Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. Still, it gave me plenty of time to reminisce as I covered the miles. In 1940, she was loaned to MGM for her first film 20 Mule Team, in which she was billed fourth after Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, and Marjorie Rambeau. 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 only other film job Anne appeared in that year was in Swamp Water (1941). get the rockstar team and back-end systems in place that make it easier for you to crush your to-conquer list.. "Make an exceptional living. [9], In 1953, Baxter contracted a two-picture deal for Warner Brothers. 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. In 1971, a year after the marriage ended and she resumed her career, Miss Baxter told an interviewer: Acting is not what I do. Before persuing her love of design, Galt worked in hotel purchasing for five years. My college room-mate lost her mother shortly before Christmas in 1985. she exclaimed as if it had all been settled. As for talking to the media, well that seemed a bit far-fetched. ", "What?!" "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. Zanuck thought all women were either broads or librarians, she said. (Photo by Richard C. Miller/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images) PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. "Would you like me to read your cards, Laurie? Your email address will not be published. It was the first role that was really worth anything, but critics weren't that impressed with Anne, her role nor the movie. I relocated to the East Coast for boarding school in Massachusetts. She made her stage debut at the tender age of thirteen with the murder mystery Seen But Not Heard in 1936. It was like God had reached out and snuffed a bright flame with a quick pinch of His fingers. His office at Paramount was bursting with books, props, rolls of linens. She pursued an. I extracted a card from the deck and waited for her to turn it over. Your design talent and love affair with texture got you this far. [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. Claudia was once again deeply involved in her bandana discussion, which had me looking for a graceful way to ditch the group in search of more interesting companionship. The actress signed a 7-year deal with Twentieth Century-Fox as a 17-year-old in 1940 and got loaned out to MGM soon after. I doubt they would have caused a big scandalalthough, come to think of it, there was one really good story. After being rejected for the play The Philadelphia Story she went to Hollywood to give a test for Alfred Hitchcocks Rebecca but was rejected again as she looked too young opposite Laurence Olivier. While living for today, it is by understanding the past that todays inspirations are found and tomorrows dreams delivered. Once again she spread the remainder of the deck before me and asked me to select a card. The cemetery is the private cemetery of the Lloyd Jones family, Baxter's mother's side of the family. 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. Dragging along behind her was our friend Eric, hanging his head in shame. Born July 9, 1951 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Known for Jane Austen in Manhattan 4.6 Katya 1980 Credits Good thing she had met me. My initial pursuit was a degree in costume design, following in the illustrious footsteps of my godmother Edith Head. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. In horror, Mag and I looked at each other over the contents of the envelope. "No. 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. He acted out my part and I kept nodding, and I walked out with the part. She was previously married to Michael Martin Von ditter. Her third marriage was with a stockbroker named David Gutman Klee on January 30, 1977 who he died suddenly nine months later. 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. The culture shock and even language differences, East to West, were startling, but I survived the three years and graduated with honors. Halfway there, motoring at a good clip they hit something in the water. With great care she began to turn over cards and tell me my future. I don't remember the exact moment in time that Maginel told me about her mother. As she flipped it over, I heard her gasp in surprise. Anne Baxter. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, titled "Requiem for a Falling Star". 1961) and Maginal Galt (b. The mystery man would be a bit of a problem she said. Maginel's mother exclaimed as my roommate snorted indelicately, stuffing her dinner napkin into her mouth to smother the sound. It was so very different from my last visit here. . She made her Broadway debut at 13 in Seen But Not Heard., Her first movie appearance was a bit part in Twenty Mule Team in 1940, but within two years, she advanced to an important role in Orson Welles The Maginificent Ambersons.. In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in All About Eve (1950). 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). It's my permanent built-in cathedral.". Anne Baxter. When the movie was turned into the Broadway musical Applause, Miss Baxter played the Davis role for nine months. To me, she was something morean incredibly vivacious woman that I once knew as Maginel's mother. I was twenty-two years old at the time and not interested much in the newseither local or national. A marriage to banker David Klee in 1977 ended with Klees death the same year. 