Carroll Baker Net Worth

What is the estimated net worth of the actress Carroll Baker? She is a person both men and women like and cherish. It is people like she who make us look up to Hollywood and other movie stars. We will talk about her net worth, but first, a little bit more about the actress herself. She is an American born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. on the May 28, 1931. Finding her talents at quite a young age, she studied and later graduated from Actors Studio. Over a period of time she was selected to appear in many movies and TV shows. Popular in her home country and across the globe, Carroll Baker stands at 5′ 5″ (1.65 m). Donald Burton (m. 1978–2007), Jack Garfein (m. 1955–1969), Louie Ritter (m. 1953–1953) and Blanche Baker, Herschel Garfein make up her family. Since we know that Hollywood actors earn six, seven or even eight figure sums, Carroll Baker is no exception, having an estimated net worth of $4 Million.

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Carroll attended Greensburg Salem High School and is said to have been a prominent and successful student, appearing in school musicals and being a part of other school clubs and activities. Having moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, Baker enrolled into St. Petersburg College, and her career in the entertainment field began at that time. She went on to become a magician’s assistant, and joined a dance company later on. Wishing to pursue her career furthermore, Carroll moved to Queens, New York City, although during that time she was struggling financially, even to keep her apartment. Baker decided to develop her acting skills furthermore, and enrolled into the Actors Studio where she established a friendship with actor James Dean, whom she would work with later on. Her first jobs were appearances in several commercials, going on to play a couple of small television and movie roles, which established her net worth.

Having made her big screen debut in ‘’Easy to Love’’ in 1953, Carroll caught the eye of the media and due to the positive critiques she received, eventually appeared in two Broadway plays in 1953 – “Escapade” and “All Summer Long”. After turning down several movie roles, Baker made her big breakthrough in ‘’Giant’’, a 1965 Western drama movie, portraying Luz Benedict II alongside James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. In the same year, Baker got the role in ‘’Baby Doll’’, a dark comedy drama adapted from two Tennessee Williams’ one-act play; the role of a teenage bride married to the middle-aged owner of a cotton gin gained her a lot of recognition and critical praise in the acting industry, being her most notable part. However, the movie caused a lot of drama and received a backlash from Roman Catholic Church criticizing it for apparent lack of morals. Nonetheless, ‘’Baby Doll’’ achieved success in the box office, making $2.3 million in total, very significant at that time, and boosted her net worth.

In the following years, Carroll declined several movie roles which affected her partnership with Warner Bros. Being put under suspension, she wasn’t able to perform in several movies. When her suspension was over, she was cast in ‘’The Big Country’’ as Patricia Terrill, which received a mostly positive reaction, but wasn’t considered to be Baker’s finest work. One of her notable roles was her portrayal of Ellie Brown in a 1959 comedy film ‘’But Not for Me’’, with her acting skills critically praised and acknowledged by both critics and the audience. During mid-60s, Baker played a variety of notorious and problematic characters.

In the mid-‘70s, Carroll moved to Italy looking for new acting experiences, and went on to appear in several horror and thriller films, which gave her the opportunity to prove her skills in a different genre.

She subsequently wrote an autobiography entitled ‘’Babydoll: An Autobiography’’ in 1983.

Having returned to American movies and theatre, Baker played a wide range of characters – from naïve to bold and flamboyant ones, including Eleanor Crisp in ‘’Kindergarten Cop’’ in 1990, which was a huge success. In the following years, Baker played supporting roles in plenty movies, before eventually retiring in 2003.

In her personal life, Baker has been married three times, firstly in 1953 to Louie Ritter but which lasted less than a year. From her second marriage to Jack Garfein (1955-69), she has two children. She was thirdly married to British actor Donald Burton from 1978 until his death in 2007.

Structural info

• Full Name: Carroll Baker
• Net Worth: $4 Million
• Date Of Birth: May 28, 1931
• Died: March 5, 1945, Reidsville, Georgia, United States
• Place Of Birth: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
• Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
• Profession: Actress
• Education: Actors Studio
• Nationality: American
• Spouse: Donald Burton (m. 1978–2007), Jack Garfein (m. 1955–1969), Louie Ritter (m. 1953–1953)
• Children: Blanche Baker, Herschel Garfein
• Parents: Virginia Duffy, William Watson Baker
• Siblings: Ginny Baker, Virginia Baker
• IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004647/
• Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress, Juno Award for Best Country Female Artist
• Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, Juno Award for Best Female Artist, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
• Movies: Baby Doll, The Carpetbaggers, How the West Was Won, The Big Country, Private Lessons, Cheyenne Autumn, Kindergarten Cop, Something Wild, Giant, Ironweed, Harlow, Easy to Love, The Watcher in the Woods, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Miracle, Star 80, But Not for Me, Sylvia, Bad, Captain Apache, M…

