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Katherine Whitton "Kathy" Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

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-winning American
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 character actress.

r was born in Midland, Texas
Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, located on the Great Plains of the western area of the U.S. state of Texas. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County, Texas....
, the daughter of French-born Helene Andree "Lany" (née
Married and maiden names

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 Whitton) and John Seawand Baker, who was a geologist
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 and educator. She was raised a Quaker. She studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts

The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, California, in Los Angeles County, California....
 in the early seventies. She later earned a B.A.






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Katherine Whitton "Kathy" Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
-winning American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 character actress.

Biography


Personal life

Baker was born in Midland, Texas
Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, located on the Great Plains of the western area of the U.S. state of Texas. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County, Texas....
, the daughter of French-born Helene Andree "Lany" (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Whitton) and John Seawand Baker, who was a geologist
Geologist

For other uses, see Geologist .A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system ....
 and educator. She was raised a Quaker. She studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts

The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, California, in Los Angeles County, California....
 in the early seventies. She later earned a B.A. degree in French in 1977 from UC Berkeley. Baker was raised in New Mexico and now lives in Southern California
Southern California

Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population centers on the cities of Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, San Bernardino, California, and Riverside, California....
 with her husband, Steven Robman
Steven Robman

Steven Robman is an American television and theatre director/producer. He's been married to Kathy Baker since 2003, and has a friendship with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Scott Wolf....
.

Career

Baker has appeared in numerous films including Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film tells the story of a man named Edward, an unfinished creation, who has scissors for hands....
, The Right Stuff, Street Smart
Street Smart

'Street Smart' may refer to:* Street Smart , a 1989 arcade game by SNK* Street Smart , a 1987 film with Morgan Freeman* ...
, Jacknife
Jacknife

Jacknife is a 1989 in film United States film directed by David Jones and starring Robert De Niro and Ed Harris. The film focuses on a small, serious story, with emphasis on characterization and the complex tension between people in a close relationship....
 and Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain (film)

Cold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Ren?e Zellweger, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone and Natalie Portman....
. As a small-town doctor in the David E. Kelley television series Picket Fences
Picket Fences

Picket Fences is a 60-minute Dramatic programming centering around the residents of the fictional community of Rome, Wisconsin. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992 to June 26, 1996 on the CBS television network in the United States....
 she won Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three times in the show's four-year run (1993, 1995 and 1996).

Baker began her career at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, performing in several of Sam Shepard's
Sam Shepard

Samuel Shepard Rogers III is an American playwright, and actor, director of stage and film. He is author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play, Buried Child....
 plays before getting her break in an off-Broadway
Off-Broadway

Off Broadway theater is an umbrella term for a defined set of Play , musical theater or revues performed in New York City. Originally referring to the location of a venue and its productions on a street intersecting Broadway in Manhattan's Theatre District, New York, the hub of the theater industry in the United States, the term later becam...
 production of Fool for Love opposite Ed Harris
Ed Harris

'Edward Allen "Ed" Harris' is an United States actor, film writer and film director, known for his performances in Appaloosa , Radio , The Rock , The Right Stuff , Enemy at the Gates, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross , Apollo 13 , Pollock , A Beautiful Mind, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and Th...
. Her recent projects include the 2006
2006 in film

The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
 remake
Remake

A "remake" is a term used to describe something that has been done again, sometimes with better quality and more features....
 of All the King's Men
All the King's Men (2006 film)

All the King's Men is a 2006 film adaptation of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. It was directed by Steven Zaillian, who also produced and scripted the film....
 and 2007's The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club

The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2004 in literature novel by United States author Karen Joy Fowler. The story, which takes place near Sacramento, California, California, centers around a Book discussion club consisting of five women and one man who meet once a month to discuss Jane Austen's six novels....
.

Filmography

  • Last Chance Harvey
    Last Chance Harvey

    Last Chance Harvey is a 2008 in film romance film starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, set in London. It was directed by Joel Hopkins from his own script....
     (2008
    2008 in film

    The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
    )
  • The Jane Austen Book Club
    The Jane Austen Book Club (film)

    The Jane Austen Book Club is 2007 in film United States Romance film drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord. The screenplay, adapted from the The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, focuses on a Book discussion club formed specifically to discuss the six novels written by Jane Austen....
     (2007
    2007 in film

    The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
    )
  • Law & Order: SVU (2007)
  • Gilmore Girls
    Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls is a Creative Arts Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated, Television in the United States comedy-drama television program created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel....
     (2007)
  • All the King's Men
    All the King's Men (2006 film)

    All the King's Men is a 2006 film adaptation of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. It was directed by Steven Zaillian, who also produced and scripted the film....
     (2006
    2006 in film

    The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
    )
  • Nip/Tuck
    Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
     (2005)
  • Spring Break Shark Attack (2005) (TV
    Television movie

    A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
    )
  • Medium
    Medium (TV series)

    Medium is an American supernatural and dramatic television series which premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005. The series is about Allison DuBois who acts as a research medium for the Phoenix, Arizona, district attorney's office....
     (TV series) (2005, 2008)
  • Nine Lives
    Nine Lives (2005 film)

    Nine Lives is a 2005 in film United States drama film written and directed by Rodrigo Garc?a. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores....
     (2005
    2005 in film

    The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
    )
  • 13 Going on 30
    13 Going on 30

