Carroll Baker Overview:

Actress, Carroll Baker, was born Karolina Piekarski on May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. As of December 2023, Carroll Baker was 92 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Baker was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1956Best ActressBaby Doll (1956)Baby DollNominated
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

BlogHub Articles:

: An interview on “Baby Doll” and Hollywood’s studio days

on Aug 15, 2019 From Comet Over Hollywood

will be attending a screening of ?Baby Doll? (1956) this weekend, Saturday, Aug. 17, in Winston-Salem, NC through the RiverRun Retro film series. Following the film, Ms. Baker will be interviewed by film historian Foster Hirsch. Learn more about how to get tickets. Today, Ms. Baker is ... Read full article


Actress Beauty Tip #39: Beer Hair Rinse

on Aug 25, 2018 From Comet Over Hollywood

This is the 39th installment of the classic actress beauty tips that I have read about and tested. Actress Actress entered Hollywood in the 1950s as a new face, with roles ranging from Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter in “Giant” (1956), a virg... Read full article


Two Clark Gable comedies ? Teacher?s Pet (1958) with Doris Day and But Not for Me (1959) with

By Greg Orypeck on Mar 24, 2016 From Classic Film Freak

Share This! These bright comedies provide some harmless laughs in the twilight of the career of ?The King of?Hollywood.? Two years, 1958 and 1959.? Two films,?Teacher?s Pet?and?But Not for Me.? Two actresses, Doris Day and .? A third actress, Lilli Palmer, in the wings.? All compete for... Read full article


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Carroll Baker Quotes:

Marino Bello: [after Paul's death] Don't say things about the dead
Jean Harlow: There's nobodydeader than i am right now. Oh, I guarantt all of you I won't be by tomorrow.


Baby Doll: Small dogs have a loud bark.
Archie Lee Meighan: No one is going to whistle at any woman of mine.
Baby Doll: You take an awful lot for granted when you say mine. I came to you today for protection. What did I get? Slapped, sent home. Now, I'm telling you the agreement between us is over.


Jean Harlow: [Crying after a bad day at the studio] Oh, Mom, all they want is my body!


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Mother of Blanche Baker and Herschel Garfein.

When she refused to play a nymphomaniac in the trashy Too Much, Too Soon (1958), Warner Bros. refused to loan her out to appear opposite Laurence Olivier, Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in The Devil's Disciple (1959).

Her trouble with Warner Bros. continued when she declined to act in a series of movies based on books by pulp writer Erskine Caldwell. This led to her losing out on outside offers to do The Three Faces of Eve (1957) for 20th Century-Fox, and both Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and The Brothers Karamazov (1958) for MGM.

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