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Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American retired actress. 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. Her role in the film as a coquettish but sexually naïve Southern bride ...
Baker had her own series, The Carroll Baker Jamboree, on CBC television in the summer of 1983 and frequently appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show. In 1986, her album Hymns of Gold was certified platinum. Awards. Baker received the Juno Award for Country Female Vocalist of the Year five times, including awards in 1977, 1978 and 1979.
Carroll Baker. Actress: Baby Doll. Carroll Baker was born on May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a traveling salesman, William W. Baker. She attended community college for a year and then worked as a dancer and magician's assistant. After a brief marriage, she had a small part in Easy to Love (1953), did TV commercials, and had a bit part on Broadway.
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American actress of film, stage, and television. Spanning a career of fifty years, Baker appeared in 66 feature and television films, as well as 16 television appearances and over 15 stage credits, including 3 Broadway productions. Her most prolific role was in Elia Kazan's 1956 film Baby Doll, which earned her a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for ...
Carroll Baker is a former American actress popular as both a serious dramatic actress and a blonde bombshell during the 1950s and 1960s. Her wavy blonde hair, curvaceous figure and sex appeal often drew comparison with another sex symbol of her era, Marilyn Monroe. As talented as she was beautiful, Baker was a versatile actress who could play the role of a naïve ingénue and a manipulative ...
Jun 20, 2010 · Three of her albums have exceeded sales of 100,000 in Canada: 20 Country Classics (TeeVee TA-1080) in 1978, Carroll Baker (RCA KPL1-0171) in 1979, and Hymns of Gold (Qual QRSP-1005) in 1986. Starting with her early exposure through the 1976 Juno telecast, Baker had particular success on TV. She was seen in CBC "Superspecials" in 1978 and 1979 ...
Carroll Baker. Actress: Baby Doll. Carroll Baker was born on May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a traveling salesman, William W. Baker. She attended community college for a year and then worked as a dancer and magician's assistant. After a brief marriage, she had a small part in Easy to Love (1953), did TV commercials, and had a bit part on Broadway.
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.
Jan 29, 2008 · Baker, Carroll. 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.
Jul 5, 2024 · Carroll Baker receives her first Platinum record for her self-titled 1976 album. Photo courtesy of Carroll Baker. Looking back on the wild ride of becoming one of Canada’s first female country stars, Baker hopes that her career helped open doors for the next generations of women. “Women can be and are a force in music.
