Carroll Baker credits

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 WaltersN/A[3]
1956GiantLuz Benedict IIGeorge Stevens
39,000,000 [4]
[3]
1956Baby DollBaby Doll MeighanElia Kazan
2,300,000 [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 Wyler
4,000,000 [6]
[7]
1959But Not for MeEllie Brown/BordenWalter Lang
2,500,000 [8]
[9]
1959The MiracleTeresaIrving RapperN/A[10]
1961Bridge to the SunGwen TerasakiEtienne PérierN/A[11]
1961Something WildMary Ann RobinsonJack GarfeinN/A[12]
1962How the West Was WonEve PrescottJohn Ford
Henry Hathaway
George Marshall
50,000,000 [13]
[13]
1962Station Six-SaharaCatherineSeth HoltN/A[14]
1964The CarpetbaggersRina Marlowe CordEdward Dmytryk
13,000,000 [15]
Golden Laurel — Dramatic Performance, Female (2nd place)[16]
1964Cheyenne AutumnDeborah WrightJohn Ford
3,500,000 [17]
[18]
1965SylviaSylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)Gordon Douglas
1,500,000 [19]
[20]
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldVeronicaGeorge Stevens
15,473,333 [21]
[22]
1965Mister MosesJulie AndersonRonald Neame
1,250,000 [23]
[24]
1965HarlowJean HarlowGordon Douglas
3,400,000 [25]
[26]
1967Her HaremMargheritaMarco FerreriN/A[27]
1967Jack of DiamondsHerselfDon TaylorN/A[27]
1968The Sweet Body of DeborahDeborahRomolo Guerrieri
1,600,000 [28]
[27]
1969ParanoiaKathryn WestUmberto LenziN/AAlso known as: Orgasmo[27]
1969So Sweet... So PerverseNicole PerrierN/A[27]
1970A Quiet Place to KillHelenN/AAlso known as: Paranoia[27]
1971The Fourth Mrs. AndersonJulie Spencer/Lillian MartinEugenio MartínN/AAlso known as: Death at the Deep End of the Swimming Pool[27]
1971Captain ApacheMaudeAlexander SingerN/AAlso known as: Deathwork[27]
1971The Devil Has Seven FacesJulie Harrison/Mary HarrisonOsvaldo CiviraniN/A[27]
1972Knife of IceMartha CaldwellUmberto LenziN/AAlso known as: Silent Horror[27]
1973Baba YagaBaba YagaCorrado FarinaN/AAlso known as: Baba Yaga: Devil Witch, and Kiss Me, Kill Me[27]
1974The Flower with the Deadly StingEvelynGianfranco PiccioliN/A[27]
1974The BodyMadeleineLuigi ScattiniN/A[27]
1975Private LessonsLaura FormentiVittorio De SistiN/A[27]
1975At Last, at LastLuciaMarino GirolamiN/A[27]
1976As of TomorrowPolly PottFrançois LegrandN/A[27]
1976My Father's WifeLauraAndrea BianchiN/AAlso known as: Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife[27]
1976BaitCarolPeter PatzakN/A[27]
1977Andy Warhol's BadHazel AikenJed Johnson
1,500,000
Also known as: Bad[27]
1978CycloneSheilaRené Cardona Jr.N/AAlso known as: "Terror Storm"[27]
1979The World Is Full of Married MenLinda CooperRobert YoungN/A[27]
1979The Sky is FallingTreasureSilvio NarizzanoN/AAlso known as: Bloodbath[27]
1980The Watcher in the WoodsHelen CurtisJohn Hough5,000,000 [29][27]
1983Star 80Nelly HoogstratenBob Fosse
6,472,990 [30]
[27]
1983Red MonarchBrownJack GoldN/A[31]
1984The Secret Diary of Sigmund FreudMama FreudDanford B. GreeneN/A[27]
1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilGerda HoffmanJim GoddardN/ATV movie[32]
1985What Mad Pursuit?Louise SteinhauserTony SmithN/ATV movie[33]
1986Native SonMrs. DaltonJerrold Freedman
1,301,121 [34]
[35]
1987On FireMaureenRobert GreenwaldN/ATV movie[36]
1987IronweedAnnie PhelanHector Babenco
7,393,346 [37]
[27][38]
1990Kindergarten CopEleanor CrispIvan Reitman
201,957,688 [39]
[27][40]
1991Blonde FistLovelle SummersFrank ClarkeN/A[27]
1992Gipsy AngelPhoebeAl FestaN/A[27]
1992JackpotMadameMario Orfini
174,000,000
Also known as: Cyber Eden[27]
1993Judgment Day: The John List StoryAlma ListBobby RothN/ATV movie[27]
1993Men Don't TellRuthHarry WinerN/ATV movie[27]
1993A Kiss to Die ForMrs. GrahamLeon IchasoN/ATV movie[27]
1995In the FleshElaine MitchelsonNikolai MüllerschönN/A[27]
1996DalvaNaomiKen CameronN/ATV movie[27]
1996Witness RunMartha ShepardBeppe CinoN/ATV movie[27]
1996Just Your LuckMomieGary AuerbachN/A[27]
1997SkeletonsNancy NortonDavid DeCoteauN/ATV movie[27]
1997North Shore FishArlyneSteve ZuckermanN/ATV movie[27]
1997The GameIlsaDavid Fincher
109,400,000 [41]
[27]
1998Nowhere to GoNanaJohn CaireN/A[27]
1998Rag and BoneSister Marie, Tony's AuntJames D. ParriottN/ATV movie[27]
1998Heart Full of RainEdith Pearl DockettRoger YoungN/ATV movie[27]
2000Another Woman's HusbandLaurel's MomNoel NosseckN/ATV movie[27]

