Johanna Baer
Johanna E. Baer (born June 11, 1961) is an American former dancer and child actress, who has also performed as a narrator and voice actress, most notably as Lila in the animated feature film Snoopy, Come Home.
Education and career
Baer is the daughter of conductor and theater director William R. Baer[1][2] and Wanda Duvall Baer.[3] She lived in San Rafael as a child.[1][2] As a child, Baer did modeling.[1][4][5] She trained from a young age at the San Francisco Conservatory of Ballet and Theater Arts.[5] She was a member of the Ballet Celeste of San Francisco between the ages of six and fourteen.[1][4][6] She appeared with them as Red Riding Hood at the age of six,[1][4] followed by Sleeping Beauty[1] and The Nutcracker, in which she danced in the corps de ballet aged seven,[1] at the age of eight, took the role of Clara,[5][7] and in 1972, danced the Sugar Plum Fairy with "grace, beauty, ease, perfect timing, excelling in all the ballet steps and positions."[8] She also appeared with the Bolshoi Ballet when they performed in San Francisco in 1968,[1][7] and with the American Ballet in 1970.[3]
In 1972, she appeared in the animated feature film Snoopy, Come Home as the (non-singing) voice of Lila,[9][10] and in the TV movie The People, opposite Kim Darby and William Shatner. The same year, she danced with the American Ballet Theatre in a production of Études,[2] and performed with the American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory in Jean Giraudoux's The Enchanted.[11] In 1977, she narrated Through the Looking-Glass by Deems Taylor in a performance by the Napa Symphony Orchestra,[12] and won a scholarship to the North Carolina School of the Arts.[12]
In 1978, she was a member of the American Ballet Theatre's Repertory Company.[13] A New York Times review of their performance of Elusive Garden observed that "An inventive love duet for Johanna Baer and John Gardner, as Delius, was the high point of the ballet. With her assured stage presence and clean line, Miss Baer is one of the most interesting dancers in the company."[13]
In her late teens, she played a dancer in the 1979 musical film Hair. She was a member of the Feld Ballet in 1979[14] and 1980,[15][16] and joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1984.[17][16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Youngster in 'Nutcracker'". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 3 December 1968. p. 6. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "To Dance Saturday". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 18 February 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dunn, Bernice (7 February 1970). "Conservatory Theater Will Present 10 Plays". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. p. 7D. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Ballet Celeste will bring 'Sleeping Beauty' to Willits". Ukiah Daily Journal. Ukiah, California. 12 November 1968. p. 5. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Nutcracker Ballet Is Delight To Youngsters And Adults". Red Bluff Daily News. Red Bluff, California. 22 December 1969. p. 10. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ballet Celeste makes return visit to Bowl". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. 30 July 1975. p. A6. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "'Nutcracker' here on Dec.10". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 29 November 1969. p. 8D. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ Dunn, Bernice (14 December 1972). "Symphony Excellent, Ballet Only Fair". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. p. 16. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ "Youth come of age in the year 1972". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 30 December 1972. p. 8D. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ McCall, Douglas L. (2015). Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts. McFarland. p. 68. ISBN 9781476609669. Retrieved 11 September 2019. Search this book on
- ↑ "Young ACT Performers Stage Plays". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 24 August 1972. p. E47. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Next Napa Symphony Concert". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 12 March 1977. p. 8A. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Dunning, Jennifer (March 11, 1978). "Ballet: Repertory Troupe Opens". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ Cariaga, Daniel (8 July 1979). "Music, Dance News". The Los Angeles Times. p. 63, Calendar. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ "The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan: The Feld Ballet" (PDF). Ann Arbor District Library. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "S.F. Ballet's new dancers". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 18 December 1984. p. E7. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ Ross, Janice (2007). San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-Five. Chronicle Books. p. 178. ISBN 9780811856980. Retrieved 11 September 2019. Search this book on
External links
- Johanna Baer on IMDb
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