Anne Baxter
Acting
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress best known for her work in Hollywood films, Broadway, and television during the mid‑20th century. Born on May 7, 1923, in Michigan City, Indiana, she was the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and began acting on Broadway at the age of 13, earning strong reviews that helped launch her career. She moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and signed a long‑term contract with 20th Century Fox, going on to appear in notable films such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor’s Edge (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). For her supporting role as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor’s Edge, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Golden Globe, and she later earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress as Eve Harrington in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic All About Eve (1950). Throughout her career she worked with major directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, and Cecil B. DeMille, while also appearing regularly on stage and in television productions, including series such as East of Eden and Hotel. Anne Baxter died on December 12, 1985, in New York City at the age of 62, leaving behind a legacy as a gifted dramatic actress with a strong presence in both classic cinema and television.
Footsteps on the Ceiling
Eve Harrington (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Masks of Death
Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Self
Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Narrator
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Lilliana Zorska
Nero Wolfe
Mrs. Rachael Bruner
Little Mo
Jessamyn Connolly
Lisa, Bright and Dark
Margaret Schilling
Lapin 360
Mrs. Barnes
The Catcher
Kate
If Tomorrow Comes
Miss Cramer
The Late Liz
Liz Addams Hatch
Fools' Parade
Cleo
Ritual of Evil
Jolene Wiley
The Challengers
Stephanie York
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Myra Sherwood
Companions in Nightmare
Carlotta Mauridge
Stranger on the Run
Valverda Johnson
The Busy Body
Margo Foster Kane
Sette donne per una strage
The Tall Women
Mary Ann
The Family Jewels
Anne Baxter
Mix Me a Person
Dr. Anne Dyson
Walk on the Wild Side
Teresina Vidarverri
Cimarron
Dixie Lee
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Olive
Chase a Crooked Shadow
Kimberley Prescott
Armored Attack!
Marina Pavlov
Three Violent People
Lorna Hunter Saunders
The Ten Commandments
Nefretiri
The Come On
Rita
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
One Desire
Tacey Cromwell
Bedevilled
Monica Johnson
Carnival Story
Willi
The Blue Gardenia
Norah Larkin
I Confess
Ruth Grandfort
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Cal
My Wife's Best Friend
Virginia Mason
O. Henry's Full House
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Follow the Sun
Valerie Hogan
All About Eve
Eve Harrington
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Kit Dodge Jr.
You're My Everything
Hannah Adams
Yellow Sky
Constance Mae 'Mike'
The Walls of Jericho
Julia Norman
The Luck of the Irish
Nora
Homecoming
Mrs. Penny Johnson
Mother Wore Tights
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blaze of Noon
Lucille Stewart
The Razor's Edge
Sophie MacDonald
Angel on My Shoulder
Barbara Foster
Smoky
Julie Richards
A Royal Scandal
Anna Jaschikoff
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Tessa Osborne
Guest in the House
Evelyn Heath
The Eve of St. Mark
Janet Feller
The Purple Heart
Anne (voice) (uncredited)
The Fighting Sullivans
Katherine Mary Sullivan
The North Star
Marina Pavlov
Five Graves to Cairo
Mouche
Crash Dive
Jean Hewlett
The Pied Piper
Nicole Rougeron
The Magnificent Ambersons
Lucy Morgan
Swamp Water
Julie Keefer
Charley's Aunt
Amy Spettigue
The Great Profile
Mary Maxwell
20 Mule Team
Jean Johnson