I didand as she turned it over we both looked at it in surprise. 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. She frowned a bit at them as she tapped one in particular. NEW YORK (AP) _ Actress Anne Baxter, whose nearly 50-year career has included an Academy Award, a best-selling book and a starring role in television's Hotel, was in critical condition at a hospital Thursday after collapsing on a Manhattan street. Until now, my memories of Anne Baxter have been shared with very few peoplemostly family and close friends. When the movie was turned into the Broadway musical Applause, Miss Baxter played the Davis role for nine months. She attended the 'Brearley School' after her family moved to New York from Michigan when Anne was eleven. I furrowed my brow in puzzlement. Knowing how I perceived hernot as the famous actress Anne Baxter, she had signed it simply "To Lauriefrom Maginel's mother." [7] The comedy My Wife's Best Friend, with MacDonald Carey, was her second and last Fox film released in 1952. It still wasn't a great role, but it was better than a bit part. The two of us had been assigned totally inappropriate roommates in our freshman year at college. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. 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.. I asked somewhat breathlessly. She starred in another film in 1944, Guest in the House, this time for United Artists. I always felt as if I was the luckiest person alive to be given a private audience to her performance. As everyone slowly woke up and set about searching the premises, I chose the office next to her bedroom. Miss Baxter married actor John Hodiak in 1946 and they had a daughter, Katrina, before the marriage ended. In 1939, she was cast as Katharine Hepburn's younger sister in the play The Philadelphia Story, but Hepburn did not like Baxter's acting style, and Baxter was replaced during the show's pre-Broadway run. "Now?" In the dark of my car with the radio playing some oldies station softly in the background, I smiled remembering the first time I had met Maginel. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. Its what I am. In 1949 she was loaned to another studio for a small role in a minor western 20 Mule Team and in The Great Profile. PERSONAL GIFT. Halfway there, motoring at a good clip they hit something in the water. [20], In 1960, Baxter married her second husband Randolph Galt, an American owner of a cattle station at Gloucester near Sydney, where she was filming Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. The same year she also appeared in The Eve of St. Mark. The shows producer, Aaron Spelling, said earlier this week she would never be replaced. Waverly, the gardener, would stroll by with a smile and wave to us through the window. Baxter wanted nothing more than to be an actress and was not in it for fame or celebrity status. Walter Brennan, Rory Calhoun, Anne Baxter | Full Western MovieThe daughter of a railroad executive, Kit Dodge Jr. (Anne Baxter) is a no-nonsense gunslinger, . "You must really love that salad, Laurie!" And if they had, my memories of Anne Baxter were all good ones. She was loaned to United Artists for the leading role in the film noir Guest in the House (1944), and appeared in A Royal Scandal (1945), with Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Coburn; Smoky (1946), with Fred MacMurray; Angel on My Shoulder (1946), with Paul Muni and Claude Rains. As I changed my outfit for the third time, a quick rap came at our door. Cocktail Connoisseur. "[7], In 1960, Baxter received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard. How do you know where to even start? I guess when it came to torture, one roommate was as good as the next. She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three.[8]. Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953. Miss Baxter had a daughter, Toby, by her first husband, the late actor John Hodiak . Daily estrangement. She had two daughters, Melissa and Maginal from this marriage. After several films through the 1950s, Anne landed what many considered a plum role--Queen Nefretiri in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956). As a result, my first meeting with the great actress is a little fuzzy. Taking a year off after high school, I explored the retail world, only to find too quickly school was more fun! She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. He acted out my part and I kept nodding, and I walked out with the part. In one hand she held a partially peeled orangeand in the other a large piece of orange peel that she was waving about in the air. "Wonderful!" She appeared often on stage and on television. Never in her Hollywood career did Anne look as beautiful as she did as the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. The only other film job Anne appeared in that year was in Swamp Water (1941). The mystery man would be a bit of a problem she said. Surrounded by art and treasures from the world over, it is small wonder that I believe in interiors based in art including rugs as artwork for the floor and personal mementos from far and near. The culture shock and even language differences, East to West, were startling, but I survived the three years and graduated with honors. Its my permanent, built-in cathedral.. There was sadnessbut there was also a comfortable peace to be found in the companionship we shared. In her hand she was holding a paperback novel, which she extended toward me with a smile. