Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1947
Anne Baxter The Razor’s Edge 1947
SEX WORKER ROLE
Wins Oscar For Playing A Prostitute
Anne Baxter The Razor’s Edge 1947
OTHER SEX WORKER ROLES
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 Prostitutes. 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.”
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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.”
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Four years later (1960), Anne would play the town prostitute in the epic western “Cimarron.”
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In 1971, Anne portrayed a struggling prostitute named Cleo in the film “Fools’ Parade.” All the characters, including her, chase after a bag of money.
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Finally, Anne portrayed the proprietress of a local brothel in the TV adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel “East of Eden” in 1981.
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Anne Baxter also played characters whose morals were dubious in One Desire, Bedevilled and The Come On.