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| 1 | Executive Director Motion Pictures, Television & Acting Academy of Art University San Francisco CA [November 2009] |
| 2 | Appeared alongside Joan Crawford in three films: The Best of Everything (1959), Della (1964) and Strait-Jacket (1964). In the latter two, she played Crawford's daughter. |
| 3 | While continues to act in film and television, Ms. Baker is the executive director of the School of Motion Pictures, Television, and Acting at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. [November 2008] |
| 4 | Interviewed in the SF Chronicle, she is now heading the acting program at the SF Academy of Art. [August 2004] |
| 5 | Friends with: 'Tippi Hedren' 'Gregory Peck' Millie Perkins, Maximilian Schell, Melvyn Douglas, Congresswoman, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Norman Cousins, author, Henry Miller, Robert Redford, Jenny Seagrove, Randal Kleiser, Harry Winer, Robert Osborne... |
| 6 | At the start of her career, she was judged by a panel consisting of Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, and Irene Dunne. |
| 7 | Studied for three semesters at the University of Southern California. |
| 8 | Is a liberal Democrat. |
| 9 | In Mirage (1965), she took over the part that was originally intended for Tippi Hedren. Director Edward Dmytryk was told by Alfred Hitchcock that Hedren wasn't interested in working with him. Ironically, Baker and Hedren co-starred in Hitchcock's Marnie (1964) the year before. |
| 10 | An August 1960 The Hollywood Reporter news item noted that Baker was originally to co-star with Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960). |
| 11 | Was a contestant in the 1957 Miss Rheingold pageant, an annual promotion by Rheingold Beer (Liebmann Breweries), and was pictured on Rheingold beer cans issued during the promotion. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Surrogate | 2013 | TV Movie | Louise |
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | 2012 | TV Movie | Mrs. Gellhorn |
| House M.D. | 2005-2012 | TV Series | Blythe House |
| Lie to Me | 2010 | TV Series | Judge Quinn |
| Harrison Montgomery | 2008 | | Mrs. Cutsworth |
| The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | 2005 | | Miss Taylor |
| Unscripted | 2005 | TV Series | Diane |
| A Mighty Wind | 2003 | | Supreme Folk Defense Lawyer |
| Dragnet | 2003 | TV Series | Rebecca Barton |
| On the Roof | 2002 | | Mrs. Arnott |
| First Monday | 2002 | TV Series | Arlene Braken / Arlene Brankin |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2001 | TV Series | Margo Nelson |
| Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | 2000 | TV Movie | Rose Kennedy |
| Harrison's Flowers | 2000 | | Mary Francis |
| ER | 2000 | TV Series | Louise Duffy |
| Astoria | 1998 | TV Movie | |
| The Nanny | 1998 | TV Series | Roberta |
| About Sarah | 1998 | TV Movie | Lila Hollingsworth |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | | Kitty Neil |
| Courage Under Fire | 1996 | | Louise Boylar |
| The Cable Guy | 1996 | | Steven's Mother |
| Crazy Love | 1995 | TV Series | Dina Stratton |
| Chicago Hope | 1995 | TV Series | Ellen Rolston |
| The Net | 1995 | | Mrs. Bennett |
| A Walton Wedding | 1995 | TV Movie | Charlotte Gilchrist |
| Imaginary Crimes | 1994 | | Abigail Tate |
| The Joy Luck Club | 1993 | | Mrs. Jordan |
| Twenty Bucks | 1993 | | Ruth Adams |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1987-1992 | TV Series | Mary Forsythe / Anna Louise Barlow / Eleanor Thane |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride | 1992 | TV Movie | Laura Parrish |
| Civil Wars | 1992 | TV Series | Maureen Frances |
| Mann & Machine | 1992 | TV Series | Delores Peterson |
| The Haunted | 1991 | TV Movie | Lorraine Warren |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | | Senator Ruth Martin |
| The Closer | 1990 | | Beatrice Grant |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | 1987 | TV Series | Helen Welker-Summers |
| A Woman of Substance | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Laura O'Neill |
| Fantasy Island | 1978-1983 | TV Series | Fran Woods / Margaret Blair / Lena Jordan / ... |
| The Blue and the Gray | 1982 | TV Mini-Series | Evelyn Hale |
| Trapper John, M.D. | 1981 | TV Series | Mrs. Forsyte |
| The Pilot | 1980 | | Pat Simpson |
| Fugitive Family | 1980 | TV Movie | Ellen 'Ellie' Roberts |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | 1978 | TV Series | Carrie Williams |
| The Love Boat | 1978 | TV Series | Ruth Newman |
| Kojak | 1977 | TV Series | Irene Van Patten |
| Police Story | 1973-1977 | TV Series | DeeDee Mandell / Phyllis Brenner / Jenny Dale |
| Barnaby Jones | 1977 | TV Series | Pat Halston |
| Baker's Hawk | 1976 | | Jenny Baker |
| Columbo | 1976 | TV Series | Joanna Clay |
| Police Woman | 1976 | TV Series | Cynthia Lambert |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Sister Ann King / Ann Brecht |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1975 | TV Series | Inspector Irene Martin |
| Medical Story | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Rita Stillman |
| The Last Survivors | 1975 | TV Movie | Marilyn West |
