Blanche Baker

Blanche Baker
Baker in 2019
Born
Blanche Garfein

(1956-12-20) December 20, 1956 (age 67)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present
Spouses
Bruce Van Dusen
(m. 1983; div. 2002)
Mark Magill
(m. 2003)
Children4
Parent(s)Carroll Baker (mother)
Jack Garfein (father)

Blanche Baker (born December 20, 1956[1]) is an American actress. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress for her work in the television miniseries Holocaust. Baker is known for her role as Ginny Baker in Sixteen Candles; she also starred in the title role of Lolita on Broadway. In 2012, she produced and starred in a film about Ruth Madoff titled Ruth Madoff Occupies Wall Street.[2]

  1. ^ "Celebrity Birthdays". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 20, 2023. p. A2. ProQuest 2905257080. Musician Alan Parsons is 75. Actor Jenny Agutter ('Call the Midwife') is 71. Actor Michael Badalucco ('The Practice') is 69. Actor Blanche Baker ('Shakedown,' 'Holocaust') is 67. Singer Billy Bragg is 66. See also:
    • "Chatter: Broadway". The News Journal. December 20, 1998. p. A4. ProQuest 2613813566. Actress Jenny Agutter, 46. Actress Blanche Baker, 42. Rock singer
  2. ^ "Ruth Madoff Occupies Wall Street — van Nguyen". Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.