Anne Baxter (1923–1985) was an American actress who had an extensive career in film, television, and on stage. She made her acting debut at the age of 13 on stage in the Broadway play Seen, But Not Heard in 1936. Four years later, Baxter starred in her first feature film, the western 20 Mule Team (1940). She appeared in Orson Welles' period drama The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), with Joseph Cotten and Dolores Costello, and followed this with a lead role in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo (1943). In 1946, she starred as a young woman suffering from alcoholism in the drama The Razor's Edge, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Two years later, Baxter appeared with Gregory Peck in the western Yellow Sky.

For her performance as Eve Harrington, an ambitious understudy, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Three years later, Baxter starred in Alfred Hitchcock's film noir I Confess (1953). In the same year, she also appeared in the Fritz Lang-directed film noir The Blue Gardenia. In 1956, Baxter appeared as Egyptian princess Nefretiri in the Cecil B. DeMille-directed biblical epic The Ten Commandments, with Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. Four years later, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Her television debut was in the anthology series General Electric Theater in 1957. She went on to star in several anthology series, including The United States Steel Hour, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the late 1960s, Baxter played two villains in the Batman television series, and in 1969, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role in The Name of the Game.

In 1971, Baxter made a return to Broadway theatre by starring as Margo Channing in Applause, a musical adaptation of All About Eve. Her last acting role was in the television series Hotel, where she starred as hotelier Victoria Cabot.

Film

+ List of film roles Year Title Role Notes 194020 Mule Team1941Charley's AuntSwamp WaterJulie1942Lucy1943Crash DiveFive Graves to CairoMoucheMarina1944Sunday Dinner for a SoldierGuest in the HouseAnne (voice)Uncredited19451946SmokyAngel on My Shoulder1947Blaze of NoonMother Wore TightsNarratorUncredited1948HomecomingNoraYellow Sky1949You're My Everything1950All About Eve1951Follow the Sun1952CalO. Henry's Full HouseSegment: The Last LeafAnthology filmMy Wife's Best Friend1953I Confess1954Carnival StoryWillie1955BedevilledOne Desire1956Nefretiri1957Three Violent People1958Chase a Crooked Shadow1959Summer of the Seventeenth DollOlive1960Cimarron1962Mix Me a PersonWalk on the Wild Side1965Actress in an in-flight movieUncredited1966Seven Vengeful WomenUS Title: The Tall Women19671971Fools' ParadeCleo1980Jane Austen in Manhattan

Television

+ List of television rolesYear(s)TitleRole(s) Notes 1957- 1960General Electric Theater / Stella Rutledge / Ella HarleyEpisode: "Bitter Choice"Episode: "Stopover"Episode: "Goodbye, My Love"1958Playhouse 90Episode: "The Right Hand Man"Lux PlayhouseEpisode: "The Four"1959RiverboatEpisode: "A Race to Cincinnati"Wagon TrainEpisode: "The Kitty Angel Story"Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreEpisode: "Hand on the Latch"1960LouiseEpisode: "The Dance Man"CheckmateEpisode: "Death Runs Wild"1961Episode: "The Shame of Paula Marsten"1963Season 2 Episode 2: "A Nice Touch"1964Dr. KildareEpisode: "A Day to Remember"1965Episode: "One of the Wounded"1966–1967BatmanZelda the Great / Olga, Queen of the CossacksEpisode: "Zelda the Great" / "A Death Worse Than Fate"Episode: "The Ogg and I" / "How to Hatch a Dinosaur"1967Stranger on the RunTelevision filmMy Three SonsEpisode: "Designing Women"Cowboy in AfricaEpisode: "Search for Survival"1968Episode: "Region of Peril"Run for Your LifeEpisode: "Life Among the Meat-Eaters"Companions in NightmareTelevision filmEpisode: "Nora"1968- 1969Ironside / Alice FlynnEpisode: "An Obvious Case of Guilt"Episode: "Programmed for Danger"1968- 1970 / Betty Jean Currier / Louise HarrisEpisode: "The Protector"Episode: "The Bobby Currier Story"Episode: "The Takeover"Episode: "All the Old Familiar Faces"1969- 1973Marcus Welby, M.D. / Julie Langley KirkEpisode: "A Matter of Humanities"Episode: "Madonna with Knapsack and Flute"Episode: "A Necessary End"1969HannahEpisode: "The 25 Graves of Midas"1970The ChallengersTelevision filmRitual of EvilBracken's WorldEpisode: "Diffusion"1971If Tomorrow ComesTelevision film1972The CatcherKate1973ColumboEpisode: "Requiem for a Falling Star"CannonHelenEpisode: "He Who Digs a Grave"Love StoryEpisode: "All My Tomorrows"BanacekEpisode: "If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?"MannixVictoriaEpisode: "The Deadly Madonna"Lisa, Bright and DarkTelevision film1976Television miniseries1978 Little MoTelevision film1979Nero Wolfe1980HagenClaudetteEpisode: "The Straw Man"1981East of EdenFayeTelevision miniseries1981- 1985 / Helen WilliamsEpisode: "Model Marriage, A / This Year's Model / Original Sin / Vogue Rogue / Too Clothes for Comfort"Episode: "Call Me Grandma / A Gentleman of Discretion / The Perfect Divorce / Letting Go"1983–1986Hotel75 episodes1984Television film

Stage + List of theatre roles Year(s) Title RoleTheatre Notes 1936Seen, But Not HeardHenry Miller's Theatre1938There's Always a BreezeWindsor TheatreMadame CapetRosalieCort Theatre1957National Theatre1971–72ApplausePalace Theatre1974Come Into the Garden Maud Ethel Barrymore TheatreTwo part play: Noël Coward in Two Plays A Song at Twilight Carlotta Gray1982HamletGertrudeAmerican Shakespeare Theatre

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