Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker 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 overseeing of her career. In Europe, she spent the next 10 years starring in hard-edged giallo and horror films, including Romolo Guerrieri's The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), a series of four films with Umberto Lenzi beginning with Orgasmo (1969) and ending with Knife of Ice (1972), and Corrado Farina's Baba Yaga (1973). Baker appeared in supporting roles in several acclaimed dramas in the 1980s, including the drama Star 80 (1983) as the mother of murder victim Dorothy Stratten, and the racial drama Native Son (1986), based on the novel by Richard Wright. Through the 1990s Baker had guest roles in several television series, such as Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, and Roswell. She formally retired from acting in 2003.
The Game
as IlsaIn honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a...
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Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
as LauraA wealthy man suffers from impotence whenever he tries to make love to his wife. Since Viagara...
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How the West Was Won
as Eve Prescott RawlingsThe epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
as VeronicaFrom his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is...
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Giant
as Luz Benedict IIWealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a...
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The Private Lesson
as Laura FormentiAlessandro has a thing or two to learn. Carroll Baker, in her role, is the perfect teacher.
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The Big Country
as Patricia TerrillRetired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a...
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Ironweed
as Annie PhelanAn alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there...
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Baby Doll
as Baby Doll MeighanArchie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old...
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Star 80
as Dorothy's MumPaul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life...
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Cheyenne Autumn
as Deborah WrightA reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a...
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The Watcher in the Woods
as Helen CurtisAfter an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is...
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Baba Yaga
as Baba YagaCarroll Baker stars in this psychedelic shocker about a mysterious witch who casts a spell over...
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So Sweet... So Perverse
as Nicole PerrierAn industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her...
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Bad
as Hazel AikenHazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women...
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The Carpetbaggers
as Rina Marlowe CordWhen playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an...
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as SelfJack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland...
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Bridge to the Sun
as Gwen TerasakiTells the true story of American Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese...
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The Fourth Victim
as Julie Spencer / Lillian MartinA wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two...
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Cyclone
as SheilaAn airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small...
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Fun in the Big Country
as SelfBehind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."
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Paranoia
as Kathryn WestFollowing the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and...
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Valentina... The Virgin Wife
as LuciaValentina and Giovannino have just got married, but the Honeymoon has gone by and nothing...
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Captain Apache
as MaudeThe title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate...
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Harlow
as Jean HarlowHollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the...
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A Quiet Place to Kill
as HelenA race-car driver who's down on her luck is invited by her ex-husband's wife to stay at their...
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The Miracle
as TeresaA novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.
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Sylvia
as Sylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do...
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Knife of Ice
as Martha CaldwellA mute woman, traumatized by her parents' death, faces new horrors when her cousin is murdered...
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Something Wild
as Mary Ann RobinsonA young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at...
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A Kiss to Die For
as Mrs. GrahamWilliam, a Harvard psychology professor is having trouble dealing with life after the death of...
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Native Son
as Mrs. DaltonIn 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a...
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Hollywood Uncensored
as SelfDouglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards...
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Red Monarch
as Ellen BrownBritish comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of...
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Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as SelfThe life and times of actor and NRA activist Charlton Heston.
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But Not for Me
as Ellie Brown / BordenOut of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward...
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Shattered Dreams
as CarolA young Viennese policeman can not free himself from his mistress and is also extorted over his...
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The Sweet Body of Deborah
as DeborahA newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats...
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The Body
as MadelieneA beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a...
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Gerda HoffmanThe two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on...
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Jack of Diamonds
as Carroll BakerThe protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in...
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Another Woman's Husband
as Laurel’s motherWhen Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan -...
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Judgment Day: The John List Story
as Alma ListThe pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the...
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Men Don't Tell
as RuthThis movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the...
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The Flower with Petals of Steel
as Evelyne GraffiA doctor kills his girlfriend when he accidentally causes her to fall onto an ornamental flower...
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Easy to Love
as ClariceTwo men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.
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The World Is Full of Married Men
as Linda CooperDavid Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he...
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Cyber Eden
as MadameGloria Ruckhauser has a dream: rediscovering the figure and features of herself when she was 20....
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Cinerama Adventure
as SelfA nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that...
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Skeletons
as Nancy NortonA heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New...
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The Harem
as MargheritaA seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.
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North Shore Fish
as ArlyneSal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He...
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as SelfInterviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi...
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Blackmail Chase
as Polly PottA couple of friends aspiring to join film land get mixed up in a robbery, ordered by a mafia...
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The Devil with Seven Faces
as Julie Harrison / Mary HarrisonCarroll Baker plays a dual role as translator Julie Harrison and her twin sister Mary. The...
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Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
as SelfThe story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews...
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Bloodbath
as TreasureChicken, a desperate hippie junkie living in a small Spanish village, is finding it difficult to...
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Blonde Fist
as Lovell SummersA woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father....
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Mister Moses
as Julie AndersonA con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their...
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The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
as Mama FreudScrewball account of the legendary psychologist's life leading up to his ground-breaking theories.
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James Dean: The First American Teenager
as SelfStacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic...
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Station Six-Sahara
as CatherineA beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and...
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
as SelfTake a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when...
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The Next Victim
as Sandy MarshallA woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.
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What Mad Pursuit
as Louise SteinhauserIf you were a famous English novelist doing a whistle stop tour of the United States to promote...
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Gipsy Angel
as PheobeA love story cloaked in gypsy magic. Angel is a famous rock star. An idol for millions of...
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Rag and Bone
as Sister Marie, Tony's AuntThe life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is...
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Dalva
as NaomiThe sweeping story of Dalva Northridge, a young woman of part-Sioux heritage from an old, landed...
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Storie di seduzione
as Diana's MotherDiana is a woman of our days, whose daily routine is slowly distorted by listening to a radio...
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New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
as SelfStar-studded charity New York City premiere of the film Giant.
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Return to 'Giant'
as SelfIn the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the...
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On Fire
as Maureen LearyJoe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has...
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Heart Full of Rain
as Edith Pearl DockettA young man returns to the family farm after being gone for six years. But it is not until he...
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Just Your Luck
as MomieSix million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he...
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In the Flesh
as Elaine MitchelsonA German woman travels to America with her baby to take up an au pair position with a rich...
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Baby Doll: See No Evil
as SelfA documentary on the filming of the controversial film Baby Doll (1956).
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La signora della città
as Martha SheppardA Sicilian girl of aristocratic origins escapes the mafia, changes her identity and tries to...
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Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
as SelfA snyposis of the legendary actor's career, narrated by Liam Neeson.
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Sibella StoneAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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L.A. Law
as Rae MorrisonL.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...
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Chicago Hope
as Sylvie TannenChicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...
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Roswell
as Claudia ParkerBizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947....
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Tales from the Crypt
as Mother PalomaCadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Thriller
as Sandy MarshallThriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...
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The Lyon's Den
as Jack's MotherJohn "Jack" Turner is a maverick scion from an American political dynasty, a "true believer,"...
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P.S. I Luv U
as VictoriaP.S. I Luv U is an American crime drama series. The title derived from the phone number of...
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Grand
as VivaIn the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner...
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E! True Hollywood Story
as uncreditedE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
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