Before Mag could protest further, I leaped off the sofa and claimed a chair opposite her mother at the table. Over the previous few years I'd driven the route several times. "Really?" SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART She had an easy way in at a time when other artists had to pay their dues. And so I would like to share with you my story and how my past helped me find my inspiration for today and tomorrow. Publicity Listings She has three surviving daughters . Whenever I think about itI feel so overwhelmed. Baxter, your Irish nose stays in this picture." Your email address will not be published. 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). Annie Chidzira Muluzi (18 March 1952 - 28 December 2021) was First Lady of Malawi and wife of Bakili Muluzi. Granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. I put up a valiant struggle, literallybut being pinned to the floor while laughing makes it hard to hold your breath. "Then you should do just that!" Anne appeared with her husband John Hodiak in Homecoming in 1948. She married Beverly Randolph Galt, an Air Force pilot, on February 18, 1960, and divorced him in 1968. 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.. Other Works How do you know where to even start? In 1971, a year after the marriage ended and she resumed her career, Miss Baxter told an interviewer: Acting is not what I do. This film garnered Anne her second nomination, but she lost the Oscar to Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950). Baxter received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. When the movie was turned into the Broadway musical Applause, Miss Baxter played the Davis role for nine months. Gave birth to her only child at age 33, a son Tobin Vonditter in September 1984. The two of us had been assigned totally inappropriate roommates in our freshman year at college. To my shame, I'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce'. She next appeared in Sunday Dinner for a Soldier. Adventures like the white water rafting trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River for a week were the norm. 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. The American actress Anne Baxter in Madrid, 1966, Madrid, Spain | Photo: Getty Images. Actress Anne Baxter and her daughter Katrina Hodiak unpacking their home in 1955. It was only the second week of classes, but already I was tired of waking up every morning to my roommate, Claudia's punk rock music obsession. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. NEWS. She was previously married to Michael Martin Von ditter. After that epic, job offers got fewer because she wasn't tied to a studio, instead opting to freelance her talents. It was a copy of her novel, "Intermission" autographed to me. It was as if the house was holding its breath waiting for the one person to return home that would breathe life into these walls. She was raised in Westchester County, New York[3] and attended Brearley.[4]. . Maginel clung tightly to her boyfriend, Harvey with one hand and to me with the other. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece symbolically wore the glittering cross . Quickly I tried to shake the remains of her mother's last husband off of my fingerand after failing that held the offending digit up in panic, not wanting to wipe it on my jeans. The space was actually more of an alcove tucked off the main room, overlooking the back gardens through a large window. She opted for a role in Douglas Fairbanks Chase a Crooked Shadow made in England. I extracted a card from the deck and waited for her to turn it over. For a moment she had sounded so much like her mother "Not quite yetbut perhaps someday" I said with a strange smile that brought a confused look to my friend's face. It also kept me moving. Anne Baxter was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in her day. It seemed so quiettoo quiet. [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. It still wasn't a great role, but it was better than a bit part. she suffered a stroke while walking on Madison Avenue, New York City. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960. Mag was such a tiny, delicate little creature that I realized I'd have to be the one to defend our actions. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. ", From behind me, I heard Maginel groan, "OhgeeshMom!" Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953. Muluzi had two children from her marriage with Bakili Muluzi, namely Austin Atupele Muluzi and Esmie Atweni Muluzi Malisita. It came as no surprise therefore that while this was her birthday partyshe had everything under control. FINANCE. Katrina had been in the middle of describing what was in store for us the next day, so Mag whispered an explanation to catch me up to speed. 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.. Maginel's room-mate, by comparison, wasn't so bad. The idea that I would do that held infinitely more appeal to me than some mysterious man and a long journey over water. She starred in another film in 1944, Guest in the House, this time for United Artists. In 1946 she acted in the Technicolor film Smoky and followed it up with Angel on My Shoulder, again for United Artists. Anne was the daughter of Catherine Dorothy (Wright) and Kenneth Stuart Baxter, an executive with the Seagrams Distillery Company. These were my selfish years and if it did not directly involve me, I couldn't have cared less. In 1957 she appeared in The three Violent People and appeared on Broadway in The Square Root of Wonderful. 