[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. Your design talent and love affair with texture got you this far. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. Guest in the House (1944) the next year was a dismal failure, but Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944) was received much better by the public, though it was ripped apart by the critics. Muluzi had two children from her marriage with Bakili Muluzi, namely Austin Atupele Muluzi and Esmie Atweni Muluzi Malisita. No funeral was planned. Four years later, Baxter starred in her first feature film, the western 20 Mule Team (1940). In 1971, she had a role in Fools' Parade as an aging prostitute. It still wasn't a great role, but it was better than a bit part. I don't remember the exact moment in time that Maginel told me about her mother. She is an actress, . As she flipped it over, I heard her gasp in surprise. She was previously married to Michael Martin Von ditter. Anne Baxters death is a shattering shock to all of us who loved her and had the privilege of working with her, Spelling said. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, titled "Requiem for a Falling Star". As a result, my first meeting with the great actress is a little fuzzy. Truly, it wasn't the same place without her presence. As I changed my outfit for the third time, a quick rap came at our door. Miss Baxter married actor John Hodiak in 1946 and they had a daughter, Katrina, before the marriage ended. The only thing that really matters is to startthat's the secret.". After that epic, job offers got fewer because she wasn't tied to a studio, instead opting to freelance her talents. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Never in her Hollywood career did Anne look as beautiful as she did as the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. 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. 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. Anne Baxter was an American actress. Gave birth to her only child at age 33, a son Tobin Vonditter in September 1984. Search instead in. On the bright side, Maginel's mother would now get her last requestwhich was to have her ashes scattered with her late husband's, minus a small amount, beneath the cherry tree outside. 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. Still, it gave me plenty of time to reminisce as I covered the miles. It would be 1950 before she landed another decent role--the part of Eve Harrington in All About Eve (1950). Laurie just picked the SAME card for the third time!" It also kept me moving. Realizing I wanted a broader education, Mom suggested focusing on a business path. Her last appearance was in The Masks of Death in 1984. With a serious look on her face she looked up from the cards and met my eyes. She was raised in Westchester County, New York[3] and attended Brearley.[4]. The following year she appeared in The North Star (1943), the first film where she received top billing. Having agreed, she was a bit puzzled when I strolled right past the bathroom door heading for the exit. Mag saw my frown as she was passing the doorway and stuck her head in. Design an extraordinary life." She was previously married to Michael Martin Von ditter. "Uh.Lauriethe bathroom is right here," Mag pointed out. 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. During the 1970s she appeared in the Broadway production Applause. Before Mag could protest further, I leaped off the sofa and claimed a chair opposite her mother at the table. 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.. She did a cameo in Family Jewels in 1965, acted in a spaghetti Western Tall Women and in The Busy Body in 1967. Miss Baxter joined Hotel in 1983 after Bette Davis, who starred in the series pilot film, became ill. Tentatively, I dipped my forefinger into the dusty contents and stirred it slightly. This photograph originates from a press photo archive. USA, 1950 | Photo: Getty Images. I'm ashamed to say that if Maginel had not called, I might not have heard of her mother's death untilwell, who knows when. By now Maginel was squealing in laughter, writhing on the floorso I took advantage and wiped her stepfather onto the shirt that she was wearing. A marriage to banker David Klee in 1977 ended with Klees death the same year. It was like God had reached out and snuffed a bright flame with a quick pinch of His fingers. She is an actress, known for Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980). Waist deep in water he got us all out and tossed all our soggy belongings with us. Things unsaid. Is that something you've thought of doing? Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. I nodded dismally. Baxter did not only take a break from acting, but she also moved to Australia. It seemed safer to just agree. As for talking to the media, well that seemed a bit far-fetched. [28] Baxter remained on life support for eight days in New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, until family members agreed that brain function had ceased. Anne Baxter got her first decent role in Swamp Water directed by Jean Renoir. she asked softly. Fortunately, our rooms were beside each other making us neighbors. "Well this idiot," she hissed holding up Eric's hand, "decided it would be a lot of fun to add something special to the chili. ", I was overjoyed to find that she had been feeling the same waybut since Maginel was the type to suffer in silence, she would have just endured it in misery. I couldn't believe she was gone. Owning a town home in Birmingham, I moved back to Alabama for a design degree from Southern Institute, and worked full time for an architectural firm and Steelcase Dealership before segueing to a management position with a local fabric retailer. By now, almost everyone knows the story (based on the 1962 novel by Charles Webb): an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), seduces a younger man, Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman), who then proceeds to romantically pursue her daughter, Elaine (Ross). "Ummmy mother used to hide things in odd places," she admitted with a bit of chagrin. It was very cool for the day! I made a quick swipe at my face, a bit embarrassed by my emotional response and tried to compose myself. Mag's sister could be somewhat intimidating if you weren't acquainted with her beforehand. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. I was watching your mom on tv and was wondering about her life. We'd flopped on the couches in the great room, tossing about ideas of what to do when her mother happened to stroll in. "Please Momnot the cards! 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. 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. This seemed to satisfy her as once again she shuffled the spare cards and laid them face down on the table, requesting me to pick for a third time another card. Miss Baxter had a daughter, Toby, by her first husband, the late actor John Hodiak . Miss Baxter, whose home was in Easton, Conn., is survived by three daughters. They divorced in 1953. Before persuing her love of design, Galt worked in hotel purchasing for five years. Longwood Gardens and Duponts Winterthur were lasting highlights, as was the private tour of a Detroit car manufacturer. My Mom had a well-traveled sense of style often incorporating such disparate elements as antique Persian rugs with exotic Chinese opium beds as sofas and a hand painted chest from Mexico converted into a bar. 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. It was the first role that was really worth anything, but critics weren't that impressed with Anne, her role nor the movie. I put up a valiant struggle, literallybut being pinned to the floor while laughing makes it hard to hold your breath. The next morning, I was up earlier than everyone else, standing in the kitchen and looking out the window as I drank a cup of coffee. I relocated to the East Coast for boarding school in Massachusetts. Fortunately, except for a rather blas shrug of her shoulders, Claudia didn't seem to mind much. A path that proved fortuitous in providing critical buying skills because essentially, if you ate it, drank it, slept on it, or wrote with it in a hotel, I bought it! HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. . FINANCE. This film garnered Anne her second nomination, but she lost the Oscar to Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950). The marriage produced two daughters, Melissa and Maginel, and Miss Baxters book, Intermission, about giving up career and Hollywood. How do you know where to even start? After no appearances in 1958, she made one film in 1959 Season of Passion (1959) and one in 1960 Cimarron (1960).After Walk on the Wild Side (1962), she took a hiatus from filming for the next four years. 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. She opted for a role in Douglas Fairbanks Chase a Crooked Shadow made in England. Mag rolled her eyes and made like it was no big deal. she suffered a stroke while walking on Madison Avenue, New York City. 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. The film was a critical and financial success and Anne came in for her share of critical plaudits. She was hardly idle, though. Daughter of players Anne Baxter and John Hodiak. The professional lives of the two actresses had crossed triumphantly 34 years earlier in All About Eve, for which both received Academy Award nominations. This experience provided me with invaluable resourcing (a.k.a. [7] The couple formed Baxter-Birdwell Productions to make films on a 10-year plan; Baxter would star in the films and Birdwell would work behind the camera. Anne was the daughter of Catherine Dorothy (Wright) and Kenneth Stuart Baxter, an executive with the Seagrams Distillery Company. It's my permanent built-in cathedral.". "[13] For her work in The Ten Commandments, she won a Laurel Award for Topliner Female Dramatic Performance. I had to smile at that. Anne Baxter was always so full of life, able to enjoy the "zest" if you willthat it simply could have been another one of her dramatic, larger than life gestures. Anne Baxter had been working for several decades before taking on her iconic role as Queen Nefertari in the 1956 masterpiece The Ten Commandments. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. Appropriately, I also seem to have a strong memory of the hotel rooms, the most unforgettable being in Fort Lauderdale with lots of crushed red velvet (I promise it was a respectable place, albeit the 1970s!). Miss Baxter, whose home was in Easton, Conn., is survived by three daughters. 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. Never a dull moment with Mom! I had met Katrina several times before this event at her home, so I wasn't nervous in the least. When Baxter was five, she appeared in a school play. Despite criticisms of her interpretation of Nefertari, DeMille and The Hollywood Reporter both thought her performance was "very good,"[11][12] and The New York Daily News described her as "remarkably effective. We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. To my shame, I'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce'. It wasn't likely that Entertainment Tonight would be pounding on my door asking for an insider story. She had come a long way in so short a time, but for her next two films she was just the narrator: Mother Wore Tights (1947) and Blaze of Noon (1947). With a genuine talent in space planning and materials selections, I often freelanced with retail clients. Anne Baxter was a grand-daughter of the influential architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Official Sites, Great granddaughter of legendary architect, Directing local theater groups in the state of Washington [October 2001]. Memorial services will be held in New York and Los Angeles at times to be announced. She had a daughter, Katrina from this marriage. The only thing that had me packing quickly, kissing my own mother on the cheek, explaining the sudden trip and then hopping into my car was simply friendship. ", "What?!" 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. Again she returned to reading the other cards. In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in All About Eve (1950). Katrina was there with her husband, Michael. Headstrong and determined, I was spurred on to launch my own company, Linea Interior Design, Inc in March 1994. Access the best of Getty Images and iStock with our simple subscription plan. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. She has been married to Jeffrey Michael Lunore since 13 October 2004. In 1942 Anne played Joseph Cotten's daughter, Lucy Morgan, in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). "Would you like me to read your cards, Laurie? She was Tyrone Power's leading lady in Crash Dive (1943), her first Technicolor film. Saying goodbye after that particular visit was especially difficult. When she was six, her family moved to New York, where she continued to act. I grinned and threw myself dramatically across the bed, clutching my roommate's ankle as I cried, "Moses.Moses!" MAIL. He acted out my part and I kept nodding, and I walked out with the part. 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 smiled widely as she caught sight of me. I lifted my eyebrows and looked at Eric. [1][3][29] Baxter is buried on the estate of Frank Lloyd Wright at the Unity Chapel cemetery in the town of Wyoming, south of Spring Green, Wisconsin. 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. Other Works Anne Baxter (1923-1985) was an American actress who had an extensive career in film, television and on stage. She never regained consciousness after being stricken, said her lawyer, Henry Perles. Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953. Anne Baxter died of a brain aneurysm on December 12, 1985 in New York City while walking down Madison Avenue. Maginel peered into the envelope while standing beside me. "Hide things? One moment, she was on her way to a hair appointment and the next a massive cerebral aneurism had taken 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). She was loaned to Paramount for a top-billed role opposite William Holden in Blaze of Noon (1947) and to MGM for a supporting role as Clark Gable's wife in Homecoming (1948). I clapped my hand over my mouth trying to suppress a giggle. "You must really love that salad, Laurie!" Driven and precociously talented, Anne made her Broadway debut at 13. She continued acting with the play Fools Paradise in 1971, TV movie Little Mo, the mini-series East of Eden 1981 and Hotel in 1983. "What did you find?" Maginel could be somewhat sadistic when she wanted to be. While her mother was not a very domestic type, she was a gracious hostess and her attention to certain details always left me feeling spoiled rotten. Miss Baxter had a daughter, Toby, by her first husband, the late actor John Hodiak . Anne Baxter in The Durant Daily Democrat - Dec 13 1985 view all 16 Immediate Family Private spouse Private spouse David Klee husband John Hodiak ex-husband Katrina Hodiak daughter Beverly Randolph Galt ex-husband Melissa Galt daughter Maginel Galt daughter David