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 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.
Known for
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Nefretiri
All About Eve (1950)
as Eve Harrington
I Confess (1953)
as Ruth Grandfort
Yellow Sky (1948)
as Constance Mae 'Mike'
The Razor's Edge (1946)
as Sophie MacDonald
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
as Lucy Morgan
Cimarron (1960)
as Dixie Lee
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
as Mouche
Three Violent People (1956)
as Lorna Hunter Saunders
Crash Dive (1943)
as Jean Hewlett
Fools' Parade (1971)
as Cleo
Little Mo (1978)
as Jessamyn Connolly
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
One Desire (1955)
as Tacey Cromwell
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
as Norah Larkin
Swamp Water (1941)
as Julie Keefer
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Barbara Foster
The North Star (1943)
as Marina Pavlov
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
as Teresina Vidarverri
The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
as Katherine Mary Sullivan
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
as Kimberley Prescott
A Royal Scandal (1945)
as Anna Jaschikoff
The Spoilers (1955)
as Cherry Malotte
The Family Jewels (1965)
as Anne Baxter
Marilyn (1963)
as archive footage
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
as Kit Dodge Jr.
The Busy Body (1967)
as Margo Foster Kane
Nero Wolfe (1979)
as Mrs. Rachael Bruner
The Masks of Death (1984)
as Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
The Pied Piper (1942)
as Nicole Rougeron
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
as Julia Norman
The Purple Heart (1944)
as Anne (voice) (uncredited)
Blaze of Noon (1947)
as Lucille Stewart
Guest in the House (1944)
as Evelyn Heath
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
as Nora
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities (1969)
as Myra Sherwood
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bedevilled (1955)
as Monica Johnson
If Tomorrow Comes (1971)
as Miss Cramer
You're My Everything (1949)
as Hannah Adams
The Come On (1956)
as Rita
Homecoming (1948)
as Mrs. Penny Johnson
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
as Olive
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano (1983)
as Self
Follow the Sun (1951)
as Valerie Hogan
The Catcher (1972)
as Kate
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
as Lilliana Zorska
The Tall Women (1966)
as Mary Ann
Ritual of Evil (1970)
as Jolene Wiley
Stranger on the Run (1967)
as Valverda Johnson
The Making of The Ten Commandments (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
as Virginia Mason
Carnival Story (1954)
as Willi
The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
as Janet Feller
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)
as Cal
20 Mule Team (1940)
as Jean Johnson
The Challengers (1970)
as Stephanie York
Footsteps on the Ceiling (2013)
as Eve Harrington (archive footage)
Smoky (1946)
as Julie Richards
The Great Profile (1940)
as Mary Maxwell
Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973)
as Margaret Schilling
Armored Attack! (1957)
as Marina Pavlov
Lapin 360 (1972)
as Mrs. Barnes
Charley's Aunt (1941)
as Amy Spettigue
Companions in Nightmare (1968)
as Carlotta Mauridge
Mix Me a Person (1962)
as Dr. Anne Dyson
Backstory: 'All About Eve' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Sette donne per una strage (1967)
Actor
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)
as Tessa Osborne
The Late Liz (1971)
as Liz Addams Hatch
Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell (1983)
Actor
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1983)
as Narrator