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. Still, when Maginel informed me that her mother was in town and wanted to take us to dinner, I was extremely nervous. She attended the 'Brearley School' after her family moved to New York from Michigan when Anne was eleven. 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). "I'm not surecome see," I said holding out the envelope. To my relief, Katrina seemed to approve of mewhich was good, because I thought she was an incredible lady. she exclaimed looking at the card. The occasion was her eldest daughter, Katrina's birthday and they'd planned an intimate gathering of family and friends. "How"I began awkwardly, "How do you write a book? Feeling limited in Birmingham, I set my sites on a larger venueAtlanta beckoned. 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.. I grinned and threw myself dramatically across the bed, clutching my roommate's ankle as I cried, "Moses.Moses!" 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. She appeared in Orson Welles' period drama The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) with Joseph . In 1977, Baxter married David Klee, a stockbroker. All things consideredit wasn't a bad way to go, I guess. 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. Anne was a 1944 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School. The following year she appeared in The North Star (1943), the first film where she received top billing. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Antonia Amelia (Muhler) Nonn. 1963) from her mother's marriage to Randolph Galt. Mag's sister could be somewhat intimidating if you weren't acquainted with her beforehand. "I'm not sure" I admitted. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. ", 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. 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. We saw her an hour a day and the rest of the time was spent with a tutor on our school work and exploring local cultural spots. Its what I am. 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. When Baxter was five, she appeared in a school play. She had a way of scrutinizing everyone with her ice blue eyes and leaving you with the impression that she missed nothing. In horror, Mag and I looked at each other over the contents of the envelope. She did the low-budget Carnival Story in 1954, Bedevilled for MGM, One Desire for Universal, The Spoilers in 1955 and finally another low-budget film The Come-On in 1956. [citation needed], Baxter returned to Broadway during the 1970s in Applause, the musical version of All About Eve, but this time as Margo Channing (succeeding Lauren Bacall). 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. In 1945 she got a very small role in A Royal Scandal. "Now?" In 1971, a year after the marriage ended and she resumed her career, Miss Baxter told an interviewer: Acting is not what I do. Anne was signed up by 20th Century Fox for a seven year contract in February, 1940. Fortunately, except for a rather blas shrug of her shoulders, Claudia didn't seem to mind much. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. You are a very very lucky person it seems!". Unfortunately, I think my mother got to it before I could throw it outso I need to check on her if you know what I mean." Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. She appeared as one of the mystery guests on What's My Line? In 1949 she was loaned to another studio for a small role in a minor western 20 Mule Team and in The Great Profile. | Anne Baxter (1923-1985), US actress, wearing a pink halterneck top in a studio portrait, against a blue background, circa 1945 | Photo: Getty Images, Baxter went to appear in some movies that saw minimum success at the box office. In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in All About Eve (1950). The only other film job Anne appeared in that year was in Swamp Water (1941). 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 She was not the only child of a celebrity to attend this college. 52-year-old man killed in shooting on Baxter Avenue. Portrait of American actress Anne Baxter in the film A Ticket to Tomahawk. Undaunted by the failure of her previous effort to crack Hollywood, Anne returned to California two years later to try again. Walter Brennan, Rory Calhoun, Anne Baxter | Full Western MovieThe daughter of a railroad executive, Kit Dodge Jr. (Anne Baxter) is a no-nonsense gunslinger, . Still, it gave me plenty of time to reminisce as I covered the miles. 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. "Hide things? She did not make any films for the next three years after acting in Walk on the Wild Side in 1962. Never in her Hollywood career did Anne look as beautiful as she did as the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. With a serious look on her face she looked up from the cards and met my eyes. 