Juanita Gless, her great-grandmother, was an early settler of California who came from the Basque region of France.
[2] Her father, Jack Baur, was a veteran casting director at 20th Century Fox,[3] and did not want his daughter in the industry.
"[3] Baur left college to join a 20th Century Fox program for training actors.
[4] After actress Barbara Anderson left NBC's Ironside after four seasons, Baur was hired as her replacement.
"[6] Two years later, she said, "Officer Fran Belding is the hardest part I've ever had to play, because she's so straight, so normal.