Starting at 3, and my first show as a tiny dancer, the spotlight hit me, applause sounded, and I was hooked for life.

My Acting

I have been a performer and storyteller longer than I can remember.

The thing that amuses me now, except for dancing, is how little training I’ve actually had. I just always believed I could do it, and after a ballet scholarship won me a year of college, a lucky break took me off to New York to National Television, Off Broadway Musicals, and Modeling, where all my childhood dreams came true. The real miracle is that at such an early age, in my 20’s, I became aware of longing for something more.

Natural child birth and staying home to raise two sons became the next fulfilling chapter. When They went to college, I returned to ‘the industry’ I learned filmmaking by starting at the bottom of the crew list, and working my way up to direct 3 award winning documentaries, writing two books and a screenplay that actually got made and shown in theaters. 

Playing Mabel in Retirement House has made me a Social Media Influencer, and a comedic actress. I was hired for 2 shoots 5 years ago, and today we are still going strong with over 10 Million followers.

Because of the success of Retirement House Tic Tok invited me to do a live stream - gaylynnbakerofficial. I relish the opportunity to encourage social media participates, both young and old, to embrace aging but not to be tricked into ‘getting old’’ Life is a gift, do not miss being alive!