Quotes

• [on working with George Peppard in The Carpetbaggers (1964)] As I understand it, [he] later became a nice guy, a gentleman, but when we worked together back then, he was pretentious, egotistical, a brat, and an asshole–and that’s just for starters! He pretended he was seven years younger than he was; he even claimed to be a bachelor and denied he was married–in front of me (I knew better), he denied their existence. The role of Jonas Cord in “The Carpetbaggers” really went to his big head. He acquired delusions of grandeur–thought he was God’s gift to women and the movies! His attitude towards me was very bizarre–he acted as though we’d never met! Or that I had a husband! George asked not “if” but “when” we could be intimate together! He came to my house uninvited with an ultimatum–if I don’t have an affair with him, he’ll have an affair with Elizabeth Ashley! Can you believe this guy? He was totally jealous of any and all attention I received!
• [on John Ford, with whom she worked on How the West Was Won (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964)] I adored and admired “Pappy”, and have been grateful forever to have been able to work with him-twice, the second time on “Cheyenne Autumn”. Elia Kazan was, without a doubt, the best actor’s director, but John Ford put “motion” in motion pictures. I learned more about the visual side of pictures from him–a very unique experience. No amount of time spent at the Actors Studio could have taught me nearly as much!
• [Joseph E. Levine] behaved like he owned me. My husband thought it was all terrific as long as I kept bringing in the money. I started objecting to everything, but it was too late. The sex-symbol image had already started. I turned down parts and they blacklisted me. The press attacked me viciously at every opportunity. I came very close to suicide.
• Life seems to be a never-ending series of survivals, doesn’t it?
• The big one I missed out on was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). MGM wanted me for it, and Warner Bros. wouldn’t give me permission to do it.
• I was very young when I saw Gone with the Wind (1939), but I fell in love with Clark Gable. And when I got to work with him, I couldn’t believe it. I still had a crush on him. He was quite an old man by then; he must have seen that I was head over heels, even though I was married.
• After Baby Doll (1956) I did some Westerns. I would try to do something so far away from “Baby Doll”.
• Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they’re a better actor than you.
• When Clark Gable kissed me, they had to carry me off the set.

Facts

• As of 2016 she is the 3rd earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, behind only Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Caron. She was nominated in 1956 for Baby Doll (1956).
• Gave birth to her first child at age 25, daughter Blanche Joy Garfein (aka Blanche Baker) on December 20, 1956. The child’s father is Jack Garfein, who was her second husband.
• Gave birth to her second child, son Herschel David Garfein, in 1959. The child’s father is Jack Garfein, who was her second husband.
• Ex-mother-in-law of Bruce Van Dusen.
• She has English and Polish ancestry.
• Currently living in London, England. [August 2010]
• Ms. Burton had spent much of her life from the late 1990s to 2007, caring for her third husband, who suffered from emphysema. She remained retired from acting since being widowed in 2007.
• Retired from acting in 2003 after 50 years in the motion picture industry.
• Celebrity spokesperson of Foster Grant sunglasses during the 1960s.
• She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on May 4, 2001.
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
• Despite playing their daughter in Giant (1956), Baker was just 9 years younger than Rock Hudson and actually 9 months older than Elizabeth Taylor.
• Visited USS Ticonderoga CV-14 with Bob Hope as part of his morale boosting visits for the soldiers, sailors and airmen during the Vietnam War in 1965.
• Received a career Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Hoboken International Film Festival.
• Received the National Arts Club Medal of Honor in New York City in 2009.
• She became a nightclub dancer to raise money for her tuition at the Actors Studio.
• Though it may only be studio hype, in 1964 an African Masai chieftain reportedly was so fascinated by Baker that he offered 150 cows, 200 goats and sheep, and $750 for her while she was on location in Kenya for Mister Moses (1965).
• While in Hollywood to test for Giant (1956), director Nicholas Ray met with her on James Dean’s suggestion to discuss playing the role of Judy in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Baker’s new husband Jack Garfein insisted that she return to New York once the test was shot, and negotiations were broken off.
• When she refused to play a nymphomaniac in the trashy Too Much, Too Soon (1958), Warner Bros. refused to loan her out to appear opposite Laurence Olivier, Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in The Devil’s Disciple (1959).
• Her trouble with Warner Bros. continued when she declined to act in a series of movies based on books by pulp writer Erskine Caldwell. This led to her losing out on outside offers to do The Three Faces of Eve (1957) for 20th Century-Fox, and both Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and The Brothers Karamazov (1958) for MGM.
• Miss Florida Fruits and Vegetables of 1949.

Trademarks

• Voluptuous figure
• Sparkling blue eyes
• Platinum blonde hair
• Deep sultry voice
• Often plays brash, flamboyant women

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