Awards & Winners

Carroll Baker

Date of Birth 28-May-1931
Place of Birth Johnstown
(Pennsylvania, Cambria County, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Karolina Piekarski, Carol Baker, Carrol Baker, Carrol Baker, Karolina Piekarski, Karolina Piekarski, Karolina Piekarski
Profession Actor
Carroll Baker is an American film, stage and television actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and as a movie sex symbol. Cast in a wide range of roles during her heyday in the 1960s, Baker was especially memorable playing brash, flamboyant women, due to her beautiful features, striking blonde hair, and distinctive drawl. A native of Pennsylvania, Baker moved to New York City in her twenties where she studied acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. She initially began performing on Broadway and would go on to a leading role in Elia Kazan's wildly controversial film Baby Doll, which gave Baker instant notoriety and earned her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe. Other notable early roles included Giant alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, and But Not for Me with Clark Gable, as well westerns such as The Big Country, How the West Was Won, and Cheyenne Autumn. In the late 1960s, after a protracted legal battle with Paramount Pictures following her performance in Harlow, Baker moved to Italy and starred in a multitude of horror and giallo films, including two directed by Umberto Lenzi, Paranoia and Il coltello di ghiaccio. She returned to American cinema with Andy Warhol's Bad, and later had supporting roles in the '90s films Kindergarten Cop and David Fincher's The Game, before retiring in 2002.

Awards by Carroll Baker

Check all the awards nominated and won by Carroll Baker.

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Best Country Female Artist

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Best Female Artist

1977


Juno Award for Best Country Female Artist

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Best Country Female Artist

1957


Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress
Honored for : Baby Doll, Giant

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Baby Doll
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama Baby Doll
role: Baby Doll Meighan
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress Baby Doll","Giant

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress Baby Doll
Role: Baby Doll