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Anne Baxter
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Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress best known for her work in Hollywood films, Broadway, and television during the mid‑20th century. Born on May 7, 1923, in Michigan City, Indiana, she was the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and began acting on Broadway at the age of 13, earning strong reviews that helped launch her career. She moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and signed a long‑term contract with 20th Century Fox, going on to appear in notable films such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor’s Edge (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). For her supporting role as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor’s Edge, she won the Academy Award fo…
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Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress best known for her work in Hollywood films, Broadway, and television during the mid‑20th century. Born on May 7, 1923, in Michigan City, Indiana, she was the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and began acting on Broadway at the age of 13, earning strong reviews that helped launch her career. She moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and signed a long‑term contract with 20th Century Fox, going on to appear in notable films such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor’s Edge (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). For her supporting role as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor’s Edge, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Golden Globe, and she later earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress as Eve Harrington in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic All About Eve (1950). Throughout her career she worked with major directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, and Cecil B. DeMille, while also appearing regularly on stage and in television productions, including series such as East of Eden and Hotel. Anne Baxter died on December 12, 1985, in New York City at the age of 62, leaving behind a legacy as a gifted dramatic actress with a strong presence in both classic cinema and television.
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Footsteps on the Ceiling
as Eve Harrington (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
The Masks of Death
as Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
as Self
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
as Narrator
Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
Jane Austen in Manhattan
as Lilliana Zorska
Nero Wolfe
as Mrs. Rachael Bruner
Little Mo
as Jessamyn Connolly
Lisa, Bright and Dark
as Margaret Schilling
Lapin 360
as Mrs. Barnes
The Catcher
as Kate
If Tomorrow Comes
as Miss Cramer
The Late Liz
as Liz Addams Hatch
Fools' Parade
as Cleo
Ritual of Evil
as Jolene Wiley
The Challengers
as Stephanie York
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Myra Sherwood
Companions in Nightmare
as Carlotta Mauridge
Stranger on the Run
as Valverda Johnson
The Busy Body
as Margo Foster Kane
Sette donne per una strage
The Tall Women
as Mary Ann
The Family Jewels
as Anne Baxter
Marilyn
as archive footage
Mix Me a Person
as Dr. Anne Dyson
Walk on the Wild Side
as Teresina Vidarverri
Cimarron
as Dixie Lee
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Olive
Chase a Crooked Shadow
as Kimberley Prescott
Armored Attack!
as Marina Pavlov
Three Violent People
as Lorna Hunter Saunders
The Ten Commandments
as Nefretiri
The Come On
as Rita
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
One Desire
as Tacey Cromwell
Bedevilled
as Monica Johnson
Carnival Story
as Willi
The Blue Gardenia
as Norah Larkin
I Confess
as Ruth Grandfort
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Cal
My Wife's Best Friend
as Virginia Mason
O. Henry's Full House
as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Follow the Sun
as Valerie Hogan
All About Eve
as Eve Harrington
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Kit Dodge Jr.
You're My Everything
as Hannah Adams
Yellow Sky
as Constance Mae 'Mike'
The Walls of Jericho
as Julia Norman
The Luck of the Irish
as Nora
Homecoming
as Mrs. Penny Johnson
Mother Wore Tights
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blaze of Noon
as Lucille Stewart
The Razor's Edge
as Sophie MacDonald
Angel on My Shoulder
as Barbara Foster
Smoky
as Julie Richards
A Royal Scandal
as Anna Jaschikoff
Guest in the House
as Evelyn Heath
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
as Tessa Osborne
The Eve of St. Mark
as Janet Feller
The Purple Heart
as Anne (voice) (uncredited)
The Fighting Sullivans
as Katherine Mary Sullivan
The North Star
as Marina Pavlov
Five Graves to Cairo
as Mouche
Crash Dive
as Jean Hewlett
The Pied Piper
as Nicole Rougeron
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Lucy Morgan
Swamp Water
as Julie Keefer
Charley's Aunt
as Amy Spettigue
The Great Profile
as Mary Maxwell
20 Mule Team
as Jean Johnson