Blanche Baker Bio

Who is Blanche Baker?

Blanche Baker is an American actress and filmmaker. She is popular for her role as Ginny Baker in ‘Sixteen Candles’. She is the winner of Emmy Award in the category Best Supporting Actress for her work in the mini-series, ‘Holocaust’.

Blanche Baker: Age(62), Parents, Siblings, Family

She was born on December 20, 1956, in New York City, New York, USA. She is currently 62 years old. Her father’s name is Jack Garfein(director) and her mother’s name is Carroll Baker(actress). Her mother converted to Judaism and her father is a Jew from Carpathian Ruthenia, who survived the Holocaust. She has a brother named Herschel Garfein.

She spent her early childhood in Italy where her mother had already established a film career after leaving Hollywood in the mid-1980s.

Blanche holds American citizenship and her ethnicity is a mix of English, Polish, and Irish.

Blanche Baker: Education, School/College University

Talking about her education history, she attended Wellesley College from 1974 to 1976 and later studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio, the American School in London, and at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.

Blanche Baker: Professional Life and Career

She debuted her television carer from the role of Anna Weiss in the miniseries ‘Holocaust’ and subsequently appeared in TV movies like ‘Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith’, ‘The Day the Bubble Burst’, ‘Embassy’, ‘Taking Chance’, and many more.

From 1980 to 1981, she portrayed the leading role in Edward Albee’s stage adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel ‘Lolita’ but the play was picketed by feminists, who were outraged by the theme of pedophilia. However, writer of ‘People’, Mark Donovan told that the role of Blanche was “breathtaking” and “beguiling”.

Also, Blanche Baker is active in a film career. She debuted from the role of Janet in ‘The Seduction of Joe Tynan’ in 1979. After that, she appeared as Leslie Christo in ‘Cold Feet’ in 1983, Gail Feinberger in ‘Shakedown’ in 1988, Barbara in ‘Dead Funny’ in 1994, Ruth Chandler in ‘The Girl Next Door’ in 2007, and as Sister Filomena in ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’ in 2014.

Blanche Baker: Awards, Nominations

She won Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series for ‘Holocaust’ in 1978, won Festival Prize in the category Best Actress for ‘Jersey Justice’ in 2013, won Festival Award in the category Best Ensemble Cast for ‘Cries of the Unborn’ in 2015, and nominated several times in her career.

Blanche Baker: Net Worth, Income, Salary

She must have earned a huge sum of money from her career however, she has not revealed her net worth, salary, and income.

Blanche Baker: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

The 62 years old actress has been successful in maintaining her celebrity status and she has not been involved in any types of rumors and controversies in her career.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

She has a height of 5 ft. 5 inches and weighs 55 kg. Blanche Baker has blue eyes and blonde hair. Her body measurement is 34-26-34 inches. Her shoe size is 8(US), dress size is 6(US), and her bra size is 34B.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Blanche Baker has around 506 followers on Instagram, but she does not seem to be active on Facebook and Twitter.

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