Oscar Actors: Baker, Carroll (Nominee, “Baby Doll”)–Background, Career, Awards

Baker’s role in azan’s “Baby Doll” as a coquettish but sexually naïve Southern bride earned her Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

Face in the Crowd, A (1957): Kazan on Celebirty and Political Process, Starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal

Director Elia Kazan and writer Budd Schulberg, who collaborated successfully on the 1954 Oscar winner “On the Waterfront,” team effectively again in this poignant film about the nature of celebrity and the political process.