G Klee husband Catherine Dorothy Baxter mother Kenneth Stuart Baxter father Private The two of us had been assigned totally inappropriate roommates in our freshman year at college. "[8], Her next Fox film Follow the Sun (1951) co-starred Glenn Ford as champion golfer Ben Hogan; Baxter played Hogan's wife Valerie. Director Alfred Hitchcock deemed Baxter too young for the role, but she soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. "Now?" As she was thought to be too young for a film career, she packed her bags and returned to the New York stage with her mother, where she continued to act on Broadway and summer stock up and down the East Coast. Knowing how I perceived hernot as the famous actress Anne Baxter, she had signed it simply "To Lauriefrom Maginel's mother." Its my permanent, built-in cathedral.. If Maginel said she needed methen of course I would be there for her. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. Miss Baxter, who was 62, died at Lenox Hill Hospital on Thursday, eight days after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while walking along Madison Avenue. She married Beverly Randolph Galt, an Air Force pilot, on February 18, 1960, and divorced him in 1968. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. ", "No! Father: Kenneth Stuart Baxter (salesman) Mother: Catherine Wright (dau. 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. She pursued an. It was so very different from my last visit here. "Well," Maginel's mother said looking the cards over one last time, "that's what the cards seem to indicate. Her third marriage was with a stockbroker named David Gutman Klee on January 30, 1977 who he died suddenly nine months later. "I guess I always just thoughtmaybe someday, y'know?". As I was glancing through the contents of the bottom drawer though, I came upon a nondescript white envelope with rather puzzling contents. Showing Editorial results for anne baxter. Of course I would!". Directing local theater groups in the state of Washington [October 2001] In 1945 she got a very small role in A Royal Scandal. I wanted so much to stay there, wrapped up in that golden cocoon of lazy summer mornings and the idle life that my friend led. It still wasn't a great role, but it was better than a bit part. You have to see this!". It's not a long drive from Manchester, New Hampshire to Danbury, Connecticut. ", With a dramatic wave of her hands, she laughed. Portrait of American actress Anne Baxter in the film A Ticket to Tomahawk. I furrowed my brow in puzzlement. Baxter received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. She appeared in Orson Welles' period drama The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) with Joseph . [16] The couple had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. It's time to take back control of your interior design business and step into your role as a visionary leader. When the movie was turned into the Broadway musical Applause, Miss Baxter played the Davis role for nine months. The cemetery is the private cemetery of the Lloyd Jones family, Baxter's mother's side of the family. I enjoyed the newness of each position and locale, but was frustrated by the lack of creativity. "[7], In 1960, Baxter received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1947, she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor's Edge (1946). It surprised me a bit only because my roommate seemed sonormal. His office at Paramount was bursting with books, props, rolls of linens. At 47 years of age, James Fransiscus was still a very hot looking manmuch to his daughter's disgust. While in England she acted in the play The Joshua Tree for three months. At age 10, Baxter attended a Broadway play starring Helen Hayes, and she was so impressed that she declared to her family that she wanted to become an actress. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. Even a fight would have warmed us. "This signifies great luck in your life. Sometimes Mag's mother was at homeand sometimes she wasn't. The only thing Anne Baxter wanted more than anything was to be an actress, and she lived that dream until death took her to a place where being a movie star doesn't count for much. Moving every eight months in hotel work, I skipped from Charlotte to Birmingham, then to the Opryland Hotel, Nashville and from there to a final hospitality position at Callaway Gardens in Columbus, Georgia. Her first was opposite Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess; the second was the Fritz Lang whodunit The Blue Gardenia, in which she played a woman accused of murder.[8]. