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Barbara Baxley

 
Actor: Barbara Baxley
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  • Born: Jan 01, 1927 in Stockton, California
  • Died: Jun 07, 1990 in New York City
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'80s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
  • Career Highlights: Norma Rae, Nashville, The Savage Eye
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Savage Eye (1959)

Biography

After briefly attending the College of the Pacific, Barbara Baxley headed to New York to pursue an acting career. Barbara studied at Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse, then went on to become a charter member of the Actor's Studio. After making her New York stage bow in the 1948 revival of Private Lives, she spent the next several years taking over for a number of "big-name" actresses in long-running Broadway plays. She also starred in the original productions of Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Period of Adjustment, and worked extensively off-Broadway in projects like Brecht on Brecht. In the company of several of her Actor's Studios colleagues, Barbara made her film debut in East of Eden (1955), playing the nurse in the closing scenes. Other roles in her feature-film manifest included country-western matriarch Lady Pearl in Nashville (1975) and Leona in Norma Rae (1979). On television, Barbara was one of the stars of Norman Lear's satirical gender-switch soap opera All That Glitters (1977). In June of 1990, 62-year-old Barbara Baxley was found dead in her New York apartment, apparently the victim of heart failure. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Barbara Baxley
Born 1 January 1923
Porterville, California
Died June 7, 1990 (aged 67)
Manhattan, New York
Occupation Film, stage, television actress

Barbara Baxley (January 1, 1923 – June 7, 1990) was an American actress of stage, film and television.

Baxley was born in Porterville, California, the daughter of Emma (née Tyler) and Bert Baxley.[1] In 1961, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) for her performance in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' comedy, Period of Adjustment. She appeared in Chekhov's The Three Sisters and Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, as well as the 1960s Broadway musical She Loves Me, which co-starred Jack Cassidy, Barbara Cook and Daniel Massey. She appeared in supporting roles in many TV shows of the 60s and 70s.

Baxley died at age 67 at her home in Manhattan, New York, of "an apparent heart attack".

References

  1. ^ Barbara Baxley Biography (1927-)

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