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.

Filmography

• 2013Footsteps on the Ceiling — Eve Harrington (archive footage)
• 1984The Masks of Death — Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
• 1983Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
• 1983The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright — Narrator
• Hotel — Victoria Cabot
• East of Eden — Faye
• Hagen
• 1980Jane Austen in Manhattan — Lilliana Zorska
• 1979Nero Wolfe — Mrs. Rachael Bruner
• 1978Little Mo — Jessamyn Connolly
• The Love Boat — Priscilla Crawford, Helen Williams
• Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers — Edwina D'Orsey
• 1973Lisa, Bright and Dark — Margaret Schilling
• Banacek — Leslie Lyle
• 1972Lapin 360 — Mrs. Barnes
• 1972The Catcher — Kate
• Cannon
• Columbo — Nora Chandler
• 1971Fools' Parade — Cleo
• 1971If Tomorrow Comes — Miss Cramer
• 1971The Late Liz — Liz Addams Hatch
• 1970Ritual of Evil — Jolene Wiley
• 1970The Challengers — Stephanie York
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Myra Sherwood
• 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities — Myra Sherwood
• 1968Companions in Nightmare — Carlotta Mauridge
• The Name of the Game — Magda Blain, Betty-Jean Currier, Magda Blaine, Louise Harris
• Ironside — Alice Flynn
• Mannix
• 1967Sette donne per una strage
• 1967Stranger on the Run — Valverda Johnson
• 1967The Busy Body — Margo Foster Kane
• The Danny Thomas Hour
• Batman — Zelda, Olga
• 1966The Tall Women — Mary Ann
• Run for Your Life — Mona Morrison
• The Big Valley — Hannah Kendall
• The F.B.I. — Katherine Daly
• 1965The Family Jewels — Anne Baxter
• The Loner
• 1963Marilyn — archive footage
• 1962Mix Me a Person — Dr. Anne Dyson
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Janice Brandt
• 1962Walk on the Wild Side — Teresina Vidarverri
• Dr. Kildare — Nora Willis
• Checkmate — Beatrice Martin Kipp
• 1960Cimarron — Dixie Lee
• My Three Sons — Eileen Talbot
• Riverboat — Ellie Jenkins
• 1959Summer of the Seventeenth Doll — Olive
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Louise
• 1958Chase a Crooked Shadow — Kimberley Prescott
• 1957Armored Attack! — Marina Pavlov
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Laura Fletcher
• Playhouse 90 — Pat Bass
• 1956The Come On — Rita
• 1956The Ten Commandments — Nefretiri
• 1956Three Violent People — Lorna Hunter Saunders
• 1955Bedevilled — Monica Johnson
• 1955One Desire — Tacey Cromwell
• 1955The Spoilers — Cherry Malotte
• 1954Carnival Story — Willi
• General Electric Theater — Maj. Edith Johansen, Stella Rutledge, Ella Harley
• 1953I Confess — Ruth Grandfort
• 1953The Blue Gardenia — Norah Larkin
• 1952My Wife's Best Friend — Virginia Mason
• 1952O. Henry's Full House — Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
• 1952The Outcasts of Poker Flat — Cal
• 1951Follow the Sun — Valerie Hogan
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Margaret Schilling
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• 1950A Ticket to Tomahawk — Kit Dodge Jr.
• 1950All About Eve — Eve Harrington
• 1949You're My Everything — Hannah Adams
• 1948Homecoming — Mrs. Penny Johnson
• 1948The Luck of the Irish — Nora
• 1948The Walls of Jericho — Julia Norman
• 1948Yellow Sky — Constance Mae 'Mike'
• 1947Blaze of Noon — Lucille Stewart
• 1947Mother Wore Tights — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1946Angel on My Shoulder — Barbara Foster
• 1946Smoky — Julie Richards
• 1946The Razor's Edge — Sophie MacDonald
• 1945A Royal Scandal — Anna Jaschikoff
• 1944Guest in the House — Evelyn Heath
• 1944Sunday Dinner for a Soldier — Tessa Osborne
• 1944The Eve of St. Mark — Janet Feller
• 1944The Fighting Sullivans — Katherine Mary Sullivan
• 1944The Purple Heart — Anne (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943Crash Dive — Jean Hewlett
• 1943Five Graves to Cairo — Mouche
• 1943The North Star — Marina Pavlov
• 1942The Magnificent Ambersons — Lucy Morgan
• 1942The Pied Piper — Nicole Rougeron
• 1941Charley's Aunt — Amy Spettigue
• 1941Swamp Water — Julie Keefer
• 194020 Mule Team — Jean Johnson
• 1940The Great Profile — Mary Maxwell

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2003The Making of The Ten Commandments — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Backstory: 'All About Eve' — Self (archive footage)
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1983Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter