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Barbara Baxley

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Actress

The Resume

    (January 1, 1923-June 7, 1990)
    Born in Porterville, California
    Birth name was Barbara Angie Rose Baxley
    Appeared on 'Climax!' and 'Studio One'
    Acted in 'The Savage Eye,' 'No Way to Treat a Lady,' 'Images,' 'Sea of Love,' and 'A Shock to the System'
    Performed on Broadway in 'She Loves Me (1963 - 64), 'The Three Sisters' (1964) and 'Whodunnit' (1982- 83)
    Portrayed Lady Pearl in 'Nashville' (1975) and Leona in 'Norma Rae' (1979)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was roommates with Tallulah Bankhead.
    Marlon Brando called her 'a jewel-encrusted grudge collector.'
    Her last film credit was in 'The Exorcist III.'
    She had a role in a 1973 episode of Hawaii Five-0 in which she portrayed the matriarch of a Southern serial-killing family.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a life member of the Actors Studio.
    She performed with Shakespeare in the Park.
    Her first film was 'East of Eden' (as an obnoxious nurse at the end of the film).
    She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her performance in Tennessee Williams' 'Period of Adjustment.'
    One of her earliest live television gigs was with June Lockhart playing Beauty's 'wicked and ugly sisters' in the Beauty and the Beast broadcast on Shirley Temple's Storybook.
    She was close friends with Dave Brubeck and his wife, and they even arranged to be buried in neighboring plots.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 19 Votes: 10.53% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying