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Meredith Baxter: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Meredith Ann Baxter
  • Birth Place: South Pasadena, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/21/1947, Gemini
  • Profession: Actor; producer
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Meredith Baxter Fast Facts:
  • In the 1970s, had minor roles in a string of TV series before landing the more significant role of Bridget Fitzgerald Steinberg in the CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie (1972-1973).
  • Made feature film debut in the 1972 thriller Ben.
  • Played the role of a young adoptee in search of her biological mother in ABCs 1974 made-for-TV drama The Stranger Who Looks Like Me; her real-life mother, Whitney Blake, was cast as her on-screen birth mom.
  • Became a household name with her seminal role as hipster mom Elyse Keaton on the popular sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989).
  • Starred opposite then-husband David Birney in the CBS movie The Long Way Home (1987).
  • Garnered a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her role in Other Mothers (1993).
  • A breast-cancer survivor, won a public awareness award from the National Breast Cancer Coalition for starring in and co-producing CBS's 1994 drama My Breast.
  • Developed Meredith Baxter Skin Care Products.
  • Spearheaded the Meredith Baxter Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.
  • Meredith Baxter Relationships:
  • Allan Manings - Stepfather
  • Brian Thomas Baxter - Brother
  • David Birney - Ex-husband
  • David Cassidy - Ex-significant Other
  • Eva W. Bush - Daughter
  • Kate Birney - Daughter
  • Michael Blodgett - Ex-husband
  • Mollie Elizabeth Birney - Daughter
  • Nancy Locke - Significant Other
  • Peter David Edwin Birney - Son
  • Richard Whitney Baxter - Brother
  • Robert Lewis Bush - Ex-husband
  • Ted Bush - Son
  • Tom Baxter - Father
  • Whitney Blake - Mother
  • Meredith Baxter Awards:
  • 1992 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
  • 1978 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
  • 1977 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee

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