| Lucas Tanner | 1975 | TV Series | Jessica Atkins |
| The Dream Makers | 1975 | TV Movie | Mary Stone |
| Police Surgeon | 1974 | TV Series | Rosalind Almont |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | 1974 | TV Series | Diana |
| Medical Center | 1970-1974 | TV Series | Anne Martin / Sharon / Sandra Polk |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 1974 | TV Movie | Katie Nolan |
| Love Story | 1973 | TV Series | Angie Burnett |
| Here We Go Again | 1973 | TV Series | Susan Evans |
| Stigma | 1972 | | |
| Wheeler and Murdoch | 1972 | TV Movie | Karen |
| Love, American Style | 1972 | TV Series | Wendy (segment "Love and the Small Wedding") |
| Killer by Night | 1972 | TV Movie | Tracey Morrow |
| Norman Corwin Presents | 1972 | TV Series | |
| A Little Game | 1971 | TV Movie | Elaine Hamilton |
| Bonanza | 1967-1971 | TV Series | Norma O'Casey / Mary Wharton |
| Congratulations, It's a Boy! | 1971 | TV Movie | Edye |
| Sarge | 1971 | TV Series | Carol Swanson |
| Insight | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Bridget McNulty |
| Night Gallery | 1971 | TV Series | Lynn Alcott (segment "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar") |
| Do You Take This Stranger? | 1971 | TV Movie | Rachel Jarvis |
| The Virginian | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Nan Allen / Julie Oakes / Linda Valence |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | 1970 | TV Movie | Peggy Pulska |
| The Interns | 1970 | TV Series | Sheila Carmichael |
| Paris 7000 | 1970 | TV Series | |
| Mission: Impossible | 1970 | TV Series | Francesca |
| D.A.: Murder One | 1969 | TV Movie | Mary Brokaw |
| The Name of the Game | 1969 | TV Series | Elaine Brennan |
| The F.B.I. | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Anna Frehling / Lisa / Elyse Colton |
| Trial Run | 1969 | TV Movie | Carole Trenet |
| Krakatoa: East of Java | 1968 | | Laura |
| The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit | 1968 | | Suzie 'S.J.' Clemens |
| The Fugitive | 1967 | TV Series | Jean Carlisle |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Laney / Helen |
| The Invaders | 1967 | TV Series | Kathy Adams |
| The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | 1966 | TV Movie | Amilia Rathmore |
| Hawk | 1966 | TV Series | Mary Wheelis |
| Dr. Kildare | 1963-1966 | TV Series | Amy Post / Emma Swader |
| The Big Valley | 1966 | TV Series | Hester |
| Convoy | 1965 | TV Series | Ruth Greene |
| Inherit the Wind | 1965 | TV Movie | Rachel Brown |
| Mirage | 1965 | | Shela |
| Della | 1964 | | Jenny Chappell |
| The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre | 1964 | TV Movie | Vivia Mandour |
| Wagon Train | 1964 | TV Series | Alice Whitetree |
| Marnie | 1964 | | Lil Mainwaring |
| Strait-Jacket | 1964 | | Carol Cutler |
| Sands of Beersheba | 1964 | | Susan |
| The Prize | 1963 | | Emily Stratman |
| Mr. Novak | 1963 | TV Series | Mildred Chase |
| Route 66 | 1963 | TV Series | Marie Duplessis / Elissa |
| Summer Flight | 1963 | | Ellen |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | 1963 | TV Series | Marjorie Ford |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | 1963 | TV Series | Birdie |
| Nine Hours to Rama | 1963 | | Sheila |
| The 300 Spartans | 1962 | | Ellas |
| Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | 1962 | | Carolyn |
| Adventures in Paradise | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Veronica Sanders / Danielle Arnoux |
| Bus Stop | 1961 | TV Series | Patricia Parker |
| Follow the Sun | 1961 | TV Series | Helen Henderson |
| Tess of the Storm Country | 1960 | | Tess MacLean |
| The Wizard of Baghdad | 1960 | | Princess Yasmin |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1960 | TV Series | Nurse Leora Tozer |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | 1959 | | Jenny Lindenbrook |
| Buick-Electra Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Holly |
| The Best of Everything | 1959 | | April Morrison |
| Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | Sheila Cass |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | 1959 | | Margot Frank |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Private Screenings | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Legenden | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Actress |
| Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | 2007 | Documentary | Herself |
| Ballerina | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' | 2002 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actress |
| Intimate Portrait | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | 2001 | Video documentary | Herself |
| The Trouble with Marnie | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Joan Crawford: Always the Star | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - Accepting Award for Favourite Mini-Series |
| The Virginia Graham Show | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Guest Appearance |
| Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| Get the Message | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Herself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |