Elsie Baker

Elsie Baker
Elsie Baker in Petticoat Junction 1965
Born(1893-07-13)July 13, 1893
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedNovember 24, 1971(1971-11-24) (aged 78)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Children2

Elsie Baker (July 13, 1893 – August 16, 1971) was an American actress. Her career spanned the gamut from vaudeville through silent movies to radio to Hollywood and television. She has sometimes been confused with the American contralto Elsie West Baker (1886-1958) who was also known as Elsie Baker.

Early life and career

Baker was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a theatrical family, with an actress for a mother and a father who owned a Chicago stock company. She first went on stage when she was just 10 months old, and more than 70 years later Baker was still taking roles in Hollywood films until just before her death.[1]

Personal life and death

On August 16, 1971, she died of a heart attack at her home in Hollywood. She was survived by a son and a daughter.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1916 The Mysteries of Myra The Vampire Woman
1916 Beatrice Fairfax Marie Boccetti / Circus Woman in Tent / The Other Woman part 1, 2, 13
1917 Patria Serial
1917 The Black Stork
1950 Mystery Street Elderly Lady Uncredited
1950 Shakedown Palmer's Maid Uncredited
1951 You Never Can Tell Minor Role Uncredited
1952 No Room for the Groom Uncredited
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair Uncredited
1953 Bad for Each Other Mrs. Olzoneski Uncredited
1954 Three Hours to Kill Townswoman Uncredited
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Church Attendee Season 3 Episode 32: "Listen, Listen...!"
1964 Good Neighbor Sam Mrs. Nurdlinger Uncredited
1968 Blackbeard's Ghost Old Lady #2
1968 The Ghosts of Hanley House Lucy

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituaries: Elsie Baker". Variety. August 25, 1971. p. 55. ProQuest 963289463. Elsie Baker, 78, actress who launched her stage career as an infant of 10 months, died of a heart attack in her Hollywood home Aug. 16. Born of a theatrical family, her father was owner of a Chicago stock company and her mother an actress — her career encompassed all facets of showbiz except circuses and burlesque, earlier around her native Chicago and later in Hollywood. She song-pluged for Jerome H. Remnick and Irving Berlin before coming to Hollywood more than 20 years ago, and on Coast did tv as well as films. Surviving is a son and daughter.

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