Actor
Anne Baxter
Born 7 May 1923 · Michigan City, Indiana, USA — died 12 December 1985
Anne Baxter (1923–1985) was an American actress of stage, film and television, and a granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. She won the Oscar for The Razor's Edge and is best remembered as the scheming Eve Harrington in All About Eve. She also starred in DeMille's The Ten Commandments.
Key films
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
An early prestigious role in Orson Welles's acclaimed second film, as Lucy Morgan.
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Her performance as Sophie earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
All About Eve (1950)
Her signature role as ambitious Eve Harrington brought a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
I Confess (1953)
Led the cast of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller opposite Montgomery Clift.
The Ten Commandments (1956)On Cinespective
Played Nefertiri in Cecil B. DeMille's epic, one of her best-known late-career films.
Key awards
- 1947 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (The Razor's Edge)
- 1947 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress (The Razor's Edge)
- 1951 Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (All About Eve)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 74
- 194020 Mule Team · as Jean JohnsonActor
- 1940The Great Profile · as Mary MaxwellActor
- 1941Swamp Water · as Julie KeeferActor
- 1941Charley's Aunt · as Amy SpettigueActor
- 1942The Magnificent Ambersons · as Lucy MorganActor
- 1942The Pied Piper · as Nicole RougeronActor
- 1943Five Graves to Cairo · as MoucheActor
- 1943The North Star · as Marina PavlovActor
- 1943Crash Dive · as Jean HewlettActor
- 1944The Fighting Sullivans · as Katherine Mary SullivanActor
- 1944Guest in the House · as Evelyn HeathActor
- 1944The Purple Heart · as Anne (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1944The Eve of St. Mark · as Janet FellerActor
- 1944Sunday Dinner for a Soldier · as Tessa OsborneActor
- 1945A Royal Scandal · as Anna JaschikoffActor
- 1946The Razor's Edge · as Sophie MacDonaldActor
- 1946Angel on My Shoulder · as Barbara FosterActor
- 1946Smoky · as Julie RichardsActor
- 1947Mother Wore Tights · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1947Blaze of Noon · as Lucille StewartActor
- 1948Yellow Sky · as Constance Mae 'Mike'Actor
- 1948The Luck of the Irish · as NoraActor
- 1948Homecoming · as Mrs. Penny JohnsonActor
- 1948The Walls of Jericho · as Julia NormanActor
- 1949You're My Everything · as Hannah AdamsActor
- 1950All About Eve · as Eve HarringtonActor
- 1950A Ticket to Tomahawk · as Kit Dodge Jr.Actor
- 1951Follow the Sun · as Valerie HoganActor
- 1952O. Henry's Full House · as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")Actor
- 1952The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as CalActor
- 1952My Wife's Best Friend · as Virginia MasonActor
- 1953I Confess · as Ruth GrandfortActor
- 1953The Blue Gardenia · as Norah LarkinActor
- 1954Carnival Story · as WilliActor
- 1955One Desire · as Tacey CromwellActor
- 1955The Spoilers · as Cherry MalotteActor
- 1955Bedevilled · as Monica JohnsonActor
- 1956The Ten Commandments · as NefretiriActor
- 1956Three Violent People · as Lorna Hunter SaundersActor
- 1956The Come On · as RitaActor
- 1957Armored Attack! · as Marina PavlovActor
- 1958Chase a Crooked Shadow · as Kimberley PrescottActor
- 1959Summer of the Seventeenth Doll · as OliveActor
- 1960Cimarron · as Dixie LeeActor
- 1962Walk on the Wild Side · as Teresina VidarverriActor
- 1962Mix Me a Person · as Dr. Anne DysonActor
- 1963Marilyn · as archive footageActor
- 1965The Family Jewels · as Anne BaxterActor
- 1966The Tall Women · as Mary AnnActor
- 1967Stranger on the Run · as Valverda JohnsonActor
- 1967The Busy Body · as Margo Foster KaneActor
- 1967Sette donne per una strageActor
- 1968Companions in Nightmare · as Carlotta MauridgeActor
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities · as Myra SherwoodActor
- 1970Ritual of Evil · as Jolene WileyActor
- 1970The Challengers · as Stephanie YorkActor
- 1971Fools' Parade · as CleoActor
- 1971If Tomorrow Comes · as Miss CramerActor
- 1971The Late Liz · as Liz Addams HatchActor
- 1972Lapin 360 · as Mrs. BarnesActor
- 1972The Catcher · as KateActor
- 1973Lisa, Bright and Dark · as Margaret SchillingActor
- 1978Little Mo · as Jessamyn ConnollyActor
- 1979Nero Wolfe · as Mrs. Rachael BrunerActor
- 1980Jane Austen in Manhattan · as Lilliana ZorskaActor
- 1983Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano · as SelfActor
- 1983The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright · as NarratorActor
- 1983Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And HellActor
- 1984The Masks of Death · as Irene Adler / Mrs. NortonActor
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II · as SelfActor
- 2000Backstory: 'All About Eve' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003The Making of The Ten Commandments · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2013Footsteps on the Ceiling · as Eve Harrington (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.