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. The only furniture was a rather formal looking dark wood writing desk, a couple of chairs and a reading lamp. She had an easy way in at a time when other artists had to pay their dues. It seemedwrong somehow. Back at 20th Century Fox, she played a wide variety of roles: a lawyer in love with Cornel Wilde in The Walls of Jericho (1948); Tyrone Power's Irish romantic interest in The Luck of the Irish (1948); a tomboy in Yellow Sky (1948), with Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark; a 1920s flapper in You're My Everything (1949), with Dan Dailey; and another tomboy in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), again with Dailey. After finding no discerning marks on it she turned to me and asked, "Sojust how lucky are you anyway?". Three years . I was twenty-two years old at the time and not interested much in the newseither local or national. 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 mystery man would be a bit of a problem she said. I smiled cheerfully and replied, "I knowbut I really just wanted to escape themdo you mind terribly? She starred in another film in 1944, Guest in the House, this time for United Artists. Anne had a lot of respect for the film's director, who was Golden Age legend Cecil B. DeMille. She married actor John Hodiak on July 7, 1946 and divorced him on January 27, 1953. Thanksgivings were typically spent at Taliesin, the Western Home base that great-grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright had designed. Her father was a successful sales executive at Seagram's, her mother the daughter of preeminent architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Katrina Baxter Hodiak: Mini Bio (1) Katrina Hodiak was born on July 9, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA. So I pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel administration from Cornell University and enjoyed the camaraderie as a sister of Pi Beta Phi. A cheerful fire crackled in the great stone fireplace, totally at odds with the mood. 1961) and Maginal Galt (b. It was only a matter of time before we came up with "The Plot.". Studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck thought she was smart and not too sexy, Miss Baxter once recalled, and he tested 13 other actresses before casting her in The Razors Edge, for which she won the 1946 supporting-actre ss Oscar. Her mouth was a perfect "O" of wonder. The idea that I would do that held infinitely more appeal to me than some mysterious man and a long journey over water. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy . I shook my head in the negative and asked what was wrong. When she was there, the atmosphere was always electrically charged by her presence. Still, when Maginel informed me that her mother was in town and wanted to take us to dinner, I was extremely nervous. The actress's most significant desire was to give her best to her craft, and she did until she couldn't. 1963) from her mother's marriage to Randolph Galt. 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. Upon graduation Anne was employed as an Executive Secretary at Armstrong . Michael Spound, who also stars in the ABC-TV series, said, I was very lucky to know her and I will miss her very much.. Adventures like the white water rafting trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River for a week were the norm. Her other two husbands were Randolph Galt and David Klee).In 1946 Anne portrayed Sophie MacDonald in The Razor's Edge (1946), a film that would land her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Baxter made a guest appearance on My Three Sons season 8 episode 10, aired on November 4, 1967, called "Designing Woman", portraying a glamorous female engineer who wanted Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as a love interest and possible future husband. I slid one away from the deck and nudged it toward her. By sixth grade I had moved within Los Angeles four times and spent fifth grade in a Manhattan brownstone while my Mom graced the stage in Applause, Applause. "What did you put in the chili?". Feeling limited in Birmingham, I set my sites on a larger venueAtlanta beckoned. In 1943, she played a French maid in a North African hotel (with a French accent) in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo, a Paramount production. With cool disdain at our sudden shrieks, Katrina snatched the envelope from my hand and marched out of the room. She took a screen test which was ultimately seen by the moguls of Twentieth Century-Fox, and she was signed to a seven-year contract. These special people from her past inspire Melissa because they earned respect for their creative genius and for doing what they loved. She is an actress, known for Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980). [2], Baxter was born May 7, 1923, in Michigan City, Indiana, to Catherine Dorothy (ne Wright; 18941979), whose father was architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and Kenneth Stuart Baxter (18931977), an executive with the Seagram Company. After several notable TV appearances, Anne became a staple of two television series, East of Eden (1981) and Hotel (1983). Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana on May 7, 1923 to a sales manager, Kenneth Stuart Baxter and his wife Catherine Dorothy Wright, daughter of the famous architect Frank Llyod Wright. 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. 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