Conversation so far:
what happened in 1964 to carroll baker?
Baker portrayed a pacifist Quaker schoolteacher in John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (1964), and.
what else happened after that?
received critical acclaim for the role.
what happened in 1965?
She then had a supporting role as Saint Veronica in George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Was she successful?
which brought her a second wave of notoriety in spite of the film's lackluster reviews.
What were some sex symbol roles?
she appeared posing in the December 1964 issue of Playboy.
Did she have any other sex symbol roles?
She was subsequently cast by Levine in the title roles of two 1965 potboilers-- Sylvia, as an ex-prostitute and con artist.

Question: What did people say about this?
Self-contained rewrite: What did people say about being cast by Levine in the title roles of two 1965 potboilers?