"[She plays the role with] a piteously flimsy little twist of juvenile greed, inhibitions, physical yearnings, common crudities and conceits."
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Novelists from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesDancers from the United StatesActresses from PennsylvaniaWomen born in the 1930s
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Bosley Crowther on Baker's performance in Baby Doll (1956), The New York Times (December 19, 1956)
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