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. 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. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. Having agreed, she was a bit puzzled when I strolled right past the bathroom door heading for the exit. Father: Kenneth Stuart Baxter (salesman) Mother: Catherine Wright (dau. ", "No! Anne Baxter in publicity portrait for the film 'Chase A Crooked Shadow', 1958 | Photo: Getty Images Born in 1923, the "Magnificent Ambersons" star, who is the granddaughter of the world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, began acting at the age of 13 after her family moved to New York. "Wonderful!" Well that was certainly good news, I agreed. Lori smiled oftenbut never spoke. At only 17 years of age, she was already in the kind of pictures that other starlets would have had to slave for years as an extra before landing a meaty role. Upon graduation Anne was employed as an Executive Secretary at Armstrong . Whenever I think about itI feel so overwhelmed. In 1983, Baxter starred in the television series Hotel, ironically replacing iconic former film costar Bette Davis (All About Eve) after Davis became ill.[citation needed], Baxter married actor John Hodiak on July 7, 1946,[15] at her parents' home in Burlingame, California. It was while I was chatting comfortably with several guests that Mag suddenly raced up to me in a panic. All things consideredit wasn't a bad way to go, I guess. In 1945 she got a very small role in A Royal Scandal. 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. To my relief, Katrina seemed to approve of mewhich was good, because I thought she was an incredible lady. She frowned a bit at them as she tapped one in particular. She is an actress, . The then-couple had one daughter, Katrina, but the marriage failed, like the actress's first union with John Hodiak, with whom she shared two daughters, Melissa and Maginel. Mag cried. Anne was born in Michigan City, Indiana to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine (ne Wright), whose father was the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. "Pick a card, Laurie," she said in that wonderfully husky voice she had. Access the best of Getty Images and iStock with our simple subscription plan. These special people from her past inspire Melissa because they earned respect for their creative genius and for doing what they loved. NEWS. While in England she acted in the play The Joshua Tree for three months. Back at Fox, that same year, Anne played Mary Maxwell in The Great Profile (1940), which was a box-office dud. "It doesn't matter where you start. You found David!". She arrived in New York City, New York at age 11, attending various private schools. Shuffling them, she looked at me with a smile. It was all corny, sure, but DeMille knew it was cornythat's what he wanted, what he loved. 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. 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. Anne Baxter in publicity portrait for the film 'Chase A Crooked Shadow', 1958 | Photo: Getty Images. I still smile at memories of the lime green room with sky blue ceiling and white shag from my junior high school years. She had a way of scrutinizing everyone with her ice blue eyes and leaving you with the impression that she missed nothing. In 1977, Baxter married David Klee, a stockbroker. If Maginel said she needed methen of course I would be there for her. of Frank Lloyd Wright) Husband: John Hodiak (actor, m. 7 . My mumbled replies must have had her wondering about the current state of scholarship programs, at the very least. She got about a handful of roles, and at the beginning of the '60s, she took a hiatus from movies. Absolutely not!" She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three.[8]. It still wasn't a great role, but it was better than a bit part. PERSONAL GIFT. We'd flopped on the couches in the great room, tossing about ideas of what to do when her mother happened to stroll in. "Now?" 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. Still, I didn't want her to realize just what a total failure and disappointment I would beno matter what the cards had said. [10] Her scenes were shot on Paramount's sound stages in 1955, and she attended the film's New York and Los Angeles premieres in November 1956. Although she maintained a residence in West Hollywood, Baxter considered her Connecticut home to be her primary residence. Sometimes Mag's mother was at homeand sometimes she wasn't. When she was six, her family moved to New York, where she continued to act. 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. With cool disdain at our sudden shrieks, Katrina snatched the envelope from my hand and marched out of the room. "But we'd eventually congealed in the longest winter in the world. With a genuine talent in space planning and materials selections, I often freelanced with retail clients. In the same year producer Samuel Goldwyn took her on loan for North Star. Baxter later recalled, "I was getting almost as much mail as Betty Grable. Mag's sister could be somewhat intimidating if you weren't acquainted with her beforehand. 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