For this role, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She landed roles on Broadway and in commercials and they eventually led to her first supporting role, as Luz Benedict in Giant, which starred Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean in 1956.
Even today, the image of Carroll Baker sucking her thumb on the poster for Baby Doll 1956 seems a little wrong.
Other notable early roles included Giant 1956 and But Not for Me 1959 , as well as westerns such as The Big Country 1958 , How the West Was Won 1962 , and Cheyenne Autumn 1964.
Nude Roles in Movies: Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich 1976 , Baba Yaga 1973 , L' harem 1967 , La moglie vergine 1975 , My Father's Wife 1976 , Paranoia 1970 , Private Lesson 1975 , Sylvia 1965.
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