Anne Baxter

Biography

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Columbo

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Ironside

All Movies (73)

• Footsteps on the Ceiling2013 · as Eve Harrington (archive footage)
• The Making of The Ten Commandments2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Backstory: 'All About Eve'2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• The Masks of Death1984 · as Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
• Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano1983 · as Self
• The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright1983 · as Narrator
• Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell1983
• Jane Austen in Manhattan1980 · as Lilliana Zorska
• Nero Wolfe1979 · as Mrs. Rachael Bruner
• Little Mo1978 · as Jessamyn Connolly
• Lisa, Bright and Dark1973 · as Margaret Schilling
• Lapin 3601972 · as Mrs. Barnes
• The Catcher1972 · as Kate
• If Tomorrow Comes1971 · as Miss Cramer
• The Late Liz1971 · as Liz Addams Hatch
• Fools' Parade1971 · as Cleo
• Ritual of Evil1970 · as Jolene Wiley
• The Challengers1970 · as Stephanie York
• Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities1969 · as Myra Sherwood
• Companions in Nightmare1968 · as Carlotta Mauridge
• Stranger on the Run1967 · as Valverda Johnson
• The Busy Body1967 · as Margo Foster Kane
• Sette donne per una strage1967
• The Tall Women1966 · as Mary Ann
• The Family Jewels1965 · as Anne Baxter
• Marilyn1963 · as archive footage
• Mix Me a Person1962 · as Dr. Anne Dyson
• Walk on the Wild Side1962 · as Teresina Vidarverri
• Cimarron1960 · as Dixie Lee
• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll1959 · as Olive
• Chase a Crooked Shadow1958 · as Kimberley Prescott
• Armored Attack!1957 · as Marina Pavlov
• Three Violent People1956 · as Lorna Hunter Saunders
• The Ten Commandments1956 · as Nefretiri
• The Come On1956 · as Rita
• The Spoilers1955 · as Cherry Malotte
• One Desire1955 · as Tacey Cromwell
• Bedevilled1955 · as Monica Johnson
• Carnival Story1954 · as Willi
• The Blue Gardenia1953 · as Norah Larkin
• I Confess1953 · as Ruth Grandfort
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat1952 · as Cal
• My Wife's Best Friend1952 · as Virginia Mason
• O. Henry's Full House1952 · as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
• Follow the Sun1951 · as Valerie Hogan
• All About Eve1950 · as Eve Harrington
• A Ticket to Tomahawk1950 · as Kit Dodge Jr.
• You're My Everything1949 · as Hannah Adams
• Yellow Sky1948 · as Constance Mae 'Mike'
• The Walls of Jericho1948 · as Julia Norman
• The Luck of the Irish1948 · as Nora
• Homecoming1948 · as Mrs. Penny Johnson
• Mother Wore Tights1947 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Blaze of Noon1947 · as Lucille Stewart
• The Razor's Edge1946 · as Sophie MacDonald
• Angel on My Shoulder1946 · as Barbara Foster
• Smoky1946 · as Julie Richards
• A Royal Scandal1945 · as Anna Jaschikoff
• Guest in the House1944 · as Evelyn Heath
• Sunday Dinner for a Soldier1944 · as Tessa Osborne
• The Eve of St. Mark1944 · as Janet Feller
• The Purple Heart1944 · as Anne (voice) (uncredited)
• The Fighting Sullivans1944 · as Katherine Mary Sullivan
• The North Star1943 · as Marina Pavlov
• Five Graves to Cairo1943 · as Mouche
• Crash Dive1943 · as Jean Hewlett
• The Pied Piper1942 · as Nicole Rougeron
• The Magnificent Ambersons1942 · as Lucy Morgan
• Swamp Water1941 · as Julie Keefer
• Charley's Aunt1941 · as Amy Spettigue
• The Great Profile1940 · as Mary Maxwell
• 20 Mule Team1940 · as Jean Johnson

All TV Shows (42)

• Hotel1982 · as Victoria Cabot
• East of Eden1981 · as Faye
• Hagen1980
• The Love Boat1977 · as Priscilla Crawford
• The Love Boat1977 · as Helen Williams
• Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers1976 · as Edwina D'Orsey
• Banacek1972 · as Leslie Lyle
• Columbo1971 · as Nora Chandler
• Cannon1971
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Myra Sherwood
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Magda Blain
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Betty-Jean Currier
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Magda Blaine
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Louise Harris
• Mannix1967
• The Danny Thomas Hour1967
• Ironside1967
• Ironside1967 · as Alice Flynn
• Batman1966 · as Zelda
• Batman1966 · as Olga
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Katherine Daly
• The Loner1965
• The Big Valley1965 · as Hannah Kendall
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Mona Morrison
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Janice Brandt
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Nora Willis
• My Three Sons1960 · as Eileen Talbot
• Checkmate1960 · as Beatrice Martin Kipp
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Louise
• Riverboat1959 · as Ellie Jenkins
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Laura Fletcher
• Playhouse 901956 · as Pat Bass
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Maj. Edith Johansen
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Stella Rutledge
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Ella Harley
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Margaret Schilling
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter