Blanche Baker

Blanche Baker

Born: December 20, 1956
in New York City, New York, USA
Blanche Baker (born December 20, 1956) is an American actress.

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The Wild One
Title: The Wild One
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2023
Type: Movie
In the work of Jack Garfein - Holocaust survivor, theater and film director, key figure in the formation of the Actors Studio - past and and present freely intermingled to contribute to memorable stage productions and in two films, many which were ahead of their time in tackling such issues as homosexuality, race and violence. Powered by his vivid recollections and augmented with readings by Willem Dafoe, The Wild One traces Garfein’s life: his Czechoslovakian youth, his family’s fleeing the Nazis, surviving in Auschwitz and other camps, his 1946 arrival at 16 in New York and coming under the wing of Lee Strasberg, Hollywood, his marriage to actress Carroll Baker.
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Alice Fades Away
Title: Alice Fades Away
Character: Roxy
Released: February 15, 2021
Type: Movie
A troubled woman in 1950s New England stumbles upon an isolated farmhouse and is taken in by it's idealistic residents - until a murderous figure from her past arrives.
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How Holocaust came to Television
Title: How Holocaust came to Television
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 2019
Type: Movie
At the beginning of 1979, after more than 30 years of collective repression, a dramatized and emotional US television miniseries ensured that the German population was suddenly reminded of the terrible Nazi crimes against the Jews. What is now expressed with the hitherto unknown word Holocaust, hits many millions of people in the heart. The unexpected echo and the audience reactions were fierce. Even before the TV broadcast neo-Nazis blasted in vain transmitting towers in Germany to prevent this. From the creation and the shooting over the broadcast to the tremendous reactions, documentary filmmaker Alice Agneskirchner tells the story of this emotional television event, which led to a paradigm shift in the perception of German Nazi crimes.
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Hidden Family Secrets
Title: Hidden Family Secrets
Character: Helen
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Recently widowed mom, Melanie and her daughter Gabby are adjusting to life after husband and dad Scott died in a tragic boating accident. When Gabby disappears after a heated argument with her mom, authorities and friends fear she’s run away from home. Unwilling to believe her daughter would run off, Melanie is convinced something more sinister is behind her daughter’s disappearance.
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Splitting Image
Title: Splitting Image
Character: Karen
Released: October 26, 2017
Type: Movie
Having grown up an orphan and raised by her grandmother, Emma has worked for everything that she has, and takes pride in the simple life she's created for herself. She's always wanted a perfect marriage, but ended up with a track record of failed relationships. When she strikes up a romance with the wealthy Ted, a guy she grew up admiring from afar, and says yes to marrying him, she thinks she's finally found her soul mate and is immediately brought into a much more luxurious world than she's used to. That world also includes Ted's seductive twin brother Frank, whose affections for her go beyond family admiration. While Ted took his inheritance and launched a successful global technology business, Frank took the opposite approach and traveled the country, leaving a trail of run-ins with the law and one night stands.
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Cries of the Unborn
Title: Cries of the Unborn
Character: Dr. Wise
Released: May 22, 2017
Type: Movie
When three young, pregnant women are held against their will, a jury must examine just how far they would go to save a life.
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Coin Heist
Title: Coin Heist
Character: Mrs. Cunningham
Released: January 6, 2017
Type: Movie
When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 million. Step one? Breaking into the U.S. Mint.
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Chasing Yesterday
Title: Chasing Yesterday
Character: Linda
Released: September 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A coming of age story about a washed up twenty something year old, the onetime hometown hero and track star, who is convinced by a local sweetheart to run a marathon and get his life back on track.
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Jersey Justice
Title: Jersey Justice
Character: Polly O'Bannon
Released: November 25, 2014
Type: Movie
A suburban woman witnesses her husbands murder, and decides to seek revenge in a 24 hr period. Along the way, Polly O'Bannon finds others who share her taste for revenge in the Pinelands of South Jersey.
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Wishin' and Hopin'
Title: Wishin' and Hopin'
Character: Mother Filomena
Released: November 23, 2014
Type: Movie
Felix Funicello is a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas!
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The Coffee Shop
Title: The Coffee Shop
Character: Gayle
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The Coffee Shop takes place in a gay owned, rainbow-friendly New York restaurant and coffee house where love is constantly tossed into the blender.
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Truth
Title: Truth
Character: Dr. Carter Moore
Released: July 12, 2013
Type: Movie
After a chance encounter online, Caleb meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy. Soon the line between love and lies blur. Struggling to keep his past a secret, including his mentally ill mother, Caleb slowly succumbs to his darker side. A sudden turn of events finds Jeremy held captive, until Caleb's quest for the truth is revealed.
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Whisper Me a Lullaby
Title: Whisper Me a Lullaby
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Though their upbringing was less than picturesque, twenty-something siblings Charlie (Christina Vinsick) and Scott (Peter Mychalcewycz), share a profound bond that is intensified by their protection of a family secret. As Charlie searches for spiritual grounding, she pulls away from reality. Only Poppy (John Heard) and newfound friend Levy give her hope to escape a tumultuous relationship.
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Hypothermia
Title: Hypothermia
Character: Helen Pelletier
Released: October 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Two families' idyllic ice-fishing vacation turns deadly when they awaken a creature beneath the frozen lake, forcing them to rely on each other if they want to make it safely back to land.
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The Life Zone
Title: The Life Zone
Character: Dr. Victoria Wise
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. Held against their will for months, the prisoners are faced with life-transforming decisions and must struggle for their lives.
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The Grand Theft
Title: The Grand Theft
Character: Barbara Blushe
Released: June 4, 2011
Type: Movie