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. [27], Baxter had a stroke on December 4, 1985, while hailing a taxi on Madison Avenue in New York City. Born in Michigan City, Indiana, her mother was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. She pursued an. Starting work with a prominent furniture retailer, I soon realized that I could be of greater service and deliver a broader range of design options as an independent designer. In 1956 she appeared in The Ten Commandments. "[18], In the mid-1950s, Baxter began a relationship with Gambino gangster Filippo Autelitano and later, her publicist Russell Birdwell, who took control of her career and directed her in The Come On (1956). With a serious demeanor, I did as she asked and handed the deck back to her. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. The actress's return got her the role of "Eve Harrington" on "All About Eve," and she later landed the role that made her iconic, as "Victoria Cabot" in the ABC TV show, "Hotel." 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. We'd flopped on the couches in the great room, tossing about ideas of what to do when her mother happened to stroll in. Miss Baxter married actor John Hodiak in 1946 and they had a daughter, Katrina, before the marriage ended. This experience provided me with invaluable resourcing (a.k.a. Baxter wanted nothing more than to be an actress and was not in it for fame or celebrity status. The only other film job Anne appeared in that year was in Swamp Water (1941). 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. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. She maintained an active career until '85 when she suffered a stroke while walking on Madison Avenue, New York City. Rather than giving up, she turned to Hollywood.[5]. [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. "What did you find?" At 47 years of age, James Fransiscus was still a very hot looking manmuch to his daughter's disgust. Before persuing her love of design, Galt worked in hotel purchasing for five years. Nationally acclaimed interior designer Melissa Galt is the great-granddaughter of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright and daughter of Oscar-winning actress Anne Baxter (All About Eve). She whispered fiercely into my ear, "Lauriehave you seen my Mom?" Product ID: 4651733 / SCAN-NQOX-04651733. After the birth of their second daughter, Maginel, back in California, Galt unexpectedly announced that they were moving to a 4,452 hectare (11,000 acre) ranch south of Grants, New Mexico. Actress. I smiled cheerfully and replied, "I knowbut I really just wanted to escape themdo you mind terribly? The marriage produced two daughters, Melissa and Maginel, and Miss Baxters book, Intermission, about giving up career and Hollywood. I said in dismay, "What do you mean noabsolutely not? As she flipped it over, I heard her gasp in surprise. Tough-love Business Coach. [19] Princeton University Library has a collection of 175 letters by Baxter to Birdwell. Leaning over to Maginel, I whispered that I needed to make a trip to the ladies room.and would she mind joining me. 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. In 1942 Anne played Joseph Cotten's daughter, Lucy Morgan, in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). During the 1960s and 1970s she appeared as a guest artist in TV shows Batman, The FBI, Ironside, The Big Valley, The Name of the Game, Marcus Welby, MD, Cannon Bancek, The Love Boat, Mannix and others. 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. 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.. To this day, my stomach does somersaults whenever I encounter that nasty concoctionbut it never fails to make me smile at the memory. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. During the 1970s she appeared in the Broadway production Applause. Once again she spread the remainder of the deck before me and asked me to select a card. She had been starring in the television series, Hotel, and was a stage, screen and television performer over a 49-year period. The professional lives of the two actresses had crossed triumphantly 34 years earlier in All About Eve, for which both received Academy Award nominations. She was married to stockbroker David Klee, until his death. Still, I didn't want her to realize just what a total failure and disappointment I would beno matter what the cards had said. She became a contract player of 20th Century Fox and was loaned to RKO Pictures for the role of Lucy Morgan in Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), one of her earlier films. "All the world's a stage," Shakespeare wroteand Maginel's mother proved that sentiment to be true by living her life as if it was always her greatest role. Tentatively, I dipped my forefinger into the dusty contents and stirred it slightly. 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. "Would you like me to read your cards, Laurie? She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, titled "Requiem for a Falling Star". The professional lives of the two actresses had crossed triumphantly 34 years earlier in All About Eve, for which both received Academy Award nominations. Search instead in. Directing local theater groups in the state of Washington [October 2001] It was in eighth grade that my sister and I went on tour with Mom through Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto, and Ft. Lauderdale. Headstrong and determined, I was spurred on to launch my own company, Linea Interior Design, Inc in March 1994. Realizing I wanted a broader education, Mom suggested focusing on a business path. Is that something you've thought of doing? The original idea was to have Baxter's character gradually come to mirror Colbert's over the course of the film. