Barbara Baxley

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Barbara Baxley
Baxley in 1960.
Born	Porterville, California, U.S.
Died	June 7, 1990(1990-06-07) (aged 67) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Film, stage, television actress
Years active	1950-1990

Barbara Baxley (January 1, 1923 – June 7, 1990) was an American actress of stage, film and television.

Early life

Baxley was born in Porterville, California, the daughter of Emma (née Tyler) and Bert Baxley.^[1]

Career

A life member of the Actors Studio,^[2] Baxley also studied acting under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City. Her first film was East of Eden, where she portrayed an obnoxious nurse at the end of the film. She made a guest appearance in 1958 on Perry Mason as Enid Griffin in "The Case of the Gilded Lily." In 1961, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) for her performance in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' comedy, Period of Adjustment.

She appeared in Chekhov's The Three Sisters and Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, as well as the 1960s Broadway musical She Loves Me, which co-starred Jack Cassidy, Barbara Cook and Daniel Massey. She also starred in the 1976 Broadway play Best Friend. She appeared in supporting roles in many television series of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, including her performance as a wife having her rodeo-performing husband, played by Lee Van Cleef, murdered in the CBS crime drama series, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen.

Death

Baxley died at age 67 at her home in the Manhattan borough of New York City, of an apparent heart attack.^[3]

References

↑ Barbara Baxley Biography
↑ David Garfield (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of the Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of the Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 277. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
↑ Eleanor Blau. "Barbara Baxley, 67, Who Acted In Theater, Movie and TV Roles." The New York Times, June 9, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/09/obituaries/barbara-baxley-63-who-acted-in-theater-movie-and-tv-roles.html

External links

Barbara Baxley at the Internet Movie Database
Barbara Baxley at the Internet Broadway Database
Barbara Baxley at AllRovi
Barbara Baxley at Find a Grave
Barbara Baxley Papers, 1911-1988, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
New York Public Library blog about Barbara Baxley and William Inge

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Persondata
Name	Baxley, Barbara
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1 January 1923
Place of birth	Porterville, California, U.S.
Date of death	1990-06-07
Place of death	Manhattan, New York, U.S.

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