Hitchcock Chronology: Anne Baxter
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Anne Baxter...
1939
May
- Auditions and screentests for the role on the second Mrs. de Winter in Rebecca begin. Amongst the actress considered: Vivien Leigh, Nova Pilbeam, Joan Fontaine, Margaret Sullivan, Loretta Young, Anita Louise, Anne Baxter, Jean Muir and Audrey Reynolds. David O. Selznick's preferred choice is Fontaine.[1]
1952
July
- 24th - Hitchcock, Jack Warner and Montgomery Clift meet with Anita Björk in New York to consider her for the lead role I Confess and to conduct costume tests. Afterwards, Warner insists on casting another actress and Hitchcock selects Anne Baxter for the role.[2][3]
1985
December
- 12th - Actress Anne Baxter, who appeared in I Confess, dies of a brain aneurysm whilst walking down Madison Avenue in New York City, aged 62.
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pgg. 238-9
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 337-8
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 459
