Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1947
Anne Baxter The Razor’s Edge 1947
Wins Oscar For Playing A Prostitute
Anne Baxter The Razor’s Edge 1947
SEX WORKER ROLE
Lorna Hunter Saunders in Three Violent People 1956
Dixie Lee in Cimarron 1960
Cleo in Fools’ Parade 1971
Faye in East of Eden (TV Mini-Series) 1981
First Three Characters Are Hookers. The Last Character Is A Madam.
Anne Baxter in Three Violent People 1956, Cimarron 1960
Fools Parade 1971 and East of Eden 1981
Anne Baxter became the first actress to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing a prostitute in “The Razor’s Edge.”
Watch clip of the film “The Razor’s Edge”
She followed up that part with several more hooker roles – four total.
In 1956 Anne played a reformed prostitute who marries a man for money in “Three Violent People.”
Watch clip of the film “Three Violent People”
Four years later (1960), Anne would play the town prostitute in the epic western “Cimarron.”
Watch clip of the film “Cimarron”
Then in 1971, she starred in “Fools’ Parade” as a down-on-her-luck prostitute named Cleo. All the characters, including hers, chase after a bag of money.
Watch trailer of the film “Fools’ Parade”
Finally, in 1981, Anne played the proprietress of a local brothel in the TV version of John Stenbeck’s novel “East of Eden.”
Watch clip of the TV miniseries “East of Eden”
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