Personal life

Born Blanche Garfein in New York City

New York City

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, she is the daughter of actress Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol...

 and director Jack Garfein

Jack Garfein

Jack Garfein, born July 2, 1930 in Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia, now Mukacheve, Ukraine, is an acting teacher and former motion picture and theater director....

. She attended Wellesley College from 1974 until 1976.

Career

Baker's film appearances include Cold Feet (1984), Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes.- Plot :...

(1984) and Taking Chance

Taking Chance

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(2009).

She won the Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series in 1978 for her performance as Anna Weiss in the miniseries Holocaust.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	French Postcards	Laura
1979		Janet
1982		Juliet
1984	Cold Feet	Leslie Christo
1984	Sixteen Candles Sixteen Candles Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes.- Plot :...	Ginny
1986	Raw Deal Raw Deal (1986 film) Raw Deal is 1986 action film directed by John Irvin and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is the story of an elderly and embittered high-ranking FBI agent who wants to get revenge against a Mafia organization, and sends a former FBI agent played by Schwarzenegger to destroy the organization from...	Amy Kaminski
1988	Shakedown Shakedown (1988 film) Shakedown, also known as Blue Jean Cop, is a 1988 crime drama/action movie starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. The movie is about an idealistic lawyer teaming with a veteran cop to find out the truth in a possible police corruption scandal.-Plot:...	Gail Feinberger
1988	Bum Rap	Lisa DuSoir
1990		Ofglen
1991	Livin' Large Livin' Large Livin' Large! is a 1991 comedy movie starring Terrence "T.C." Carlson, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, and Loretta Devine.- Plot :Carson portrays Dexter Jackson, a young, black deliveryman in Atlanta, Georgia who aspires to become a news reporter. Jackson gets what he considers his big break, when he...	Kate Penndragin
1994	Dead Funny	Barbara
2006	Underdogs	Marie
2006		Marie
2007		Ruth Chandler
2008	3rd of July	Mrs. Shaw
2008	Jersey Justice	Polly O'Bannon
2010	Hypothermia	Hellen Pelletier

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Holocaust	Anna Weiss	Emmy Award Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...  for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series
1979	Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith	Mary
1981		Candra Torres
1982		Joan Slezsak
1985		Allison Webster	Episode: "Desperately"
1985	Embassy Embassy (film) Embassy is a 1972 film based on a spy thriller novel by Stephen Coulter. It was a British film directed by Gordon Hessler, written by John Bird and William Fairchild, and with music scored by Biddu....	Megan Hillyer
1986	Nobody's Child	Shari
1987	Spenser: For Hire Spenser: For Hire Spenser: For Hire is a mystery television series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder, differs from the novels, mostly in its lesser degree of detail....	Carolyn Tomlinson	Episode: "Personal Demons"
1991			Episode: "Domestic Silence"
1991	Davis Rules		Episode: "Everybody Comes to Nick's"
1992	In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night (TV series) In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...	Jenny Sawyer	Episode: "Love, Honor & Obey"
1992	Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...	Lucy Neven	Episode: "Star Struck"
1994	Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Mitchell Kriegman, it aired for five seasons for a total of 65 episodes from March 23, 1991, to December 3, 1994, and then went into reruns....	Chelsea Chipley	Episode: "Janet and Clarissa, Inc."
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...	Miriam Engles	Episode: "Diamond Dogs"

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