965Flashes FestivalHerselfCharles GérardDocumentary
1970The Spider

Documentaries

Documentary subjects
Year Title Role Notes
1975James Dean: The First American TeenagerHerselfTV documentary
1987Sex Symbols; Past, Present and FutureTV documentary
1987Hollywood Uncensored
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternTV documentary
2002Cinerama Adventure
2003Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingTV documentary
2009Western Legenden – Made in HollywoodTV documentary

Stage credits

Baker in the Broadway production of Come on Strong, September 26, 1962
Stage performances [1][46][47]
Year Title Role Location Notes
1953EscapadeMolly48th Street Theatre, New York CityBroadway production; 13 performances
1953A Hatful of RainActors Studio Workshop, New York City[47]
1954All Summer LongRuthBooth Theatre, New York City
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles		Broadway; 60 performances
1958Arms and the ManChicago[47]
1962Come on StrongVirginia KargerMorosco Theatre, New York CityBroadway; 36 performances
1966Anna ChristieAnna ChristophersonLos Angeles[47]
1967Gentlemen Prefer BlondesLos Angeles[47]
1977RainSadie ThompsonLondon, England[47]
1978Bell, Book and CandleAtlanta, Georgia[47]
197813 Rue de l'AmourJacksonville, Florida[47]
1979Forty CaratsAnn Stanley[47]
1979Lucy CrownLucyLondon, England[47]
1979Goodbye CharlieVirginia MasonChicago, Illinois[47]
1980MotiveLondon, England[47]
1981Little HutCanada[47]

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