A talented former dancer and magician's assistant, voluptuous, blonde bombshell Carroll Baker came under... (Learn more)
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Carroll Baker’s Milestones
| Joined itinerant dance troupe and toured southern states | |
| Moved to Italy, beginning a 10-year period of doing European sexploitation flicks with such catchy titles as "Orgasmo" (1969) and "Baba Yaga--Devil Witch" (1973) | |
| Moved to New York and danced in a nightclub | |
| Returned to NY with Russ Morgan's band; acted on TV commercials (including Coca-Cola) | |
| Worked as a conjurer's assistant for Burling Hall (known as the Great Volta) who booked her on the Kemp Time Vaudeville Circuit in North Carolina | |
| 1953 | Appeared in workshop production of "A Hatful of Rain" at Actors Studio |
| 1953 | Film debut in a bit part in "Easy to Love" |
| 1955 | Broadway debut, "All Summer Long" |
| 1956 | Established herself as a sizzling cinematic presence in Elia Kazan's "Baby Doll" (screenplay by Tennessee Williams), playing the underaged but overly ripe and buxom title character; Warner Bros signed her to a contract following her work on the film; earned Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| 1956 | Proved herself a competent actress in her first important movie part as the high-spirited daughter of Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson in George Stevens' "Giant" |
| 1958 | Portrayed Charles Bickford's tempestuous, pouting daughter in William Wyler's "The Big Country" |
| 1959 | Acted opposite Clark Gable in "But Not for Me" |
| 1961 | Starred in husband Jack Garfein's second feature film, "Something Wild" |
| 1962 | Gets her man (Jimmy Stewart) in star-studded "How the West Was Won" (also first film with George Peppard) |
| 1963 | Perfectly exploited as the sexpot among five love-starved men in "Station Six-Sahara" |
| 1964 | Role for "The Carpetbaggers" drawn almost wholly from Jean Harlow; second film with Peppard |
| 1965 | Played bad girl turned good in Gordon Douglas' "Sylvia" |
| 1965 | Reunited with Stevens for "The Greatest Story Ever Told" |
| 1965 | Second film of the year with Douglas, "Harlow", rushed through production to compete with the slipshod Carol Linley version of the same year |
| 1972 | British TV debut, "Rain" |
| 1977 | Reprised role of Sadie Thompson in London stage debut of Somerset Maugham's "Rain" |
| 1978 - 1981 | Acted on the stage in American regional theater, Canada and the United Kingdom |
| 1980 | Appeared in British-made Disney effort "Watcher in the Woods", starring Bette Davis |
| 1983 | Played Dorothy Stratton's mother in "Star 80" and Sigmund Freud's mother in "The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud" |
| 1985 | Featured role as Gerda Hoffman in "Hitler's SS: Portrait of Evil", an NBC movie released theatrically abroad |
| 1986 | Portrayed blind Mrs Dalton in "Native Son" |
| 1987 | Delivered sympathetic portrayal as Jack Nicholson's long abandoned wife in "Ironweed" |
| 1990 | Villainous turn as the cold-blooded mother of psychopath Richard Tyson in "Kindergarten Cop", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1991 | Superb as aging ex-stripper who becomes Margi Clarke's "manager" in "Blonde Fist" |
| 1993 | Did a three-week guest stint on TV's "L.A. Law" |
| 1996 | Appeared in HBO movie "Skeleton" |
| 1997 | Acted in the TV-movies "North Shore Fish" and "Heart Full of Rain" |
| 1997 | Played important role as Michael Douglas' housekeeper in David Fincher's "The Game" |
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