Television series

Television
Year Series Role Notes Ref.
1952Monodrama TheaterClariceLate-night show on DuMont Television Network
1954The WebEpisode: "The Treadmill"
1955DangerEpisode: "Season for Murder"
1963Armchair TheatreLena RolandEpisode: "The Paradise Suite"
[42]
1970W. Somerset MaughamSadie ThompsonEpisode: "Rain"
[43]
1975The Wide World of MysterySandy MarshallEpisode: "The Next Victim"
1984Sharing TimeFranEpisode: "Oceans Apart"
1990GrandVivaEpisodes: "The Well", "Wolf Boy", "The Mother Load"
1991Tales from the CryptMother PalomaEpisode: "The Trap"
[44]
1991P.S. I Luv UVictoriaEpisode: "The Honeymooners"
1992Davis RulesEpisode: "Everybody Comes to Nick's"
1993Murder, She WroteSibella StoneEpisode: "Love's Deadly Desire"
[45]
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"
[46]
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][47][48]
Year Title Role Location Notes
1953EscapadeMolly48th Street Theatre, New York City, New YorkBroadway production; 13 performances
1953A Hatful of RainActors' Studio Workshop, New York City, New York[48]
1954All Summer LongRuthBooth Theatre, New York City, New York
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, California		Broadway; 60 performances
1958Arms and the ManChicago, Illinois[48]
1962Come on StrongVirginia KargerMorosco Theatre, New York City, New YorkBroadway; 36 performances
1966Anna ChristieAnna ChristophersonLos Angeles, California[48]
1967Gentlemen Prefer BlondesLos Angeles, California[48]
1977RainSadie ThompsonLondon, England[48]
1978Bell, Book and CandleAtlanta, Georgia[48]
197813 Rue de l'AmourJacksonville, Florida[48]
1979Forty CaratsAnn Stanley[48]
1979Lucy CrownLucyLondon, England[48]
1979Goodbye CharlieVirginia MasonChicago, Illinois[48]
1980MotiveLondon, England[48]
1981Little HutCanada[48]

References

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  17. ↑ This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Big Rental Pictures of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966. p. 6
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