Anne Baxter : Oscar Winning Actress

 

Overview

Born : May 7, 1923 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA

Died : December 12, 1985 in New York City, New York, USA  (brain aneurysm)

Nickname : Annie

Height : 5' 3¾" (1.62 m)

Anne Baxter was brought into the world in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the little girl of a sales rep and his significant other, Catherine, who herself was the girl of Frank Lloyd Wright, the incredibly famous modeler. Anne was a little youngster of 11 when her folks moved to New York City, which around then was as yet the center point of media outlets despite the fact that the film state was moving west. The move there urged her to think about going about as a work. When she was 13 she had showed up in a phase creation of 'Seen however Not Heard'and had gathered rave audits from the extreme Broadway pundits. The play assisted her benefit with hypnotizing to a restrictive acting school. In 1937 Anne made her initial introduction to Hollywood to try things out there in the entertainment world. As she was believed to be excessively youthful for a movie profession, she gathered her packs and got back to the New York with her mom, where she kept on acting in Broadway and summer stock all over the East Coast. Unflinching by the disappointment of her past work to break Hollywood, Anne got back to California two years after the fact to attempt once more. This time her karma was fairly better. She took a screen test which was at last seen by the magnates of Twentieth Century-Fox and she was endorsed to a seven-year contract. Nonetheless, before she could make a film with Fox, Anne was lent out to MGM to make 20 Mule Team (1940). At just 17 years old, she was at that point in the sort of pictures that different celebrities would have needed to slave for a really long time as an additional a preceding handling a substantial job. Back at Fox, that very year, Anne played Mary Maxwell in The Great Profile (1940), which was a film industry flop. The next year she played Amy Spettigue in the redo of Charley's American Aunt (1941). It actually was certifiably not an incredible job, yet it was superior to a piece part. The main other film work Anne showed up in that year was in Swamp Water (1941). It was the principal job that was truly worth anything, yet pundits weren't that intrigued with Anne, her job nor the film. In 1942 Anne played Joseph Cotten's girl, Lucy Morgan, in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). The next year she showed up in The North Star (1943), the main film where she got front and center attention. The film was a basic and monetary achievement and Anne came in for her portion of basic praises. Visitor in the House (1944) the following year was a troubling disappointment, yet Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944) was gotten much better by the general population, however it was torn separated by the pundits. Anne featured with John Hodiak, who might turn into her first spouse in 1947 (Anne was to separate from Hodiak in 1953. Her other two spouses were Randolph Galt and David Klee). In 1946 Anne depicted Sophie MacDonald in The Razor's Edge (1946), a film that would land her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had made considerable progress in so short a period, however for her next two movies she was only the storyteller: Mother Wore Tights (1947) and Blaze of Noon (1947). It would be 1950 preceding she handled another good job - the piece of Eve Harrington in All About Eve (1950). This film earned Anne her subsequent assignment, however she lost the Oscar to Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950). After a few movies through the 1950s, Anne landed what many thought about a plum job - Queen Nefretiri in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956). Never in her Hollywood vocation did Anne look as wonderful as she did as the Egyptian sovereign, inverse Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. After that incredible, propositions for employment got less on the grounds that she wasn't attached to a studio, rather picking to independent her gifts. After no appearances in 1958, she made one film in 1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959) and one of every 1960 Cimarron (1960). After Walk on the Wild Side (1962), she took a rest from shooting for the following four years. However, she was not really inactive. She showed up frequently in front of an audience and on TV. She wasn't especially worried about being a superstar or a character; she was more worried about being only an entertainer and making a decent attempt to create the best exhibition she was able to do. After a few striking TV appearances, Anne turned into a staple of two TV series, East of Eden (1981) and Hotel (1983). Her last second before the public eye was as Irene Adler in the TV film The Masks of Death (1984). On December 12, 1985, Anne passed on from a stroke in New York. She was 62.

Maternal granddaughter of modeler Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), brought into the world in Wisconsin, and his first spouse, Catherine Tobin (1871-1959), brought into the world in Illinois.

Buried on her granddad's bequest at Lloyd Jones Cemetery in Spring Green, WI.

Was at first cast in All About Eve (1950) in view of her similarity to Claudette Colbert. Miss Colbert was first finished paperwork for the job of Margo and the thought was to have Eve outwardly transform into Margo.

Was the top sprinter for the lead in Rebecca (1940) and finished a few tests for it before David O. Selznick chose to project Joan Fontaine without a second to spare.

Has the special qualification of being the main entertainer to play two distinct visitor reprobates on the TV series Batman (1966), having played Zelda the Great during the primary season and Olga, Queen of the Bessarovian Cossacks, during the third season. For the last option, she even figured out how to swear in Russian! Like most entertainers who guested on the series, she kept up with that it was an agreeable encounter.

