Blanche Baker is an actress of stage, screen and television. Born Blanche Garfein in New York, her mother is actress Carroll Baker (who won a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Baby Doll (1956) several months after baby Blanche arrived. Her father is stage director Jack Garfein, who later went on to direct movies and teach acting. After attending ...
Mark Magill (m. 2003), Bruce Van Dusen (m. 1983–2002)
Children
Wynn Van Dusen, Dara Van Dusen, Zane Van Dusen, James Magill
Parents
Carroll Baker, Jack Garfein
Siblings
Herschel Garfein
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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I did feel that I was in my mother's shadow and that I was always trying to prove myself. I think the truth is, it's you on the stage, it's you on the screen, in the end. There are more children of famous people that you haven't heard of...or they're in rehab and you've heard of them. So, it's a hard thing to overcome when you have a famous parent. And I think I was troubled by that. It was one of the reasons I needed to step back and come back now with this renewed appreciation. Forcing myself to start over again, which is a challenge and has been really interesting. I've been very fortunate, but I think that plays a part in it.
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Began exhibiting sculptures in 1996 under her married name of Blanche Van Dusen, and continues to sculpt. [March 2002]
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Went back to work as an actress and is starring in the independent film Jersey Justice (2014), currently shooting in Pennsylvania. [November 2005]
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Blanche Baker won an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series for Holocaust (1978). Her father Jack Garfein was a real-life Holocaust survivor who had been interned in Auschwitz.
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She studied drama at HB Studios in Greenwich Village in New York City.
In episode 207 of HGTV's Save My Bath (2006), Blanche and her daughter, Wynn Van Dusen (aka Wynnie), had their pink, industrial bath updated to 1920s Hollywood glam.
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At the WPA Theatre on March 28, 1987 Blanche played Shelby in the original stage production of Steel Magnolias.
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