1. Diane Carol Baker was born on February 25,1938 and is an American actress, producer and educator whose career spanned over 50 years.
12 Facts About Diane Baker
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Diane Baker is the daughter of Dorothy Helen Harrington, who had appeared in several early Marx Brothers movies, and automobile salesman Clyde Lucius Baker.
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At age 18, after graduating from Van Nuys High School in 1956, Diane Baker moved to New York to study acting with Charles Conrad and ballet with Nina Fonaroff.
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From 1963 to 1966, Diane Baker had a recurring role on the medical drama Dr Kildare.
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Diane Baker co-starred with Gregory Peck and Walter Matthau in the thriller Mirage, directed by Edward Dmytryk, and in Krakatoa, East of Java with Maximilian Schell.
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In 1973, Diane Baker co-starred in ABC sitcom Here We Go Again.
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Diane Baker reemerged on the big screen in The Silence of the Lambs as Senator Ruth Martin.
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Diane Baker appeared in the films The Joy Luck Club, The Cable Guy, The Net and A Mighty Wind.
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Diane Baker guest-starred in four episodes of House in 2005,2008, and twice in 2012 as Blythe House, the mother of the title character.
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Diane Baker spent more than a decade teaching acting at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Diane Baker was formerly the executive director of the School of Motion Pictures-Television and the School of Acting.
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Diane Baker has dated Warren Beatty, Gardner McKay, Frank Langella, Michael Lerner and John Saxon.