Anne Baxter Biography

Fast Facts

• Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard
• Saw Helen Hayes perform on Broadway when she was 10, and after the play she declared to her family that she wanted to be an actress
• Quote: "I'm an actress, not a personality․ It's more successful to be a personality․ But can you use it in every role? I don't spill over into everything I do․ I do what I do from inside someone else's skin․"
• Considered her best performance to be in "The Razor's Edge," in which she recalled the emotions she associated with her young brother's death to portray a woman who has just lost her husband and child
• Quickly procured significant roles in Hollywood without paying her dues as an extra like many starlets
• Learned to sear in Russian for her role as Olga, Queen of the Bessarovian Cossacks on "Batman․"
• Gave up her career for a time while living on a cattle ranch in Australia with her husband Randolph Galt, but returned to work after the marriage ended