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. I guess when it came to torture, one roommate was as good as the next. I always felt as if I was the luckiest person alive to be given a private audience to her performance. But now, after so many years, I realize that in my eyes she wasn't simply a famous Hollywood actress. Anne Baxter in publicity portrait for the film 'Chase A Crooked Shadow', 1958 | Photo: Getty Images. The next time I met Maginel's mother was marginally better. The King of Rock and Roll's iconic estate will benefit Lisa Marie Presley's three daughters, Riley, Harper and Finley, following her death . she exclaimed as if it had all been settled. Anne Baxter (1923-1985) was an American actress who had an extensive career in film, television and on stage. With a keen eye, she assessed our current emotional state and quickly picked up a deck of cards. Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. NEW YORK (AP) _ Colleagues are mourning the death of Anne Baxter, whose five-decade career was highlighted by an Academy Award-winning role as a pitiable drunk in The Razors Edge and her performance as a two-faced schemer in All About Eve.. Its what I am. 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). Maginel asked, a wee bit unsure when I stood up and headed for the door. At 16, Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs. DeWinter in Rebecca. At that moment, Katrina blew into the room with her usual exuberance and with one quick glance announced, "Wonderful! Anne Baxters death is a shattering shock to all of us who loved her and had the privilege of working with her, Spelling said. 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. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! In 1971, she had a role in Fools' Parade as an aging prostitute. "Of course now," I replied with a villainous waggle of my eyebrows, "they're all at the game so we should have at least another hour or two.". 1961) and Maginal Galt (b. 52-year-old man killed in shooting on Baxter Avenue. 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. 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. It would be 1950 before she landed another decent role--the part of Eve Harrington in All About Eve (1950). 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. The culture shock and even language differences, East to West, were startling, but I survived the three years and graduated with honors. No funeral was planned. Her third marriage was with a stockbroker named David Gutman Klee on January 30, 1977 who he died suddenly nine months later. With tears welling up in my eyes, I hugged her tightly in thanks. And if they had, my memories of Anne Baxter were all good ones. She followed it up with Theres Always a Breeze and Madame Capet on Broadway in 1938. Miss Baxter married actor John Hodiak in 1946 and they had a daughter, Katrina, before the marriage ended. 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. Mag saw my frown as she was passing the doorway and stuck her head in. 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. Her last year with Fox was 1952 during which she acted in the films Outcasts of Poker, My Wifes Best Friend and The Last Leaf. 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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. [6] She became a popular star in World War II dramas and received top billing in The North Star (1943), The Sullivans (1944), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944), co-starring her future husband John Hodiak. Upon graduation Anne was employed as an Executive Secretary at Armstrong . she wondered out loud. The only thing that really matters is to startthat's the secret.". As I was glancing through the contents of the bottom drawer though, I came upon a nondescript white envelope with rather puzzling contents. There was sadnessbut there was also a comfortable peace to be found in the companionship we shared. She had a daughter, Katrina from this marriage. Saying goodbye after that particular visit was especially difficult. Waverly, the gardener, would stroll by with a smile and wave to us through the window. Knowing how I perceived hernot as the famous actress Anne Baxter, she had signed it simply "To Lauriefrom Maginel's mother." 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. In 1948 she acted in the popular film The Wells of Jericho and Luck of the Irish. She pursued an. Again she returned to reading the other cards. I relocated to the East Coast for boarding school in Massachusetts. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Brand & Web Design by Katie & Co.Design. He thought I was a librarian.. Back at Fox, that same year, Anne played Mary Maxwell in The Great Profile (1940), which was a box-office dud. She had two daughters, Melissa and Maginal from this marriage. The move there encouraged her to consider acting as a vocation. 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