Carroll Baker credits explained

Carroll Baker filmography
Feature films65
Television series16
Theater15
Short films2
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] 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
YearFilmRoleDirector(s)Box office
(USD)		Notes
1953 Easy to Love Clarice [2]
1956 Giant Luz Benedict II 39,000,000 [3]
1956 Baby Doll Baby Doll Meighan 2,300,000 [4] 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
1958 The Big Country Patricia Terrill 4,000,000 [5] [6]
1959 But Not for Me Ellie Brown/Borden 2,500,000 [7] [8]
1959 The Miracle Teresa [9]
1961 Bridge to the Sun Gwen Terasaki [10]
1961 Something Wild Mary Ann Robinson [11]
1962 How the West Was Won Eve Prescott 50,000,000 [12]
1963 Station Six-Sahara Catherine [13]
1964 The Carpetbaggers Rina Marlowe Cord 13,000,000 [14] Golden Laurel — Dramatic Performance, Female (2nd place) [15]
1964 Cheyenne Autumn Deborah Wright John Ford 3,500,000 [16] [17]
1965 Sylvia Sylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle) 1,500,000 [18] [19]
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told George Stevens 15,473,333 [20] [21]
1965 Mister Moses Julie Anderson 1,250,000 [22] [23]
1965 Harlow Gordon Douglas 3,400,000 [24]
1967 Her Harem Margherita [25]
1967 Jack of Diamonds Herself Don Taylor
1968 The Sweet Body of Deborah Deborah 1,600,000 [26]
1969 Paranoia Kathryn West Also known as: Orgasmo
1969 So Sweet... So Perverse Nicole Perrier
1970 A Quiet Place to Kill Helen Also known as: Paranoia
1971 The Fourth Victim Julie Spencer/Lillian Martin Also known as: Death at the Deep End of the Swimming Pool
1971 Captain Apache Maude Also known as: Deathwork
1971 The Devil Has Seven Faces Julie Harrison/Mary Harrison
1972 Knife of Ice Martha Caldwell Umberto Lenzi Also known as: Silent Horror
1973 Baba Yaga Baba Yaga Also known as: Baba Yaga: Devil Witch, and Kiss Me, Kill Me
1973 The Flower with the Deadly Sting Evelyn
1974 The Body Madeleine
1975 Private Lessons Laura Formenti
1975 At Last, at Last Lucia
1976 As of Tomorrow Polly Pott Also known as: Blackmail Chase
1976 My Father's Wife Laura Also known as: Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
1976 Carol Also known as: Shattered Dreams
1977 Andy Warhol's Bad Hazel Aiken 1,500,000 Also known as: Bad
1978 Cyclone Sheila Also known as: Terror Storm
1979 The World Is Full of Married Men Linda Cooper
1979 The Sky is Falling Treasure Also known as: Bloodbath
1980 The Watcher in the Woods Helen Curtis 5,000,000 [27]
1983 Star 80 Nelly Hoogstraten 6,472,990 [28]
1983 Red Monarch Brown [29]
1984 The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud Mama Freud
1985 Gerda Hoffman TV movie [30]
1985 What Mad Pursuit? Louise Steinhauser Tony Smith TV movie [31]
1986 Native Son Mrs. Dalton Jerrold Freedman 1,301,121 [32] [33]
1987 On Fire Maureen TV movie [34]
1987 Ironweed Annie Phelan 7,393,346 [35] [36]
1990 Gipsy Angel Phoebe Al Festa
1990 Kindergarten Cop Eleanor Crisp 201,957,688 [37] [38]
1991 Blonde Fist Lovelle Summers Frank Clarke
1992 Jackpot Madame Mario Orfini 174,000,000 Also known as: Cyber Eden
1993 Alma List TV movie
1993 Men Don't Tell Ruth TV movie
1993 A Kiss to Die For Mrs. Graham TV movie
1995 Elaine Mitchelson
1996 Dalva Naomi TV movie
1996 Witness Run Martha Shepard Beppe Cino TV movie
1996 Just Your Luck Momie Gary Auerbach
1997 Skeletons Nancy Norton TV movie
1997 North Shore Fish Arlyne TV movie
1997 The Game Ilsa 109,400,000 [39]
1998 Nowhere to Go Nana John Caire
1998 Rag and Bone Sister Marie, Tony's Aunt TV movie
1998 Heart Full of Rain Edith Pearl Dockett TV movie
2000 Another Woman's Husband Laurel's Mom Noel Nosseck TV movie

