One of Old Hollywood’s most enduring beauties proved she’s still a stunner as she stepped out looking absolutely fabulous at 88 on Wednesday.
The legendary actress, who starred alongside Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery in Marnie, turned heads during her rare outing in Los Angeles.
Dressed in a flowing top, a pink scarf and chic trousers, the star – who shared unforgettable scenes with Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs – looked as if she’d drunk from the fountain of youth.
She strolled the streets sprightly, sunglasses on and phone in hand, nearly six decades after her first major role in The Diary of Anne Frank.
Her love life was just as legendary as her Hollywood career, having been linked to Warren Beatty, Gardner McKay, Frank Langella and reportedly even King Hussein of Jordan.
Can you guess the eternally youthful starlet?
One of Old Hollywood’s most enduring beauties proved she’s still a stunner as she stepped out looking absolutely fabulous at 88 on Wednesday
The legendary actress, who starred alongside Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery in Marnie, turned heads during her rare outing in Los Angeles
She strolled the streets sprightly, sunglasses on and phone in hand, nearly six decades after her first major role in The Diary of Anne Frank
If you said Diane Baker, you are correct!
Baker’s rare appearance comes almost 15 years after her last screen role, in the 2013 TV movie The Surrogate.
Despite the hiatus, she looked every bit the Hollywood icon, proving that age is just a number.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, she trained rigorously in New York before honing her craft back in LA, eventually landing a contract with Twentieth Century Fox.
Her breakout came with The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), where she played Margot Frank, the elder sister of Anne.
She quickly followed that with roles in Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Best of Everything and Nine Hours to Rama.
After her studio contract ended, Baker continued to grace the screen in high-profile projects like Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie (1964) and Mirage (1965) with Gregory Peck.
Television also became a playground for her talents, including memorable turns in Rod Serling’s They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar/The Last Laurel (1971) and the offbeat Last Salute to the Commodore (1976).
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Diane Baker trained in New York before honing her craft back in LA, eventually landing a contract with Twentieth Century Fox; (pictured 1964)
Baker also appeared in the 1963 Cold War caper The Prize opposite Paul Newman and Golden Globe‑winning Elke Sommer, playing Emily Stratman amid a wild Nobel Prize espionage plot
Her breakout came with The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), where she played Margot Frank, the elder sister of Anne; (Baker left, with Millie Perkins)
Her 1991 role in The Silence of the Lambs cemented her status with a new generation of fans.
As Senator Ruth Martin, the distraught mother of Catherine Martin, she faced off against Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) in one of the film’s most tense moments, delivering the unforgettable line: ‘Take this thing back to Baltimore’
Her love life was just as legendary as her Hollywood career, having been linked to Warren Beatty, Gardner McKay, Frank Langella and reportedly even King Hussein of Jordan; (Beatty with Natalie Wood in 1962)
Baker eventually stepped behind the camera as a producer, taking on indie films such as Portrait of Grandpa Doc (1977) and Never Never Land (1980), and larger productions including the Emmy-nominated miniseries A Woman of Substance (1984).
She also portrayed matriarch Rose Kennedy in the CBS miniseries Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000).
Her 1991 role in The Silence of the Lambs cemented her status with a new generation of fans.
As Senator Ruth Martin, the distraught mother of Catherine Martin, she faced off against Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) in one of the film’s most tense moments, delivering the unforgettable line: ‘Take this thing back to Baltimore.’
She continued to appear in films like The Cable Guy (1996) alongside Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick, while balancing a famously colorful personal life.
Despite her many high-profile relationships, Baker never married and chose not to have children.
More recently, she has shared her wealth of experience as an acting instructor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, proving her influence on Hollywood spans generations.
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