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Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

Karolina Piekarski
1931 -
American born Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) . Her father was a traveling salesman. She attended community college for a year, 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. She studied at Actors Studio and was married to director Jack Garfein (one daughter, Blanche Baker). Warner Brothers, sensing a future Marilyn Monroe, cast her in Giant (1956), Baby Doll (1956) - Oscar nomination for her thumb-sucking role - The Carpetbaggers (1964), and the title role in Harlow (1965/I). Moving to Italy, she made films there, Spain, Germany, Mexico and England. After returning to American films, she married Donald Burton in 1982. Donald Burton (1982 - present), Jack Garfein (3 January 1955 - 1969) (divorced) 2 children, Louie Ritter (January 1953 - August 1953).

"The Lyon's Den" (????) , Another Woman's Husband (2000) , Leaving Normal (1999) , Nowhere to Go (1998) , Heart Full of Rain (1997), The Game (1997) , North Shore Fish (1997) , Rag and Bone (1997) , Just Your Luck (1996) Signora della città, La (1996) , Dalva (1996) ,Skeletons (1996) , "Chicago Hope" (1995) , Im Sog des Bösen (1995) A Kiss to Die For (1993) ,How Much Is That Bentley in the Window (1993) , Leap of Faith (1993) , Book of Renovation, Chapter 1 (1993) , Love's Deadly Desire (1993) , Men Don't Tell (1993) , Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993) , Gipsy Angel (1992) , Jackpot (1992) , The Honeymooners (1991) , Blonde Fist (1991) , The Trap (1991) , The Well (1990) , Wolf Boy (1990) , The Mother Load (1990) , Kindergarten Cop (1990) , Ironweed (1987) , On Fire (1987) , Native Son (1986), What Mad Pursuit? (1985) , Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985) , The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984) , Star 80 (1983) , Red Monarch (1983) , The Watcher in the Woods (1980) , Flores del vicio, Las (1979) , The World Is Full of Married Men (1979) , Cyclone (1978) , Bad (1977), Zerschossene Träume (1976) , Moglie di mio padre, La (1976) , The Next Victim (1976) , Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich (1976) , Moglie vergine, La (1975) , Lezioni private (1975) , Corpo, Il (1974) , Fiore dai petali d'acciaio, Il (1973) , Baba Yaga (1973) , Coltello di ghiaccio, Il (1972) , Diavolo a sette facce, Il (1971) , Captain Apache (1971) , Última señora Anderson, La (1971) , Rain (1970) , Paranoia (1970) , The Spider (1970) , Così dolce... così perversa (1969) , Orgasmo (1969) , Dolce corpo di Deborah, Il (1968) , Harem, L' (1967) , Harlow (1965/I) , Mister Moses (1965) , The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) , Sylvia (1965) ,Cheyenne Autumn (1964) , The Carpetbaggers (1964) , Station Six-Sahara (1962) , How the West Was Won (1962) , Something Wild (1961) , Bridge to the Sun (1961) , The Miracle (1959) , But Not for Me (1959) , The Big Country (1958) , Baby Doll (1956) , Giant (1956) , Season for Murder (1955) , The Treadmill (1954) , Easy to Love (1953) , "Monodrama Theater" (1952)