Diane Baker
Biography
Diane Baker is an American actress, producer, and acting teacher who was raised in North Hollywood and Studio City. She joined 20th Century Fox on a seven-year contract in 1958, and George Stevens chose her to make her film debut as Margot Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). That same year brought Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and The Best of Everything (1959), and she later appeared for Fox in Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) and The 300 Spartans (1962). She had a recurring part on the drama Dr. Kildare from 1963 to 1966, worked with Joan Crawford in Strait-Jacket (1964), played Lil Mainwaring in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), and appeared in Mirage (1965). She produced films and the miniseries A Woman of Substance, played Senator Ruth Martin in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and later she taught acting at San Francisco's Academy of Art University.
88years old
Turns 89 on February 25in 144 days
- Born Hollywood
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Diane Carol Baker
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 56 years1959 to 2015
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Behind the camera
After Mirage, Baker acted often on television and started producing films. Her producing credits include the 1980 drama Never Never Land and the 1985 miniseries A Woman of Substance, where she played Laura.
Diane Baker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Joan Crawford appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joan Crawford's page
George Kennedy's page
Paul Newman's page
Alan Napier's page
Fred Clark's page
Also two films together7 more actors
- Leif EricksonMirage (1965) and Strait-Jacket (1964)
- Edith EvansonMarnie (1964) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- Robert H. HarrisCongratulations, It's a Boy! (1971) and Mirage (1965)
- Ivan TriesaultThe 300 Spartans (1962) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- Dennis MillerMurder at 1600 (1997) and The Net (1995)
- Louise LathamThe Haunted (1991) and Marnie (1964)
- Richard BeymerHemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Diane Baker's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$606 million
8 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 8 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$273M45.0% of the total
- 2$111M18.3% of the total
- 3$103M17.0% of the total
- 4$77M12.6% of the total
- 5$26M4.3% of the total
- 6$10M1.7% of the total
- 7$7.0M1.2% of the total
- 8$90K0.0% of the total
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