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Anne Baxter
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Actor Born: May 7, 1923 in Michigan City, IN Death: December 12, 1985 in New York City, NY Biography:Raised in Bronxville, N.Y., the granddaughter of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, "Anne Baxter" took up acting at the age of 11 with Maria Ouspenskaya, debuting on Broadway two years later (in "Seen but Not Heard"); she continued working on Broadway until her screen debut at age 17 in "Twenty-Mule Team" (1940), a minor Western featuring "Wallace Beery" and "Marjorie Rambeau". Charming if not beautiful, she tended to play shy and innocent types and gave a few outstanding performances, such as that with "Bette Davis" in "All About Eve" (1950); she and "Davis" were both nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, but it went to "Judy Holliday". Her "breakthrough" film was "Orson Welles"'s "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942), leading to many more roles in the next few years. At home in a variety of parts, she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1946 for her work in "The Razor's Edge". Although she... Full Biography | |||
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