Television series

Television
YearSeriesRoleNotes
1952 Monodrama Theater Clarice
1954 The Web Episode: "The Treadmill"
1955 Studio One Jennie Episode: "A Stranger May Die" Danger Episode: "Season for Murder"
1963 Armchair Theatre Lena Roland Episode: "The Paradise Suite" [40]
1970 W. Somerset Maugham Sadie Thompson Episode: "Rain" [41]
1975 The Wide World of Mystery Sandy Marshall Episode: "The Next Victim"; was produced for Series 6 of Thriller
1984 Sharing Time Fran Episode: "Oceans Apart"
1990 Grand Viva Episodes: "The Well", "Wolf Boy", "The Mother Load"
1991 Tales from the Crypt Mother Paloma Episode: "The Trap" [42]
1991 P.S. I Luv U Victoria Episode: "The Honeymooners"
1992 Davis Rules Episode: "Everybody Comes to Nick's"
1993 Murder, She Wrote Sibella Stone Episode: "Love's Deadly Desire" [43]
L.A. Law Rae Morrison Episodes: "How Much Is That Bentley in the Window",
"Leap of Faith", "Book of Renovation, Chapter 1"
1995 Chicago Hope Sylvie Tannen Episode: "Informed Consent"
1999 Roswell Grandma Claudia Episode: "Leaving Normal" [44]
2003 The Lyon's Den Jack's Mother Episode: "The Quantum Theory"

Short subjects

Short films
YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1965 Flashes Festival Herself Documentary
1970 The Spider

Documentaries

Documentary subjects
YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Herself TV documentary
1987 Sex Symbols; Past, Present and Future TV documentary
1987 Hollywood Uncensored
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western TV documentary
2002 Cinerama Adventure
2003 Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King TV documentary
2009 Western Legenden – Made in Hollywood TV documentary

Stage credits

Stage performances [45] [46] [47]
YearTitleRoleLocationNotes
1953 Escapade Molly 48th Street Theatre, New York CityBroadway production; 13 performances
1953 A Hatful of Rain Actors Studio Workshop, New York City
1954 All Summer Long Ruth Booth Theatre, New York City
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles		Broadway; 60 performances
1958 Arms and the Man Chicago
1962 Come on Strong Virginia Karger Morosco Theatre, New York City Broadway; 36 performances
1966 Anna Christie Anna Christopherson Los Angeles
1967 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Los Angeles
1977 Rain Sadie Thompson London, England
1978 Bell, Book and Candle Atlanta, Georgia
1978 13 Rue de l'Amour Jacksonville, Florida
1979Forty Carats Ann Stanley
1979 Lucy Crown Lucy London, England
1979 Goodbye Charlie Virginia Mason Chicago, Illinois
1980 Motive London, England
1981 Little Hut Canada

