Kathy Baker
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| Kathy Baker | |
 Kathy Baker at the 45th Emmy Awards, Image by Alan Light |
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| Born | June 8, 1950 (age 56) Midland, Texas, U.S.A. |
- This article is about the actress. For the golfer known as Kathy Baker in the early part of her career see Kathy Guadagnino.
Kathy Whitton Baker (born on June 8, 1950) is an American character actress.
Baker was born in Midland, Texas to an American father and a French mother; she was raised a Quaker. Baker has appeared in numerous films and television shows including Edward Scissorhands, Picket Fences, The Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain. She began her career at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, performing in several of Sam Shepard's plays before getting her break in an off-Broadway production of Fool for Love opposite Ed Harris. Her most recent project was the 2006 remake of All the King's Men.
She earned a B.A. degree in French in 1977 from UC Berkeley.
She currently lives in southern California and has a son named Lucca.
[edit] Selected filmography
Gilmore Girls (2007)
- All the King's Men (2006)
- Spring Break Shark Attack (2005) (TV)
- Nine Lives (2005)
- 13 Going on 30 (2004)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- Assassination Tango (2002)
- Door to Door (2002)
- The Glass House (2001)
- Boston Public (2000) (TV series) (2001–2002)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Ratz (2000)
- The Cider House Rules (1999)
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
- Picket Fences (1992) (TV series)
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Mister Frost (1990)
- Jacknife (1989)
- Clean and Sober (1988)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
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