Barbara Angie Rose Baxley (born January , â€" June , ) was an
American actress and singer.Barbara Baxley was born on January , , in
Porterville, California, the daughter of Emma (née Tyler) and Bert
Baxley and sister to Helen Baxley. She acted for six years in
productions of schools and Little Theaters before she had her first
professional role.A life member of the Actors Studio, Baxley also
studied acting under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the
prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York
City. Her first film was East of Eden, where she portrayed Adam
Trask's obnoxious nurse at the end of the film.In , she was nominated
for a Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) for her performance in
the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's comedy Period of
Adjustment. She appeared in Chekhov's The Three Sisters and Neil
Simon's Plaza Suite as well as the s Broadway musical She Loves Me,
which co-starred Jack Cassidy, Barbara Cook and Daniel Massey. She
also starred in the Broadway play Best Friend.
American actress and singer.Barbara Baxley was born on January , , in
Porterville, California, the daughter of Emma (née Tyler) and Bert
Baxley and sister to Helen Baxley. She acted for six years in
productions of schools and Little Theaters before she had her first
professional role.A life member of the Actors Studio, Baxley also
studied acting under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the
prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York
City. Her first film was East of Eden, where she portrayed Adam
Trask's obnoxious nurse at the end of the film.In , she was nominated
for a Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) for her performance in
the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's comedy Period of
Adjustment. She appeared in Chekhov's The Three Sisters and Neil
Simon's Plaza Suite as well as the s Broadway musical She Loves Me,
which co-starred Jack Cassidy, Barbara Cook and Daniel Massey. She
also starred in the Broadway play Best Friend.
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