Account in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 51-53. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

Turned down the job of Polly Cutler in Niagara (1953) and was supplanted by Jean Peters. After her withdrawal, the film was modified to feature Marilyn Monroe.

In Italy, practically every last bit of her movies were named by Dhia Cristiani. She was incidentally named by Lydia Simoneschi, Andreina Pagnani and once by Rosetta Calavetta in Walk on the Wild Side (1962).

Kept up with her main living place in Easton, CT , on a ten-section of land home from the 1970s until her passing.

While Bette Davis and Anne were both the stars of All About Eve (1950), it was felt that the two of them would have a superior potential for success at Oscar prizes if Anne somehow managed to be set in the "Supporting Actress" class, along these lines trying not to each counterbalance the other. Anne wouldn't be placed in the supporting class. Sufficiently sure, the two entertainers were named for "Best Actress" Oscars and both lost to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday (1950).

Turned down the featuring job in Too Much, Too Soon (1958), the excessively sensational, exceptionally fictitious retelling of Diana Barrymore's mishaps. The job went rather to Dorothy Malone.

Supplanted Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing in the Broadway hit "Commendation", the melodic transformation of "About Eve".

Was made Honorary Mayor of Universal City in 1970.

She and her third and last spouse, David Klee, a noticeable stockbroker, were working on redesigns on a Connecticut home when he passed on suddenly in October of 1977 after just nine months of marriage.

Was strolling down Madison Avenue in New York City when she experienced her deadly cerebrum aneurysm in 1985.

Little girl of Kenneth (1893-1977), brought into the world in Michigan, and Catherine (née Wright) Baxter (1894-1979), brought into the world in Illinois.

Considered with solid willed emotional mentor Maria Ouspenskaya and their conflicts regularly brought about conflicts of demeanor.

A 14-year-old Baxter was brought in to test with an energetic Montgomery Clift as Tom, however the entertainer's skin inflammation was so awful at the time that the test was never made and both were sent back to New York by maker David O. Selznick.

She was a resolute Republican who gave a lot of her time and cash towards different moderate political causes. She went to a few Republican National Conventions, occasions and asset raisers, and she was dynamic in the missions of Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.

Brought forth her first kid at age 28, little girl Katrina Hodiak on July 9, 1951. Youngster's dad is her first ex, John Hodiak.

Brought forth her second youngster at age 38, little girl Melissa Galt, on October 4, 1961. Youngster's dad is her subsequent ex, Randolph Galt.

Brought forth her third youngster at age 39, girl Maginal Galt, on March 11, 1963. Youngster's dad is her subsequent ex, Randolph Galt.

Experienced an unnatural birth cycle while 90 days pregnant in October 1960.

Was in a coma for eight days until relatives concurred that cerebrum work had stopped.

Lobbied for the lead spot in Pinky (1949) however Jeanne Crain, who got a Best Actress Oscar selection for her exhibition, was projected all things being equal.

Was the 27th entertainer to get an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Razor's Edge (1946) at The nineteenth Academy Awards on March 13, 1947.

Turned into a grandma interestingly at age 61 when girl Katrina Hodiak brought forth a child, Tobin Vonditter, in September 1984. He was just 15 months old when she kicked the bucket.

Was granted a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Blvd. on February 8, 1960.

In 1954 her a player in Nefretiri in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) was viewed by journalist Louella Parsons as "the most sought-after job of the year".

Her diary, "Recess", was distributed in 1976. A soft cover version in 1983 by Arkon Publishers reported "Destined to be a significant film from Harry M. Mill operator and Michael Edgley". It was to depict "her years in outback Australia". The film was n at any point created, From an Australian perspective, Baxter's area during the years 1959-63, with spouse Randolph Galt on a dairy cattle station (farm), was not in the "outback". Rustic, absolutely, remote-provincial, indeed, "The Bush" maybe, in the old expression, however not in the least "the Outback".

Featured in five Oscar Best Picture candidates: The Pied Piper (1942), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor's Edge (1946), All About Eve (1950) and The Ten Commandments (1956). About Eve won.

"Gracious, Moses, Moses, you difficult, impressive, charming bonehead!", one of her lines in The Ten Commandments (1956), was incorporated among the 400 statements assigned for the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes list.

In August 1955, while recording The Ten Commandments (1956), she composed a paper article for the United Press named "Egyptian Queen Role Presents Problem For Modern Movie Star", in which she talked about old Egyptian cosmetics and aroma.

Despite the fact that she believed she was miscast in the job of Nefretiri (in view of her Irish highlights), Baxter delighted in watching The Ten Commandments (1956) on TV each Easter. She cherished the film.

Fatherly granddaughter of Charles (1863-1922), brought into the world in Ohio, and Dora (née Belcher) Baxter (1863-1942), brought into the world in Kentucky.

