Anne BAXTER
* 07.05.1923, Michigan City, Indiana, USA † 12.12.1985, New York (City), USA

Schauspielerin * ab 1934 Schauspielunterricht, 1937-40 bei Maria Ouspenskaya * 1936 Debüt am Broadway in Seen But Not Heard * erhält Vertrag bei 20th Century Fox * 1940 Filmdebüt in 20 Mule Team * 1942 erster bedeutender Part in The Magnificent Ambersons * 1950 internationale Anerkennung für ihre Darstellung in All about Eve * Rückkehr auf die Bühne (The Square Root of Wonderful, am Broadway 1957; The Joshua Tree, London 1958) * 1961-64 lebt (mit ihrem 2. Mann) auf einer Ranch im australischen Outback - 1976 veröffentlicht Memoiren über diese Zeit (Intermission: A True Story) * ab 1967 tritt verstärkt in Fernsehproduktionen auf (Serien Marcus Welby, M.D., 1969/70; The Moneychangers, 1976; East of Eden, 1981; Hotel, 1983-85) * 1980 spielt letzte Kinorolle in Jane Austen in Manhattan (mit ihrer Tochter Katrina Hodiak) * 1985 stirbt mit 62 Jahren völlig unerwartet an einer Gehirnblutung * verheiratet mit John Hodiak (1. Ehemann, 1946-53)
FILMS

20 Mule Team (1940-USA; R: Richard Thorpe, B: Cyril Hume, Edward E. Paramore, Jr., Richard Maibaum, K: Clyde De Vinna, M: David Snell, D: Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter: Joan Johnson, Douglas Fowley) 82m-Western (02-?; 4005)

The Great Profile (1940-USA; R: Walter Lang, B: Milton Sperling, Hilary Lynn, K: Ernest Palmer, ML: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, John Payne, Anne Baxter: Mary Maxwell, Lionel Atwill) 78/82m-Komödie (05-07; 4008)

Charley's Aunt (1941-USA; R: Archie Mayo, B: George Seaton, K: J. Peverell Marley, M: Alfred Newman, D: Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Edmund Gwenn, Arleen Whelan, Laird Cregar, Ernest Cossart, Anne Baxter: Amy Spettigue) 80m-Komödie (Bühnenstück von Brandon Thomas, 1892) (05-06; 4108)

Swamp Water (In den Sümpfen, 1941-USA; R: Jean Renoir, B: Dudley Nichols, K: J. Peverell Marley, M: David Buttolph, D: Walter Brennan * Walter Huston * Anne Baxter: Julie * Dana Andrews) 90m-Thriller (Roman von Vereen Bell) (07-09; 4111)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1941/42-USA * Orson Welles ... Lucy Morgan) (Roman von Booth Tarkington) (10-01; 4207)

The Pied Piper (1942-USA; R: Irving Pichel, B: Nunnally Johnson, K: Edward Cronjager, M: Alfred Newman, D: Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter: Nicole Rougeron, Otto Preminger) 87m-Kriegsdrama (Roman von Nevil Shute, 1942) (03-05; 4208)

Crash Dive (1942-USA; R: Archie Mayo, B: Jo Swerling, K: Leon Shamroy, M: David Buttolph, D: Tyrone Power * Anne Baxter: Jean Hewlett * Dana Andrews) 105m-Kriegsmelodram (07-11; 4305)

Five Graves to Cairo (Fünf Gräber bis Kairo, 1943-USA; R: Billy Wilder, B: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, K: John F. Seitz, M: Miklos Rozsa, D: Franchot Tone ° Anne Baxter: Mouche, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova, Peter van Eyck & Erich von Stroheim) 96m-Kriegsabenteuer (Bühnenstück Hotel Imperial. Színmű von Lajos Bíró, 1917) (01-02; 4305)

The North Star / Armored Attack (1943-USA; R: Lewis Milestone, B: Lillian Hellman, K: James Wong Howe, M: Aaron Copland, D: Anne Baxter: Marina, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Ann Harding, Jane Withers, Farley Granger & Erich von Stroheim) 105m-Kriegsdrama (02-07; 4311)

The Sullivans / The Fighting Sullivans (Fünf Helden, 1943-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Mary C. McCall, Jr., K: Lucien Andriot, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Anne Baxter: Katherine Mary Sullivan ° Thomas Mitchell) 112m-Kriegsfilm (09-11; 4402)

The Eve of St. Mark (1943-USA; R: John M. Stahl, B: George Seaton, K: Joseph LaShelle, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Anne Baxter: Janet Feller ° William Eythe ° Michael O'Shea) 96m-Kriegsdrama (Bühnenstück von Maxwell Anderson, 1942) (09-11; 4406)