A group of filmmakers pitch their next project.
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Fake
Title: Fake
Character: Mrs. Needham
Released: May 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Daniel Jakor is one of the most prolific and successful artists the world has never heard of. Struggling to sell his own art, he soon finds his true genius lies not in the creation of his own work but in the forgery of the great masters that have come before him- artists like Picasso, Monet, Degas and Renoir. And with the help of a Tay Murphy, corrupt gallery owner in Boston, Daniel soon learns the intricacies of the art world as he becomes a true master himself. But Tay's life is spiraling out of control and his personal demons have brought him to the edge where he hangs on by a thread. Indebted to the mob for more than he can possibly pay back, Tay gets Daniel roped into working for Seamus White, the head of the Irish "family" in New England and an avid art collector. As Seamus's schemes become bolder and bolder, not only pushing the boundaries of Daniel's ability but the limits of forgery itself...
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An Affirmative Act
Title: An Affirmative Act
Character: Lori Belmont
Released: June 4, 2010
Type: Movie
"An Affirmative Act" is pro-gay marriage film, starring Charles Durning, Eric Etebari, Costas Mandylor, Rachael Robbins, and Blanche Baker, about a lesbian couple where one pretends to be a man in order for the two to get married and equal benefits. A slice of life of a young, professional married couple with their darling baby turns a sharp, dark corner when the pair are arrested and charged with several counts of fraud. The reason: Terry and Samantha Succi aren't the man and woman that they purported to be... Terry and Samantha married under false pretenses, ignoring state law that discriminates against homosexual partners and prohibits them from receiving the same rights and benefits as their straight counterparts.
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Taking Chance
Title: Taking Chance
Character: Chris Phelps
Released: September 21, 2009
Type: Movie
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
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Jackrabbit Sky
Title: Jackrabbit Sky
Character: Evelyn Boden
Released: April 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Max Boden, an ingenuitive desert naturalist, is trying to stop the construction of a copper mine on the outskirts of 1939 Tucson, Arizona. Through a series of arduously comical trials, Max learns to use a small motion picture camera to capture images of the unique local flora and fauna that would be destroyed by the mine.
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Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Title: Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Character: Herself
Released: September 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics.
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The Girl Next Door
Title: The Girl Next Door
Character: Ruth Chandler
Released: July 19, 2007
Type: Movie
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Miriam Engles
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Dead Funny
Title: Dead Funny
Character: Barbara
Released: May 21, 1994
Type: Movie
When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she tries to figure out who murdered him.
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Livin' Large!
Title: Livin' Large!
Character: Kate Penndragin
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Lucy Neven
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Character: Ofglen
Released: February 15, 1990
Type: Movie
In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
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Bum Rap
Title: Bum Rap
Character: Lisa DuSoir
Released: September 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
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Shakedown
Title: Shakedown
Character: Gail Feinberger
Released: May 6, 1988
Type: Movie
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
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Raw Deal
Title: Raw Deal
Character: Amy Kaminski
Released: June 6, 1986
Type: Movie
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
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Title: Spenser: For Hire
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: TV
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Allison Webster
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Embassy
Title: Embassy
Character: Megan Hillyer
Released: April 21, 1985
Type: Movie
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
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Sixteen Candles
Title: Sixteen Candles
Character: Ginny Baker
Released: May 4, 1984
Type: Movie
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
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Cold Feet
Title: Cold Feet
Character: Leslie Christo
Released: March 24, 1984
Type: Movie
When each is unlucky at love, a TV writer-director and a research scientist begin seeing each other.
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The Awakening of Candra
Title: The Awakening of Candra
Character: Candra Torres
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the true-life story of teenage bride Candra Torres who was abducted in 1976 while on a honeymoon camping trip in the High Sierras.
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The Day the Bubble Burst
Title: The Day the Bubble Burst
Character: Jolan Slezsak
Released: February 7, 1982
Type: Movie
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Title: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Character: Juliet
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a 1982 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by William Woodman and starring Alex Hyde-White as Romeo and Blanche Baker as Juliet.
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Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
Title: Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
Character: Mary
Released: December 9, 1979
Type: Movie
A religious drama about Christ's parents, the events leading up to his birth, and the effect on the lives of the well-known biblical figures of the time.
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French Postcards
Title: French Postcards
Character: Laura
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
French Postcards rings both comic and true. The believable, fresh-faced characters are young naives from American colleges spending their French-English dictionaries, they compulsively seek out hundreds of monuments, romanticize the nomadic artist's life, and look for grown-up love. The French tutor them well, as befits their reputation. Jean Rochefort is the harassed headmaster with a hankering for affairs, and Marie-France Pisier is his very sexy wife. Watch for a newcomer named Debra Winger, and another-Mandy Patinkin.
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Title: The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Character: Janet
Released: August 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
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Title: Holocaust
Character: Anna Weiss
Released: April 16, 1978
Type: TV
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.