Cynthia was born Cynthia S. Baker in Amarillo, Texas on 20 August 1947. She started her acting career at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois, in 1965. Through her extremely talented work, Cynthia was eventually signed with Shirley Hamilton Talent in Chicago, one of Chicago's oldest and most prestigious talent agencies. With a fresh start, Cynthia starred in many of Chicago's well known plays of the 1970s. Cynthia also became an "ace in the hole" for world-famous playwright 'Tennessee Williams (I)'. She starred in many of his productions until his untimely passing. Cynthia would later go on to work with Robert Redford , Tom Cruise , Roger Moore , Harrison Ford , Tommy Lee Jones , Tom Wilkerson, Bill Peterson and many more. Cynthia has also worked with Gregory Mosher , Bryan Forbes and the Cohen Brothers. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Wyatt Schuyler
She was nominated for a 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Cameo Performance for her role in "The Big Knife" at the Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
John is a kindly, well-liked old man in a small rural town. John has just killed a man named Dutch. Dutch had done a lot of bad things to a lot of nice people. Nobody in town would think to implicate John - nobody but Danny, Dutch's violent drunk of a brother. John's nephew Ben arrives from Chicago on an impromptu trip to his hometown as his uncle struggles to evade Danny's growing suspicions and looming threats. In this masterfully acted tale of small-town intrigue, one man's need for revenge may cost many more their lives.