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART Summers and holidays were divided between trips to visit Dad and his extended family in Hawaii, and Mothers folks in Arizona. Giggling, we'd crowd the hallway waiting for a glimpse her Dad, nearly swooning when we were rewarded with a mega-watt smile and a "Hi girls!" I have made the South my home for the last 15 years, but was born and raised on the West Coast and have fond memories of being a sun worshipper and occasional surfer. As luck would have it, I found her firstin the living room, bouncing up and down in great exuberance on the coffee table. She was top-billed in the western The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1950), with Dale Robertson, and was part of an ensemble cast in O. Henry's Full House (1952), her last project for Fox. Either way, it makes me smile remembering that moment. The big European adventure was between fifth grade and sixth, the three of us kids with Mom, and a dear family friend headed off the France, Italy and Denmark aboard the SS France. Maginel could be somewhat sadistic when she wanted to be. She appeared as another villain, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, opposite Vincent Price's Egghead in three episodes of the show's third season. The American actress Anne Baxter in Madrid, 1966, Madrid, Spain | Photo: Getty Images. Miss Baxter joined Hotel in 1983 after Bette Davis, who starred in the series pilot film, became ill. It was while I was chatting comfortably with several guests that Mag suddenly raced up to me in a panic. [1] She worked with several of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Billy Wilder in Five Graves to Cairo (1943), Alfred Hitchcock in I Confess (1953), Fritz Lang in The Blue Gardenia (1953), and Cecil B. DeMille in The Ten Commandments (1956), for which she won a Laurel Award for Topliner Female Dramatic Performance. Given the propensity for violence in Claudia's music, I didn't doubt for a minute that she wouldn't be capable of getting physical. I got the interior design bug early. These were my selfish years and if it did not directly involve me, I couldn't have cared less. She was married to stockbroker David Klee, until his death. Is that something you've thought of doing? I clapped my hand over my mouth trying to suppress a giggle. Maginel's mother exclaimed as my roommate snorted indelicately, stuffing her dinner napkin into her mouth to smother the sound. 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. Anne Baxter had been working for several decades before taking on her iconic role as Queen Nefertari in the 1956 masterpiece The Ten Commandments. It was probably best to be caught unaware just living your life. She worked with John Barrymore in her next film The Great Profile (1940) and appeared as the ingnue in the Jack Benny vehicle Charley's Aunt (1941). His office at Paramount was bursting with books, props, rolls of linens. Collect, curate and comment on your files. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. With tears welling up in my eyes, I hugged her tightly in thanks. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy . she suffered a stroke while walking on Madison Avenue, New York City. In the same year producer Samuel Goldwyn took her on loan for North Star. During the 1970s she appeared in the Broadway production Applause. Hi Melissa, I just knew your existence last night :). And if they had, my memories of Anne Baxter were all good ones. She died on 28 December 2021 in Nairobi Kenya. This experience provided me with invaluable resourcing (a.k.a. More importantly she was a very successful American actress with a career spanning her Broadway debut aged 13 to encompass films, and in later years, television. | Anne Marie (Nonn) Baxter, 94, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 at Lancaster General Hospital. Leaning over to Maginel, I whispered that I needed to make a trip to the ladies room.and would she mind joining me. There was a question I really needed an answer toand I wanted her to take it seriously. Mag's sister could be somewhat intimidating if you weren't acquainted with her beforehand. She once said in an interview, "Acting is what I do. She appeared as one of the mystery guests on What's My Line? Actress Anne Baxter and her daughter Katrina Hodiak unpacking their home in 1955. Anne Baxter was an American actress. Realizing I wanted a broader education, Mom suggested focusing on a business path. Baxter later recounted that The Razor's Edge contained her only great performance, a hospital scene where the character Sophie "loses her husband, child and everything else." She had an easy way in at a time when other artists had to pay their dues. Anne Baxter in publicity portrait for the film 'Chase A Crooked Shadow', 1958 | Photo: Getty Images. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Brand & Web Design by Katie & Co.Design. Official Sites, Great granddaughter of legendary architect, Directing local theater groups in the state of Washington [October 2001]. 1963) from her mother's marriage to Randolph Galt. . She was hardly idle, though. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. It's time to take back control of your interior design business and step into your role as a visionary leader. I was watching your mom on tv and was wondering about her life. Her final moment before the public eye was as Irene Adler in the TV film Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984). Still, it gave me plenty of time to reminisce as I covered the miles. She was raised in Westchester County, New York[3] and attended Brearley.[4]. Anne Baxter was a grand-daughter of the influential architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Actress Anne Baxter arrives to the back lot in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Getty Images. "Wellsometimes she'd put something in a baggieyou knowone of those plastic sandwich types and then tape it to the underside of thingslike furniture, countertops." Melissa volunteered a bit defensively having overheard us. 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. In June 1954, Baxter won the part of the Egyptian princess and queen Nefertari in Cecil B. DeMille's award-winning The Ten Commandments. Even worse though, somewhere during the course of the evening I discovered the all you can eat salad bar and developed an extreme appetite for carrot and raisin salad. She made her stage debut at the tender age of thirteen with the murder mystery Seen But Not Heard in 1936. (Photo by Richard C. 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