Eisenhower. As she flipped it over, I heard her gasp in surprise. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. Evidently he was going to try to hold me back from doing something very importantand above all else I must never let him do that. Anne was born in Michigan City, Indiana to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine (ne Wright), whose father was the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. "I guess I always just thoughtmaybe someday, y'know?". [19] Princeton University Library has a collection of 175 letters by Baxter to Birdwell. NEWS. Actress. She pursued an. She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three.[8]. She had a way of scrutinizing everyone with her ice blue eyes and leaving you with the impression that she missed nothing. Baxter was a Republican who was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey[26] and Dwight D. The actress's most significant desire was to give her best to her craft, and she did until she couldn't. Kelly, the athletic, freckled blonde that everyone found so likeable, put up with our bad behavior every time her father would come to visit. The newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in Easton, Connecticut, which they extensively remodeled; however, Klee did not live to see the renovations completed. Weve lost a remarkable actress and a significant star, said Charlton Heston, who appeared with her in The Ten Commandments and Three Violent People., I found her to be an extraordinary performer and a fine woman.. It wasn't likely that Entertainment Tonight would be pounding on my door asking for an insider story. ", With a dramatic wave of her hands, she laughed. Her father was a successful sales executive at Seagram's, her mother the daughter of preeminent architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Although my friend was the daughter of a famous actress, I was still an insignificant nobody from New Hampshire as far as the world was concerned. I clapped my hand over my mouth trying to suppress a giggle. She arrived in New York City, New York at age 11, attending various private schools. After leaving Fox she signed a two-year contract with Warner Bros and got a role in Alfred Hitchcocks I Confess in 1953 and then in The Blue Gardenia. . She is an actress, . https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/anne-baxter-3621.php, American Female Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities. The actress's return got her the role of "Eve Harrington" on "All About Eve," and she later landed the role that made her iconic, as "Victoria Cabot" in the ABC TV show, "Hotel." NEW YORK (AP) _ Colleagues are mourning the death of Anne Baxter, whose five-decade career was highlighted by an Academy Award-winning role as a pitiable drunk in The Razors Edge and her performance as a two-faced schemer in All About Eve.. She was the daughter of a salesman, Kenneth Stuart Baxter, and his wife, Catherine Dorothy (Wright), who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, the world-renowned architect. We'd flopped on the couches in the great room, tossing about ideas of what to do when her mother happened to stroll in. She made her acting debut at the age of 13 on stage in the Broadway play Seen But Not Heard in 1936. She died on December 12, aged 62. Laurie just picked the SAME card for the third time!" Anne Baxter was an American actress. I told him I'd have to wear an Egyptian false nose and he pounded the table. I nodded dismally. she asked, her curiosity piqued. Truly, it wasn't the same place without her presence. She married Randolph Galt in 1960 and moved with him to a ranch in Australia. There was a mysterious man of courseand travel over a great distance in store for me. Among Miss Baxters other film credits were Swamp Water, Crash Dive, Five Graves to Cairo, The Sullivans, Sunday Dinner for a Soldier, Guest in the House, Yellow Sky, and Fools Parade., She also appeared in the television miniseries East of Eden, and in The Love Boat., Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. she wondered out loud. Baxter co-starred with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in 1946's The Razor's Edge, for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. It is what I am. Katrina Hodiak was born on July 9, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA. ", From behind me, I heard Maginel groan, "OhgeeshMom!" She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Razor's Edge (1946). Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. Undaunted by the failure of her previous effort to crack Hollywood, Anne returned to California two years later to try again. Launching my career in Ryetown, New York, I moved quickly to Philadelphia and with a summer stint at the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island, Michigan before heading South to Charlotte, North Carolina. She maintained an active career until '85 when she suffered a stroke while walking on Madison Avenue, New York City. Never in her Hollywood career did Anne look as beautiful as she did as the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. The Beginning Melissa Galt is the great-granddaughter of acclaimed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Anne Baxter and goddaughter to famed costume designer Edith Head. The shows producer, Aaron Spelling, said earlier this week she would never be replaced. I furrowed my brow in puzzlement. The '50s saw the actress despite her impressive beginning suffer from lack of employment after leaving Twentieth Century Fox and choosing to work as a freelancer. The last thing Maginel's mother predicted was that I would write a book one day. "Please Momnot the cards! It was so very different from my last visit here. Suddenly water started pouring into the bottom of the boat, Mother yelled aqua in Spanish with Italian pronunciation, and the driver took one look back, turned ash white and gunned the boat to the nearest ramp. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! "All the world's a stage," Shakespeare wroteand Maginel's mother proved that sentiment to be true by living her life as if it was always her greatest role. Daughter of players Anne Baxter and John Hodiak. "How interestingit's the SAME card as last time. No matter what woes befall youyou'll somehow always manage to land on your feet!". The film was a critical and financial success and Anne came in for her share of critical plaudits. A marriage to banker David Klee in 1977 ended with Klees death the same year. She was made honorary mayor of the Universal City in 1970. With a suspicious look at me she examined the card closely to make sure it was no different from the others. Still, I didn't want her to realize just what a total failure and disappointment I would beno matter what the cards had said. [16] The couple had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. It was while I was chatting comfortably with several guests that Mag suddenly raced up to me in a panic. "Can you see itcan you? Whenever I think of Maginel's motherI think especially of that moment. In 1957 she appeared in The three Violent People and appeared on Broadway in The Square Root of Wonderful. At the time, she said they were "basically incompatible",[17] but in her book she blamed herself for the separation: "I had loved John as much", she wrote. While living for today, it is by understanding the past that todays inspirations are found and tomorrows dreams delivered. "WellI didn't have time to bake brownies," he admitted. she exclaimed as if it had all been settled. Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953. Maginel Galt is the great-granddaughter of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright and daughter of Oscar-winning actress Anne Baxter (All About Eve). In 1951 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for All About Eve. Anne was signed up by 20th Century Fox for a seven year contract in February, 1940. We moved often growing up, giving me a ready sense of adaptability and a head start on my philosophy of moveable furnishings. She was previously married to Michael Martin Von ditter. It was probably best to be caught unaware just living your life. She wasn't particularly concerned with being a celebrity or a personality; she was more concerned with being just an actress and trying hard to produce the best performance she was capable of. 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