Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American actress. She is known for her role in Baby Doll in 1956. Her role in the movie earned her BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe award for Most Promising Newcomer that year.
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Born | Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 28, 1931
Nationality | American |
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Years active | 1952–2003 |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] |
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Her other early movie roles included George Stevens' Giant (1956), playing the love interest of James Dean, and in the romantic comedy But Not for Me (1959).
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Baker with Gregory Peck in The Big Country (1958).
Baker in test makeup for her role as Jean Harlow, as she appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, 1963
Baker in a production still from The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
Baker's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street
References
- ↑ "Carroll Baker". Mt. Vernon Register-News. Mt. Vernon, Illinois: 6. 1957-02-04.
She's proud of her five-foot-five, 113-pound dancer's figure, and she figured no part was worth her becoming fat.