Editing Carroll Baker
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There is a rumor out there, unfortunately stemmed from Wikipedia, that her birth name is "Karolina Piekarski". This is almost certainly false - see discussion - please add good source - i.e. not IMDB or NNDB - if re-adding it
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Baker was born and raised in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]] into a Catholic family, the daughter of Edith Gertrude ([[married and maiden names|née]] Duffy) and William Watson Baker, a traveling salesman.<ref name="yahoo"/> Baker is of Irish and |
Baker was born and raised in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]] into a Catholic family, the daughter of Edith Gertrude ([[married and maiden names|née]] Duffy) and William Watson Baker, a traveling salesman.<ref name="yahoo"/> Baker is of Irish, English and German descent. There is a rumour that she is of Polish descent but this is not accurate. Her parents separated when she was eight years old, and she moved with her mother and younger sister, Virginia, to [[Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="glamour">{{cite web |title=The Private Life and Times of Carroll Baker |url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show.php?id=18 |work=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen |access-date=June 28, 2017}}</ref> |
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According to Baker, her mother struggled as a single parent, and the family was poor for much of her upbringing.{{sfn|Baker|1983|pages=24–5}} |
According to Baker, her mother struggled as a single parent, and the family was poor for much of her upbringing.{{sfn|Baker|1983|pages=24–5}} |