Biography
Diane Carol Baker (born February 25, 1938) is an American actress, producer and educator who has appeared in motion pictures and on television since 1959.
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Face in the Dark: Diane Baker on 'Mirage'
2019
as Self
Diane Baker discusses her acting career and participation in the film 'Mirage' (1965).
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
2015
as Self
Friends and family surprise Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival with a tribute to his twenty years with th...
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
as Self
TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
The Surrogate
2013
as Louise
A married couple, struggling to have a child, hires a young woman to be their surrogate, but soon discovers she has a bizarre and deadly agenda.
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Mrs. Gellhorn
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Harrison Montgomery
2008
as Mrs. Cutsworth
In a rundown apartment complex in San Francisco's Tenderloin, a septuagenarian seer is waiting for his final message. For decades the eccentric reclus...
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous...
Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
2007
as Senator Ruth Martin
A visual commentary for "The Silence Of The Lambs" with the cast & crew in a "picture in picture" mode.
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
2005
as Miss Taylor
Kamran is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is the 11th Century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Kha...
A Mighty Wind
2003
as Supreme Folk Defense Lawyer
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actress
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest....
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002
as Self
A look back at the classic 1964 film of horror and suspense starring Joan Crawford as an axe-murderer just released from the mental hospital. Includes...
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopki...
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Rose Kennedy
Told in flashbacks as Jackie reflects on her life, mini is divided in two parts: Life as a Kennedy and life after Camelot.
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Mary Francis
1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead, ...
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
2000
as Self
This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving parti...
About Sarah
1998
as Lila Hollingsworth
When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited by her normal daughter.
Murder at 1600
1997
as Kitty Neil
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Desp...
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. D...
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Louise Boylar
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female cho...
The Cable Guy
1996
as Steven's Mother
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous ...
The Net
1995
as Mrs. Bennett
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'su...
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Charlotte Gilchrist
In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. The two...
Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Abigail Tate
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1960s Portland, Oregon.
Twenty Bucks
1993
as Ruth Adams
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
The Joy Luck Club
1993
as Mrs. Jordan
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
The Shot
1993
as Sylvia
A freelance celebrity photographer tracks down his most elusive subject - a singer who went into hiding 10 years ago.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992
as Laura Parrish
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this ...
The Haunted
1991
as Lorraine Warren
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed ...
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Senator Ruth Martin
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatri...
The Closer
1990
as Beatrice Grant
Aiello plays a powerful salesman whose world is falling apart.
Never Never Land
1980
Producer
Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead f...
The Pilot
1980
as Pat Simpson
Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an ...
Fugitive Family
1980
as Ellen 'Ellie' Roberts
To the world Brian Roberts looks like a successful businessman, with a lovely wife and two children all living in a dream home. Nevertheless, he has r...
Baker's Hawk
1976
as Jenny Baker
When a young boy nurses an injured hawk back to health, he gains newfound courage and confidence on his own.
Halfway to Danger
1975
A woman rents a mansion to use as a halfway house for delinquent girls but a killer shows up.
The Last Survivors
1975
as Marilyn West
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an ap...
The Dream Makers
1975
as Mary Stone
A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
as Katie Nolan
The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.
Killer by Night
1972
as Tracey Morrow
A doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is using all his resources to track down a cop-killer.
A Little Game
1971
as Elaine Hamilton
A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the b...
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971
as Eydie
A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son.
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971
as Carol Swanson
After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he me...
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971
as Rachel Jarvis
A social climber/con artist schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a dying man.
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Peggy Pulska
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless. When he wakes up he is told th...
The D.A.: Murder One
1969
as Mary Brokaw
A Deputy District Attorney suspects that a nurse has been murdering her rich husbands and relatives by giving them unneeded insulin doses, but his sup...
Trial Run
1969
as Carole Trenet
A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burden...
Krakatoa, East of Java
1968
as Laura Travers
A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
as Suzie 'S.J' Clemens
Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stoma...
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
1966
as Amilia Rathmore
A dying marshal deputizes a drifter to deliver the two killers in his custody to prison. However, the new deputy must elude a pair of bounty hunters w...
Inherit the Wind
1965
as Rachel Brown
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal min...
Mirage
1965
as Shela
In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and w...
Della
1964
as Jenny Chappell
Della Chappell is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. When a big company wants to develop some land that Della owns, the town sends out Bar...
Marnie
1964
as Lil Mainwaring
Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
Sands of Beersheba
1964
as Susan
During the Palestinian War of 1948, an American falls in love with her late fiance's friend, an Israeli gunrunner.
Strait-Jacket
1964
as Carol Harbin
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
1964
as Vivia Mandore
Terrified of being buried alive, a woman installs a phone in her crypt. A few days after her death, the phone suddenly rings and paranormal investigat...
The Prize
1963
as Emily Stratman
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now ...
Stolen Hours
1963
as Ellen
A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor falls in love with her doctor.
Nine Hours to Rama
1963
as Sheila
José Ferrer and Horst Buchholz star in this fictionalised account of events leading up to the assassination of Indian spiritual leader and independenc...
The 300 Spartans
1962
as Ellas
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hol...
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Carolyn
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an...
The Wizard of Baghdad
1961
as Princess Yasmin
A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a pro...
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
as Tess MacLean
Fourth reworking of the classic Grace Miller White novel, this time updated to the 60s, with young Scottish lassie Tess (Diane Baker) becoming embroil...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
as Jenny Lindenbrook
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
The Best of Everything
1959
as April Morrison
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as Margot Frank
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.