Carroll Baker Biography

Fast Facts

• Received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her career at the 2011 Hoboken International Film Festival
• Worked as a dancer and magician's assistant after a year of community college
• Moved to Italy in the mid-1960s and starred in international thrillers and horror movies, including a long list of Italian films directed by Umberto Lenzi
• Producers tried to push her onto the public as another Marilyn Monroe, casting her in similar roles
• Has published several books, including an autobiography and a novel
• Traveled with Bob Hope to USS Ticonderoga CV-14 to boost morale in the armed forces during the Vietnam War