Portrait of Carroll Baker

Acting

Carroll Baker

Career

Active from 1956 to 1998, busiest in 1965 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
43
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Giant
Giant
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Carroll Baker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Period Piece 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Erotic Thriller 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Giallo Film 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • European Cinema 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 62
The Lyon's Den
The Lyon's Den (2003)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Jack's Mother

Another Woman's Husband
Another Woman's Husband (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

as Laurel’s mother

1990s

24 titles · average score 56
Roswell
Roswell (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Claudia Parker

The Game
The Game (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ilsa

Heart Full of Rain
Heart Full of Rain (1997)

as Edith Pearl Dockett

Just Your Luck
Just Your Luck (1996)
GoodWatch score 50

as Momie

Dalva
Dalva (1996)

as Naomi

Storie di seduzione
Storie di seduzione (1995)

as Diana's Mother

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)

as Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Sylvie Tannen

A Kiss to Die For
A Kiss to Die For (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mrs. Graham

Cyber Eden
Cyber Eden (1992)
GoodWatch score 48

as Madame

Blonde Fist
Blonde Fist (1991)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lovell Summers

Kindergarten Cop
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
GoodWatch score 59

as Eleanor Crisp

1980s

15 titles · average score 62
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mother Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Ironweed
Ironweed (1987)
GoodWatch score 58

as Annie Phelan

On Fire
On Fire (1987)

as Maureen Leary

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Rae Morrison

Native Son
Native Son (1986)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mrs. Dalton

What Mad Pursuit
What Mad Pursuit (1985)

as Louise Steinhauser

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Sibella Stone

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mama Freud

Red Monarch
Red Monarch (1983)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ellen Brown

Star 80
Star 80 (1983)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dorothy's Mum

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Mrs. Dalton

The Watcher in the Woods
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
GoodWatch score 49

as Helen Curtis

1970s

19 titles · average score 53
Cyclone
Cyclone (1978)
GoodWatch score 44

as Sheila

Bad
Bad (1977)
GoodWatch score 65

as Hazel Aiken

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (1976)
GoodWatch score 54

as Laura

The Private Lesson
The Private Lesson (1975)
GoodWatch score 51

as Laura Formenti

The Sky is Falling
The Sky is Falling (1975)
GoodWatch score 46

as Treasure

Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga (1973)
GoodWatch score 52

as Baba Yaga

The Flower with Petals of Steel
The Flower with Petals of Steel (1973)
GoodWatch score 54

as Evelyne Graffi

Knife of Ice
Knife of Ice (1972)
GoodWatch score 60

as Martha Caldwell

Captain Apache
Captain Apache (1971)
GoodWatch score 42

as Maude

The Fourth Victim
The Fourth Victim (1971)
GoodWatch score 58

as Julie Spencer / Lillian Martin

The Devil with Seven Faces
The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)
GoodWatch score 46

as Julie Harrison / Mary Harrison

A Quiet Place to Kill
A Quiet Place to Kill (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Helen

1960s

17 titles · average score 58
Paranoia
Paranoia (1969)
GoodWatch score 60

as Kathryn West

So Sweet... So Perverse
So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nicole Perrier

The Sweet Body of Deborah
The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
GoodWatch score 57

as Deborah

The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
GoodWatch score 53

as Veronica

Mister Moses
Mister Moses (1965)
GoodWatch score 55

as Julie Anderson

Harlow
Harlow (1965)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jean Harlow

Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

as Deborah Wright

The Carpetbaggers
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

as Rina Marlowe Cord

Station Six-Sahara
Station Six-Sahara (1963)
GoodWatch score 62

as Catherine

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

as Eve Prescott Rawlings

Something Wild
Something Wild (1961)
GoodWatch score 53

as Mary Ann Robinson

Bridge to the Sun
Bridge to the Sun (1961)
GoodWatch score 72

as Gwen Terasaki

1950s

7 titles · average score 68
But Not for Me
But Not for Me (1959)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ellie Brown / Borden

The Miracle
The Miracle (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

as Teresa

The Big Country
The Big Country (1958)
GoodWatch score 81

as Patricia Terrill

Baby Doll
Baby Doll (1956)
GoodWatch score 77

as Baby Doll Meighan

Giant
Giant (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

as Luz Benedict II

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Lena Roland

Easy to Love
Easy to Love (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

as Clarice