Fatherly incredible granddaughter of Daniel (1840-1918), brought into the world in Ohio, and Emily (née Shepardson) Baxter (1836-1906), brought into the world in Michigan.

She was the studio's decision to play Bathsheba in David and Bathsheba (1951), yet chief Henry King told her he didn't figure she could depict a scriptural sovereign and gave the part to Susan Hayward. Baxter left the studio in 1953 and got her retribution the next year, when Cecil B. DeMille picked her for the job of the Egyptian sovereign Nefretiri in The Ten Commandments (1956), which ended up being the most monetarily fruitful scriptural film made.

Bette Davis featured in the pilot for Hotel (1983), however at that point concluded she would have rather not do the series. Her All About Eve (1950) co-star Baxter supplanted her.

Was considered for the job of Pola Debevoise in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), yet maker Nunnally Johnson picked Marilyn Monroe.

Was conceived four months before Charlton Heston, her co-star in The Ten Commandments (1956) and Three Violent People (1956). Baxter was brought into the world in Indiana; Heston was brought into the world in Indiana's western neighbor, Illinois.

Was brought into the world around the same time Cecil B. DeMille delivered The Ten Commandments (1923). Baxter would later star in the revamp: The Ten Commandments (1956).

At the point when she was a kid, she dropped out of a sled and broke her nose. She never fixed this is on the grounds that she needed to be known for ability and not her appearance.

She has showed up in three movies that have been chosen for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "socially, all things considered or tastefully" huge: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), All About Eve (1950) and The Ten Commandments (1956).

Smoked stogies and colored her hair fair in the mid 1950s to draw in greater exposure. She had left twentieth Century-Fox and was outsourcing now. She additionally changed herself into a sex image, posturing for cheesecake photographs. The exposure stunt worked and she was offered stylish jobs.

Referenced in She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya (2022) as one of Ouspenskaya's acting understudies.

Two times in 1973 (January and December), showed up on a well known TV show playing a maturing entertainer who is pursuing for a rebound and is either a casualty being coerced, gaslighted or is the executioner . Once in Mannix: The Deadly Madonna (1973) and in Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star (1973).

List of Anne Baxter Movies

• Hotel (TV Series)
•  The Love Boat (TV Series)
•  The Masks of Death (TV Movie)
•  East of Eden (TV Mini Series)
•  Jane Austen in Manhattan
•  Hagen (TV Series)
•  Nero Wolfe (TV Movie)
•  Little Mo (TV Movie)
•  Mannix (TV Series)
•  Lisa, Bright and Dark (TV Movie)
•  Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series)
•  Lapin 360
•  The Catcher (TV Movie)
•  If Tomorrow Comes (TV Movie)
•  The Late Liz
•  Fools' Parade
•  Bracken's World (TV Series)
•  Ritual of Evil (TV Movie)
•  The Challengers (TV Movie)
•  Paris 7000 (TV Series)
•  Ironside (TV Series)
•  The Big Valley (TV Series)
•  Companions in Nightmare (TV Movie)
•  Run for Your Life (TV Series)
•  The F.B.I. (TV Series)
•  The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series)
•  Batman (TV Series)
•  My Three Sons (TV Series)
•  Stranger on the Run (TV Movie)
•  Cowboy in Africa (TV Series)
•  The Busy Body
•  Seven Vengeful Women
•  The Loner (TV Series)
•  The Family Jewels
•  Dr. Kildare (TV Series)
•  The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)
•  Mix Me a Person
•  Walk on the Wild Side
•  The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)
•  Cimarron
•  General Electric Theater (TV Series)
•  The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series)
•  Checkmate (TV Series)
•  Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
•  Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series)
•  Riverboat (TV Series)
•  Wagon Train (TV Series)
•  Judgment at Nuremberg (TV Series)
•  Chase a Crooked Shadow
•  Three Violent People
•  The Ten Commandments
•  The Come On
•  The Spoilers
•  One Desire
•  Bedevilled
•  Circus of Love (uncredited)
•  Carnival Story
•  The Blue Gardenia
•  I Confess
•  My Wife's Best Friend
•  O. Henry's Full House
•  The Outcasts of Poker Flat
•  Follow the Sun
•  All About Eve
•  A Ticket to Tomahawk
•  You're My Everything
•  Yellow Sky
•  The Luck of the Irish
•  The Walls of Jericho
•  Homecoming
•  Mother Wore Tights
•  Blaze of Noon
•  The Razor's Edge
•  Angel on My Shoulder
•  Smoky
•  A Royal Scandal
•  Guest in the House
•  Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
•  The Eve of St. Mark
•  The Purple Heart
•  The Fighting Sullivans
•  The North Star
•  Five Graves to Cairo
•  Crash Dive
•  The Magnificent Ambersons
•  The Pied Piper
•  Swamp Water
•  Charley's American Aunt
•  The Great Profile
•  20 Mule Team     & Many more….