Guest in the House (1944-USA; R: John Brahm, B: Ketti Frings, K: Lee Garmes, M: Werner Janssen, D: Anne Baxter: Evelyn Heath ° Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick, Scott McKay, Jerome Cowan) 117/20m-Melodram (Bühnenstück von Hagar Wilde & Dale Eunson, 1942) (04-06; 4412)

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (Der Sonntagsgast, 1944-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Wanda Tuchock, Melvin Levy, K: Joseph MacDonald, M: Alfred Newman, D: Anne Baxter: Tessa Osborne * John Hodiak) 86m-Komödie (Kurzgeschichte von Martha Cheavens, 1943) (06-08; 4412)

A Royal Scandal (Skandal bei Hofe, 1944-USA; R: Otto Preminger, B: Edwin Justus Mayer; Bruno Frank, K: Arthur Miller, M: Alfred Newman, D: Tallulah Bankhead * Charles Coburn * Anne Baxter: Gräfin Anna Jaschikoff * William Eythe) 94m-Historienkomödie (Bühnenstück Die Zarin von Lajos Bíró & Melchior Lengyel, 1912) (09-11/+01; 4504)

Smoky (Smoky, König der Prärie, 1945-USA; R: Louis King, B: Lillie Hayward, Dwight Cummins, Dorothy Yost, K: Charles G. Clarke, M: David Raksin, D: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter: Julie Richards, Bruce Cabot, Esther Dale, Roy Roberts, J. Farrell MacDonald & Burl Ives) 87m-Familiensaga (Roman Smoky, the Cowhorse von Will James, 1926) (07-09; 4607)

Angel on My Shoulder (1946-USA; R: Archie Mayo, B: Harry Segall, Roland Kibbee, K: James Van Trees, M: Dimitri Tiomkin, D: Paul Muni * Anne Baxter: Barbara Foster * Claude Rains) 95/101m-Fantasy (01-03; 4609)

The Razor's Edge (Auf Messers Schneide, 1946-USA; R: Edmund Goulding, B: Lamar Trotti, K: Arthur Miller, M: Alfred Newman, D: Tyrone Power * Gene Tierney * John Payne * Anne Baxter: Sophie * Clifton Webb * Herbert Marshall) 145/8m-Drama (Roman von W. Somerset Maugham, 1944) (03-07; 4612)

Blaze of Noon (1946/47-USA; R: John Farrow, B: Frank Wead, Arthur Sheekman, K: William C. Mellor, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: Anne Baxter: Lucille Stewart ° William Holden ° Sonny Tufts ° William Bendix ° Sterling Hayden ° Howard Da Silva) 91m-Liebesdrama (Roman von Ernest K. Gann, 1946) (11-01; 4705)

Homecoming (Dr. Johnsons Heimkehr, 1947-USA; R: Mervyn LeRoy, B: Paul Osborn; Jan Lustig, K: Harold Rosson, M: Bronislau Kaper, D: Clark Gable * Lana Turner * Anne Baxter: Penny Johnson * John Hodiak) 113m-Melodram (08-11; 4805)

The Walls of Jericho (1947/48-USA; R: John M. Stahl, B: Lamar Trotti, K: Arthur Miller, M: Alfred Newman, D: Cornel Wilde * Linda Darnell * Anne Baxter: Julia Norman * Kirk Douglas) 106m-Drama (Roman von Paul Wellman, 1947) (10-01; 4808)

The Luck of the Irish (1948-USA; R: Henry Koster, B: Philip Dunne, K: Joseph LaShelle, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Tyrone Power * Anne Baxter: Nora, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb) 99m-Fantasy (Roman There Was a Little Man von Guy Pearce Jones & Constance Bridges Jones, 1948) (01-03; 4809)

Yellow Sky (Herrin der toten Stadt, 1948-USA; R: William A. Wellman, B: Lamar Trotti, K: Joseph MacDonald, M: Alfred Newman, D: Gregory Peck * Anne Baxter: Mike * Richard Widmark) 98/102m-Western (Story von W.R. Burnett) (05-07; 4812)

You're My Everything (1948/49-USA; R: Walter Lang, B: Lamar Trotti, Will H. Hays, Jr., K: Arthur E. Arling, ML: Alfred Newman, D: Dan Dailey * Anne Baxter: Hannah Adams, Anne Revere) 94m-Musikkomödie (Kurzgeschichte I'm the Star von George Jessel, 1946) (11-01/+02; 4908)

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1949-USA; R: Richard Sale, B: Mary Loos, Richard Sale, K: Harry Jackson, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Dan Dailey * Anne Baxter: Kit Dodge, Jr., Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan) 90m-Westernkomödie (08-10; 5005)

All about Eve (1950-USA * Joseph L. Mankiewicz ... Eve Harrington) (04-06; 5010)

