- Was walking down Madison Avenue in New York City when she suffered her fatal brain aneurysm in 1985.
- Maternal granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), born in Wisconsin, and his first wife, Catherine Tobin (1871-1959), born in Illinois.
- Was on life support for eight days until family members agreed that brain function had ceased.
- Has the unique distinction of being the only actress to play two different guest villains on the television series Batman (1966), having played Zelda the Great during the first season and Olga, Queen of the Bessarovian Cossacks, during the third season. For the latter, she even learned to swear in Russian! Like most performers who guested on the series, she maintained that it was an enjoyable experience.
- While Bette Davis and Anne were both the stars of All About Eve (1950), it was thought that they would both stand a better chance at Oscar trophies if Anne were to be placed in the "Supporting Actress" category, thus avoiding each canceling the other out. Anne refused to be put in the supporting category. Sure enough, both actresses were nominated for "Best Actress" Oscars and both lost to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday (1950).
- Although she felt she was miscast in the role of Nefretiri (because of her Irish features), Baxter enjoyed watching The Ten Commandments (1956) on TV every Easter. She loved the film.
- When she was a child, she fell out of a sled and broke her nose. She never fixed it because she wanted to be known for talent and not her appearance.
- "Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!", one of her lines in The Ten Commandments (1956), was included among the 400 quotes nominated for the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes list.
- Starred in five Oscar Best Picture nominees: The Pied Piper (1942), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor's Edge (1946), All About Eve (1950) and The Ten Commandments (1956). All About Eve won.
- At 17, Baxter auditioned for the lead in "Rebecca" opposite Olivier, and had completed several tests before David O. Selznick decided to cast Joan Fontaine at the last minute.
- She was the studio's choice to play Bathsheba in David and Bathsheba (1951), but director Henry King told her he didn't think she could portray a biblical queen and gave the part to Susan Hayward. Baxter left the studio in 1953 and got her revenge the following year, when Cecil B. DeMille chose her for the role of the Egyptian queen Nefretiri in The Ten Commandments (1956), which turned out to be the most financially successful biblical movie ever made.
- In 1954 her part of Nefretiri in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) was regarded by columnist Louella Parsons as "the most sought-after role of the year".
- She and her third and last husband, David Klee, a prominent stockbroker, were working on renovations on a Connecticut home when he died unexpectedly in October of 1977 after only nine months of marriage.
- Bette Davis starred in the pilot for Hotel (1983), but then decided she didn't want to do the series. Her All About Eve (1950) co-star Baxter replaced her.
- Interred on her grandfather's estate at Lloyd Jones Cemetery in Spring Green, WI.
- Was initially cast in All About Eve (1950) because of her resemblance to Claudette Colbert. Miss Colbert was first signed for the role of Margo and the idea was to have Eve visually turn into Margo.
- A 14-year-old Baxter was called in to test with a youthful Montgomery Clift as Tom, but the actor's acne was so bad at the time that the test was never made and both were sent back to New York by producer David O. Selznick.
- Turned down the role of Polly Cutler in Niagara (1953) and was replaced by Jean Peters. After her withdrawal, the film was reworked to highlight Marilyn Monroe.
- Replaced Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing in the Broadway hit "Applause", the musical adaptation of "All About Eve".
- Maintained her primary residence in Easton, CT , on a ten-acre estate from the 1970s until her death.
- She has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), All About Eve (1950) and The Ten Commandments (1956).
- Smoked cigars and dyed her hair blond in the early 1950s in order to attract more publicity. She had left 20th Century-Fox and was freelancing at this point. She also transformed herself into a sex symbol, posing for cheesecake photos. The publicity stunt worked and she was offered glamorous roles.
- In August 1955, while filming The Ten Commandments (1956), she wrote a newspaper article for the United Press titled "Egyptian Queen Role Presents Problem For Modern Movie Star", in which she discussed ancient Egyptian makeup and perfume.
- Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Blvd. on February 8, 1960.
- Studied with strong-willed dramatic coach Maria Ouspenskaya and their disagreements often resulted in clashes of temperament.
- Campaigned for the title role in Pinky (1949) but Jeanne Crain, who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
- Daughter of Kenneth (1893-1977), born in Michigan, and Catherine (née Wright) Baxter (1894-1979), born in Illinois.
- Was made Honorary Mayor of Universal City in 1970.
- Suffered a miscarriage while three months pregnant in October 1960.
- Became a grandmother for the first time at age 61 when daughter Katrina Hodiak gave birth to a son, Tobin Vonditter, in September 1984. He was only 15 months old when she died.
- Gave birth to her third child at age 39, daughter Maginal Galt, on March 11, 1963. Child's father is her second ex-husband, Randolph Galt.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 28, daughter Katrina Hodiak on July 9, 1951. Child's father is her first ex-husband, John Hodiak.
- Turned down the starring role in Too Much, Too Soon (1958), the overly dramatic, highly fictional retelling of Diana Barrymore's misfortunes. The role went instead to Dorothy Malone.
- Was the 27th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Razor's Edge (1946) at The 19th Academy Awards on March 13, 1947.
- Was born in the same year Cecil B. DeMille released The Ten Commandments (1923). Baxter would later star in the remake: The Ten Commandments (1956).
- Mentioned in She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya as one of Ouspenskaya's acting students.
- She was a staunch Republican who gave much of her time and money towards various conservative political causes. She attended several Republican National Conventions, galas and fund-raisers, and she was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 38, daughter Melissa Galt, on October 4, 1961. Child's father is her second ex-husband, Randolph Galt.
- Was considered for the role of Pola Debevoise in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), but producer Nunnally Johnson chose Marilyn Monroe.
- Her memoir, "Intermission", was published in 1976. A paperback edition in 1983 by Arkon Publishers announced "Soon to be a major film from Harry M. Miller and Michael Edgley". It was to portray "her years in outback Australia". The film was n ever produced, From an Australian viewpoint, Baxter's location during the years 1959-63, with husband Randolph Galt on a cattle station (ranch), was not in the "outback". Rural, certainly, remote-rural, yes, "The Bush" perhaps, in the old phrase, but not at all "the Outback".
- Twice in 1973 (January and December), appeared on a popular TV show playing an aging actress who is trying for a comeback and is either a victim being blackmailed, gas-lighted or is the killer. Once in The Deadly Madonna (1973) and in Requiem for a Falling Star (1973).
- Paternal granddaughter of Charles (1863-1922), born in Ohio, and Dora (née Belcher) Baxter (1863-1942), born in Kentucky.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 51-53. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- Was born four months before Charlton Heston, her co-star in The Ten Commandments (1956) and Three Violent People (1956). Baxter was born in Indiana; Heston was born in Indiana's western neighbor, Illinois.
- Paternal great-granddaughter of Daniel (1840-1918), born in Ohio, and Emily (née Shepardson) Baxter (1836-1906), born in Michigan.
- In Italy, almost all of her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi, Andreina Pagnani and once by Rosetta Calavetta in Walk on the Wild Side (1962).
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