    13 Going On 30 is a 2004 in film comedy film film starring Jennifer Garner. It has a similar premise to the films Wish Upon a Star, and Freaky Friday , in which girls' souls were swapped into different bodies....
     (2004
    2004 in film

    The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
    )
  • Cold Mountain
    Cold Mountain (film)

    Cold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Ren?e Zellweger, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone and Natalie Portman....
     (2003
    2003 in film

    The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
    )
  • Assassination Tango
    Assassination Tango

    Assassination Tango is a 2002 in film Argentina crime film directed by and starring Robert Duvall. It is a thriller based in the steamy side of Argentina tango ....
     (2002
    2002 in film

    The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
    )
  • Door to Door
    Door to Door (film)

    Door to Door was a 2002 TV movie about Bill Porter , a door-to-door salesman afflicted with cerebral palsy. The film was produced for the Turner Network Television cable television network and was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards, winning six....
     (2002
    2002 in film

    The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
    )
  • The Glass House
    The Glass House (film)

    The Glass House is a 2001 in film film Film director by Daniel Sackheim and written by Wesley Strick. The sequel The Good Mother was released straight-to-DVD in October 2006....
     (2001
    2001 in film

    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
    )
  • Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001)
  • Boston Public
    Boston Public

    Boston Public is an United States of America television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company from October 2000 to January 2004....
     (2000) (TV series) (2001 – 2002)
  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her is a film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia starring an Ensemble cast . The plot focuses on different women dealing with their life problems....
     (2000)
  • Ratz
    Ratz

    Ratz , officially the Movement for Civil Rights and Peace was a Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from 1973 until its formal merger into Meretz-Yachad in 1997....
     (2000)
  • The Cider House Rules
    The Cider House Rules (film)

    The Cider House Rules is a 1999 drama film, directed by Lasse Hallstr?m, based on The Cider House Rules, a 1985 novel by John Irving. The film won two Academy Awards....
     (1999
    1999 in film

    The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
    )
  • Inventing the Abbotts
    Inventing the Abbotts

    Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 in film drama film and romance film directed by Pat O'Connor , starring Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, and Michael Keaton....
     (1997
    1997 in film

    The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
    To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

    To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday is a 1996 in film film starring Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker, Wendy Crewson and, in cameo appearances, Michelle Pfeiffer....
     (1996
    1996 in film

    The year '1996 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo , Trainspotting , The English Patient , Independence Day , Twister , Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna 's Evita ....
    )
  • Mad Dog and Glory
    Mad Dog and Glory

    Mad Dog and Glory is a 1993 in film written by Richard Price and directed by John McNaughton. It stars Robert De Niro as a Chicago, Illinois Forensics , Uma Thurman as bartender "Glory" , and Bill Murray as Glory's boss, who identifies himself as both an "expediter of dreams" and a member of Cosa Nostra....
     (1993)
  • Picket Fences
    Picket Fences

    Picket Fences is a 60-minute Dramatic programming centering around the residents of the fictional community of Rome, Wisconsin. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992 to June 26, 1996 on the CBS television network in the United States....
     (1992) (TV series)
  • Edward Scissorhands
    Edward Scissorhands

    Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film tells the story of a man named Edward, an unfinished creation, who has scissors for hands....
     (1990
    1990 in film

    The year 1990 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Mister Frost
    Mister Frost

    Mister Frost is a 1990 in film psychological thriller film starring Jeff Goldblum as Frost , a superficially charming but deeply sinister patient in a mental asylum....
     (1990
    1990 in film

    The year 1990 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Jacknife
    Jacknife

    Jacknife is a 1989 in film United States film directed by David Jones and starring Robert De Niro and Ed Harris. The film focuses on a small, serious story, with emphasis on characterization and the complex tension between people in a close relationship....
     (1989
    1989 in film

    Events* "Batman " is released on June 23rd, and went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the year; Grossing over $250 million at the box office....
    )
  • Clean and Sober
    Clean and Sober

    Clean and Sober is a 1988 in film dramatic film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron , and starring Michael Keaton as Daryl, a slick commercial real estate agent who goes into a rehabilitation clinic when his cocaine addiction and alcoholism spins out of control....
     (1988
    1988 in film

    Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
    )
  • Street Smart
    Street Smart (1987 film)

    Street Smart is an Academy-Award nominated film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman and Kathy Baker....
     (1987
    1987 in film

    Events*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
    )
  • A Killing Affair
    A Killing Affair

    A Killing Affair, is a 1986 in film drama film starring Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, Bill Smitrovich and Danny Nelson.This films was based on the novel Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday by Robert Houston....
     (1986
    1986 in film

    Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
    )
  • The Right Stuff (1983
    1983 in film

    Events*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York...
    )
  • Jennifer Eight
    Jennifer Eight

    Jennifer Eight is a 1992 film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich....
     (1992)
  • Problem Child 2
    Problem Child 2

    Problem Child 2 is the 1991 in film comedy film sequel film to the 1990 "surprise hit" Problem Child ; a continuation of the exploits of an adopted orphan child who deliberately wreaks havoc everywhere he goes....
     (1991)
  • Dad
    Dad (film)

    Dad is an 1989 comedy-drama based on William Wharton 's novel of the same name. The movie stars Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kevin Spacey and Ethan Hawke, and was written and directed by Gary David Goldberg....
     (1989)


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    Sidewalks Entertainment is a long-running, weekly United States television series that is a combination of a talk show, magazine show and variety show featuring celebrity interviews, music, artistic and novelty acts, and rising performers....