Baby Doll

1956 film by Elia Kazan
Movie film Q797849
Baby Doll
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Summary

Baby Doll is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,323 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Elia Kazan[3]
  • Screenwriter: Tennessee Williams[4]
  • Composer: Kenyon Hopkins[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Cast member: Karl Malden[7], Carroll Baker[8], Eli Wallach[9], Mildred Dunnock[10], Rip Torn[11], Lonny Chapman[12], Madeleine Sherwood[13]
  • Producer: Elia Kazan[14]
  • Director of photography: Boris Kaufman[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Commons category: Baby Doll (film)[17]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[18]
  • Review score: 8.1/10[19], 83%[20]
  • Color: color[21], black-and-white[22]
  • Country of origin: United States[23]
  • Publication date: December 18, 1956[24], 1956[25]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[26], Netflix[27]
  • Narrative location: Mississippi[28]
  • Main subject: virginity[29]
  • Film editor: Gene Milford[30]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[31], Academy Award for Best Actress[32], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[33], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[34]
  • Title: Baby Doll[35]
  • Different from: Baby Doll / Babydoll[36]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[37]
  • Duration: 114 minutes[38]
  • Production designer: Richard Sylbert[39]
  • RARS rating: 16+[40]

Why It Matters

Baby Doll has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . adorocinema.com. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . adorocinema.com. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . adorocinema.com. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Ampas collections film id → W065017
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 48973
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 26623
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Richard Sylbert
    Publication date → +1956-12-18T00:00:00Z, +1956-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Tennessee Williams
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+114'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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