Follow the Sun (1950-USA; R: Sidney Lanfield, B: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, K: Leo Tover, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Glenn Ford * Anne Baxter: Valerie Hogan * Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc) 93/6m-Sportlerdrama (09-11/+01; 5104)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Die Frau des Banditen, 1951-USA; R: Joseph M. Newman, B: Edmund H. North, K: Joseph LaShelle, M: Hugo Friedhofer, D: Anne Baxter: Cal * Dale Robertson * Miriam Hopkins) 81m-Western (Kurzgeschichte von Bret Harte, 1869) (11-12; 5205)

O. Henry's Full House (Fünf Perlen, 1951/52-USA > 3-Episode: The Last Leaf * R: Jean Negulesco, B: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, K: [Joseph MacDonald], M: Alfred Newman, D: Anne Baxter: Joanna, Jean Peters) 117m-Episodenfilm (02; 5209)

My Wife's Best Friend (1952-USA; R: Richard Sale, B: Isobel Lennart, K: Leo Tover, M: Leigh Harline, D: Anne Baxter: Virginia Mason * Macdonald Carey) 87m-Komödie (04-05; 5210)

I Confess (1952-USA * Alfred Hitchcock ... Ruth Grandfort) (08-10; 5303)

The Blue Gardenia (1952-USA * Fritz Lang ... Norah Larkin) (11-12; 5303)

Carnival Story (1953-USA; R: Kurt Neumann, B: Hans Jacoby, Kurt Neumann, K: Ernest Haller, M: Willy Schmidt-Gentner, D: Anne Baxter: Willie ° Steve Cochran ° Lyle Bettger ° George Nader) 95m-Drama (06-07; 5404)

Bedevilled (Nachts auf den Boulevards, 1954-USA; R: Mitchell Leisen, B: Jo Eisinger, K: Frederick A. Young, M: William Alwyn, D: Anne Baxter: Monica Johnson ° Steve Forrest, Simone Renant, Maurice Teynac & Victor Francen) 85m-Krimimelodram (08-10; 5504)

One Desire (Und wäre die Liebe nicht..., 1954-USA; R: Jerry Hopper, B: Lawrence Roman, Robert Blees, K: Maury Gertsman, M: Frank Skinner, D: Anne Baxter: Tacey Cromwell * Rock Hudson * Julie Adams) 94m-Melodram (Roman von Conrad Richter, 1942) (11-12; 5507)

The Spoilers (Mit roher Gewalt, 1955-USA; R: Jesse Hibbs, B: Oscar Brodney, Charles Hoffman, K: Maury Gertsman, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: Anne Baxter: Cherry Malotte * Jeff Chandler * Rory Calhoun) 84m-Western (Roman von Rex Beach, 1906) (01-03; 5601)

The Ten Commandments (Die Zehn Gebote, 1954-55-USA; R: Cecil B. DeMille, B: Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank, K: Loyal Griggs, M: Elmer Bernstein, D: Charlton Heston * Yul Brynner * Anne Baxter: Nefretiri * Edward G. Robinson * Yvonne De Carlo * Debra Paget * John Derek) 220m-Monumentalfilm (10-12 + 03-08; 5611)

The Come On (Am Strand der Sünde, 1955-USA; R: Russell Birdwell, B: Warren Douglas, Whitman Chambers, K: Ernest Haller, M: Paul Dunlap, D: Anne Baxter: Rita Kendrick * Sterling Hayden, John Hoyt, Jesse White) 83m-Krimidrama (Roman von Whitman Chambers, 1953) (10; 5604)

Three Violent People (Rivalen ohne Gnade, 1956-USA; R: Rudolph Maté, B: James Edward Grant, K: Loyal Griggs, M: Walter Scharf, D: Charlton Heston * Anne Baxter: Lorna Hunter Saunders * Gilbert Roland * Tom Tryon) 100m-Westerndrama (03-05; 5701)

Chase a Crooked Shadow (Flüsternde Schatten, 1957-GB; R: Michael Anderson, B: David Osborn, Charles Sinclair, K: Erwin Hillier, M: Matyas Seiber, D: Richard Todd * Anne Baxter: Kimberley Prescott * Herbert Lom) 87m-Thriller (05-?; 5801)

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll / Season of Passion (Der Sommer der siebzehnten Puppe, 1958/59-USA; R: Leslie Norman, B: John Dighton, K: Paul Beeson, M: Benjamin Frankel, D: Ernest Borgnine * Anne Baxter: Olive * John Mills * Angela Lansbury) 94m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Ray Lawler, 1955) (12-02; 5912-AUS)

Cimarron (1959/60-USA * Anthony Mann ... Dixie Lee) (Roman von Edna Ferber) (11-02/+04; 6012)

