| Blanche Baker | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Blanche Garfein |
| Born | December 20 1956 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | actress |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Magill (2003-Present) 1 Child Bruce Van Dusen (1983-2002) 3 Children |
Blanche Baker (born December 20, 1956 in New York City) is an American actress. She won the Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series in 1978 for her performance as Anna Weiss in the miniseries Holocaust. She is the daughter of actress Carroll Baker and director Jack Garfein. Baker was well known in the late 1970s and 1980s for her work in movies such as Cold Feet and Sixteen Candles. Her comeback role, and certainly most notorious performance, was in 2007's The Girl Next Door in her chilling portrayal of the psychotic Ruth Chandler.
TV Work
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2006 | Jersey Justice | Polly O'Bannon | Post-Production |
| 2006 | Underdogs | Marie | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Miriam Engles | Episode: Diamond Dogs |
| 1994 | Dead Funny | Barbara | |
| 1992 | In the Heat of the Night | Jenny Sawyer | Episode: Love, Honor & Obey |
| 1992 | Law & Order | Lucy Neven | Episode: Star Struck |
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Carolyn Tomlinson | Episode: Personal Demons |
| 1986 | Nobody's Child | Shari | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Allison Webster | Episode: Desperately |
| 1982 | The Day the Bubble Burst | Jolan Slezsak | |
| 1979 | Holocaust | Anna Weiss | Emmy Award winning performance |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2007 | Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door | Ruth Chandler |
| 1991 | Livin' Large | Kate Penndragin |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Ofglen |
| 1989 | The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet | Juliet |
| 1988 | Bum Rap | Lisa DuSoir |
| 1988 | Shakedown | Gail Feinberger |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | Amy Kaminski |
| 1985 | Embassy | Megan Hillyer |
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Ginny |
| 1983 | Cold Feet | Leslie Christo |
| 1981 | The Awakening of Candra | |
| 1979 | Mary and Joseph: In the beginning there was Love | |
| 1979 | French Postcards | Laura |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Janet |
| 1979 | Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith |
