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Baker was born in Port Medway, Nova Scotia. Baker was surrounded by music as a little girl but she objected when her musical family launched into their repertoire of country songs. She preferred rock 'n' roll. She even objected when her father, a fiddler with many accomplishments, said to her "one day, you'll love country music." She doubted it.
Carroll Baker was born on March 4th, 1949 in Bridgewater, NS and grew up in Port Medway a small picturesque fishing village on Nova Scotia's South West Shore. She was the youngest of six children born to Gordon and Iverna Baker. She had five siblings; three brothers: Fordan, Truman and Willis, and two sisters: Barbara and Rosemary.
Jun 20, 2010 · Carroll (Ann) Baker. Singer, songwriter, b Bridgewater, NS, 4 Mar 1949. Her father, Gordon Baker, was a country fiddler. She was raised in Port Medway, NS, but moved to Toronto at 16. After singing casually with a bar band in Oakville, Ont, at 19, then at fairs and jamborees in southern Ontario, she began recording in 1970.
Jan 29, 2008 · Carroll Baker, singer, songwriter (b at Bridgewater, NS 4 Mar 1949). Baker's electric performance of Conway Twitty's "I've Never Been This Far Before" on the 1976 Juno Awards telecast established her as a talent to be reckoned with. Performing since age 4, Baker moved to Ontario at 16 and by the time she was 19 had started to sing with country ...
Sep 5, 2021 · In 1995, Oscar-nominated actress Carroll Baker sat with TCM to reflect on her career and the ups and downs of Hollywood. Baker discusses her breakout role in...
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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 ...
Mar 12, 2021 · Carroll Baker was born March 4, 1949 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and was raised in the nearby fishing town of Port Medway, the youngest of six children. The family relocated to Oakville, Ontario, in the mid-1960s, where Carroll, as a teenager, found casual work in a bookstore, then as a restaurant waitress, and then as a clerk at Canadian Tire ...