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carroll Baker. The Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1987. Brennan, Patricia. March 2, 2015.
  2. Web site: Overview for Carroll Baker. Turner Classic Movies. April 9, 2015.
  3. Web site: Miller . Frank . .:: TCM Presents: The Essentials – Article::. . . March 29, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150113074209/http://www.tcm.com/essentials/article.html?cid=581460&mainArticleId=581108 . January 13, 2015 .
  4. "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
  5. "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964. p. 69
  6. Web site: War and Peace on Range in 'Big Country'; Gregory Peck Stars in Wyler's Western Action-Packed Film Scores Violence. October 2, 1958. November 1, 2015. Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times.
  7. "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960. p. 34
  8. Web site: Age Before Beauty; Gable, Carroll Baker Appear in Comedy But Not For Me' Opens at the Capitol. The New York Times. October 3, 1959. October 31, 2015. Crowther, Bosley.
  9. Web site: Screen: 'The Miracle' at Music Hall; Warner Film Is Based on Reinhardt Show. The New York Times. Crowther, Bosley. November 13, 1959. May 30, 2015.
  10. Web site: Calling Out to Carroll Baker: 'Bridge to the Sun'. Pop Matters. May 25, 2015. April 9, 2015. Barrett, Michael.
  11. Practice for an Actress. LIFE. 41–2. November 28, 1960.
  12. Web site: 'How the West Was Won': 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Classic Western. MovieFone. February 13, 2013. Susman, Gary. April 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412194232/http://news.moviefone.com/2013/02/20/how-the-west-was-won-50th-anniversary/. April 12, 2015. dead.
  13. Web site: Lost and found: Station Six Sahara. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803083501/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49764. dead. August 3, 2012. British Film Institute (BFI). Sight & Sound. Thompson, David. April 9, 2015.
  14. Book: Steinberg . Cobbett . Film Facts . 1980 . Facts on File, Inc. . New York . 0-87196-313-2 . 23 . registration .
  15. Web site: Screen: 'The Carpetbaggers' Opens:Adaptation of Book by Robbins in Debut. The New York Times. Crowther, Bosley. July 2, 1964. February 2, 2015.
  16. This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Big Rental Pictures of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966. p. 6
  17. Book: Searching for John Ford. 2001. registration. 63. McBride, Joseph. St. Martin's Press. 9780312242329 .
  18. Anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 36.
  19. Web site: Sylvia (1965) – Overview. Turner Classic Movies. April 9, 2015.
  20. Web site: The Greatest Story Ever Told – Box Office Information. The Numbers. March 31, 2015.
  21. Web site: Screen: 'The Greatest Story Ever Told':Max von Sydow Stars in Biblical Film. The New York Times. Crowther, Bosley. February 16, 1965. February 2, 2015.
  22. Anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966. p. 36
  23. Web site: Robert Mitchum Stars as 'Mister Moses'. The New York Times. Weiler, A.H.. May 13, 1965. February 6, 2015.
  24. Book: 5001 Nights at the Movies. Kael, Pauline. 15 May 1991. 319. Holt. 978-0805013672.
  25. Book: Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965 . 1. Monush, Barry. 2003. 978-1557835512. Applause. 36–37.
  26. News: Friendly, Alfred Jr. What Ever Happened to Baby Doll?: An American in Rome. The New York Times. 29 June 1969. D11.
  27. Web site: The Watcher in the Woods (1981). Box Office Mojo. April 5, 2015.
  28. Web site: Star 80 Box Office Data. The Numbers. April 5, 2015.
  29. Web site: Red Monarch. San Francisco International Film Festival. Thomson, David. April 8, 2015.
  30. Web site: Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985). https://web.archive.org/web/20160306123949/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/126244/Hitler-s-SS-Portrait-in-Evil/overview. dead. March 6, 2016. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Hal Erickson. Hal Erickson (author). 2016. October 31, 2015.
  31. The Bulletin. Sydney, Australia. 98. 108. Haynes, J.. Archibald, J.F.. 1986. This Week in Television.
  32. Web site: Native Son (1986). Box Office Mojo. June 2, 2013.
  33. Web site: Native Son Movie Review. Chicago Sun-Times. December 25, 1986. February 3, 2015. Ebert, Roger.
  34. Web site: 'Best Thing I've Had For Ages' : 'baby Doll' Baker Is Catching 'fire' For ABC. The Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1987. Brennan, Patricia. April 9, 2015.
  35. Web site: Ironweed (1987). Box Office Mojo. April 6, 2015.
  36. Web site: Ironweed Movie Review & Film Summary. Chicago Sun-Times. February 12, 1988. February 2, 2015. Ebert, Roger.
  37. News: WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : Moviegoers Go for the Laughs . The Los Angeles Times. April 5, 2015. Pat H.. Broeske. January 8, 1991.
  38. Web site: Kindergarten Cop. Oregon Film Museum. April 10, 2015.
  39. Web site: The Game. 2015-04-05. Box Office Mojo.
  40. Book: Armchair Theatre: The Lost Years. 86. White, Leonard. 2003. 978-1903053188. Kelly Publications.
  41. Book: Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. limited. 356. Roberts, Jerry. 2009. Scarecrow Press. 978-0810861381.
  42. Book: Diehl, Digby. Tales From The Crypt: The Official Archives Including the Complete History of EC Comics and the Hit Television Series . 1997. St. Martin's Griffin. 978-0312170400. 5.
  43. Book: The Unofficial Murder, She Wrote Casebook. 311. Parish, James. 1997. Kensington. 978-1575662107.
  44. Book: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. 11. 2000. Carroll & Graf. 978-0786707928. Jones, Stephen. 58. registration.
  45. Web site: Fabulous Baker: A Consideration of Carroll . May 3, 2015 . Slifkin, Irv . February 2, 2015 . Movies Unlimited . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226125337/http://www.moviefanfare.com/carroll-baker/ . February 26, 2015 .
  46. Web site: Carroll Baker – Broadway Theater Credits. Playbill Vault. November 11, 2012.
  47. Web site: Carroll Baker Biography (1931-). Film Reference. February 2, 2012.

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