Walk on the Wild Side (Auf glühendem Pflaster, 1961-USA; R: Edward Dmytryk, B: John Fante, Edmund Morris, K: Joseph MacDonald, M: Elmer Bernstein, D: Laurence Harvey * Capucine * Jane Fonda * Anne Baxter: Teresina Vidaverri & Barbara Stanwyck) 114m-Drama (Roman von Nelson Algren, 1956) (04-?; 6202)

Mix Me a Person (Hundert Stunden Angst, 1961-GB; R: Leslie Norman, B: Ian Dalrymple, K: Ted Moore, D: Anne Baxter: Dr. Anne Dyson * Adam Faith * Donald Sinden) 116m-Krimi (Roman von Jack Trevor Story, 1959) (6209)

Las 7 magníficas / 7 donne per una strage / Frauen, die durch die Hölle gehen (Die durch die Hölle gehen, 1966-E/I/A/FL; R: Rudolf Zehetgruber, B: Mino Roli, Jim Henaghan, Sidney W. Pink, K: Marcello Gatti, M: [es] Gregorio García Segura; [it] Carlo Savina; [at] Gerhard Froboess, D: Anne Baxter: Mary Ann ° Maria Perschy, Gustavo Rojo, María Mahor, Perla Cristal, Rossella Como, Christa Linder, Adriana Ambesi) 90/105m-Western (03-?; 6609)

The Busy Body (1966-USA; R: William Castle, B: Ben Starr, K: Harold E. Stine, M: Vic Mizzy, D: Sid Caesar ° Robert Ryan ° Anne Baxter: Margo Foster ° Kay Medford ° Jan Murray ° Richard Pryor ° Arlene Golonka) 101m-Schwarze Komödie (Roman von Donald E. Westlake, 1966) (09-?; 6701 | 6703)

The Challengers (Herausforderung zum Grand Prix, 1968-USA; R: Leslie H. Martinson, B: Dick Nelson, K: Jack Marta, M: Pete Rugolo, D: Darren McGavin * Sean Garrison * Nico Minardos, Anne Baxter: Stephanie York, Richard Conte, Farley Granger, Juliet Mills, Sal Mineo & Susan Clark) 96m-Sportdrama (03-?; 7006-D) > TVM (7002)

Fools' Parade (Die Gnadenlosen, 1970-USA; R: Andrew V. McLaglen, B: James Lee Barrett, K: Harry Stradling, Jr., M: Henry Vars, D: James Stewart * George Kennedy, Anne Baxter: Cleo, Strother Martin, Kurt Russell, William Windom, Mike Kellin) 98m-Krimidrama (Roman von Davis Grubb, 1969) (09-11; 7107)

The Late Liz (1971-USA; R: Dick Ross, B: Bill Rega, K: Harry Stradling, Jr., M: Ralph Carmichael, D: Anne Baxter: Liz Addams Hatch ° Steve Forrest, Jack Albertson, James Gregory, Coleen Gray) 120m-Drama (Buch von Elizabeth Burns, 1957) (04-07; 7109)

Jane Austen in Manhattan (Jane Austen in Manhattan, 1980-USA/GB; R: James Ivory, B: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, K: Ernest Vincze, M: Richard Robbins, D: Anne Baxter: Lilianna Zorska, Robert Powell, Michael Wager) 111m-Komödie (01-03; 8007)


Stranger on the Run (Ein Fremder auf der Flucht, 1967-USA; R: Don/ald Siegel, B: Dean Riesner, K: Bud Thackery, M: Leonard Rosenman, D: Henry Fonda ° Anne Baxter: Valverda Johnson ° Michael Parks) 97/100m-Western > TVM (6710) * In some countries it premiered in cinemas

AWARDS

Academy Award / Oscar (beste Nebendarstellerin) für The Razor's Edge (1947)

Golden Globe (beste Nebendarstellerin) für The Razor's Edge (1947)

BOOK

Karin J. Fowler: Anne Baxter: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1991

Actress Anne Baxter made her Broadway debut at age thirteen and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in films at age twenty-three. In a long and successful career on stage, screen, radio, and television, she played her most memorable roles as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor's Edge (1946) and as Eve Harrington in All about Eve (1950), two enduring film classics. Baxter also led a diverse personal life, including an arduous and lonely stint as a pioneer wife in the Australian outback, which was related in her bestselling memoir, Intermission: A True Story (1976). This bio-bibliography describes her life and career in a biography and chronology, and details her achievements in the different production media, with full credits, synopses, and review sources provided for the films and plays. An extensive bibliography notes focused and passing treatment of Baxter in a wide variety of books and periodicals. > Table of Contents : Preface * Biography * Chronology * Filmography * Television Productions * Radio Productions * Musical Recordings/Soundtracks * Stage Plays (or Appearances) * Bibliography * Awards Conferred * Index > 312 pages, photographs

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