About
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...
Known for
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Chicago HopeSeries • 1994
L.A. LawSeries • 1986
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989
RoswellSeries • 1999
ThrillerSeries • 1973
The GameMovie • 1997
The Lyon's DenSeries • 2003
GiantMovie • 1956
GrandSeries • 1990
How the West Was WonMovie • 1962
Kindergarten CopMovie • 1990
The Greatest Story Ever ToldMovie • 1965
The Big CountryMovie • 1958
A Quiet Place to KillMovie • 1970
E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996
The CarpetbaggersMovie • 1964
Cheyenne AutumnMovie • 1964
The Private LessonMovie • 1975
CycloneMovie • 1978
BadMovie • 1977
Baby DollMovie • 1956
ParanoiaMovie • 1969