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Meredith Baxter Biography
Birth Name:
Meredith Ann Baxter
Birth Place:
South Pasadena, California, United States
Profession
Actor, producer
Fast Facts
- Made feature-film debut in the 1972 thriller Ben
- Played the role of a young adoptee in search of her biological mother in the 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
- Starred opposite then-husband David Birney in the CBS movie The Long Way Home (1987)
- A breast-cancer survivor, she received a public-awareness award from the National Breast Cancer Coalition for starring in and coproducing the 1994 drama My Breast
- Developed Meredith Baxter Skin Care Products
- Spearheaded the Meredith Baxter Foundation for Breast Cancer Research
Awards
- 1992Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special: nominated
- 1978Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1977Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: nominated
Relationships
- Brian Thomas Baxter -- Brother
- Richard Whitney Baxter -- Brother
- Eva W. Bush -- Daughter
- Kate Birney -- Daughter
- Mollie Elizabeth Birney -- Daughter
- Tom Baxter -- Father
- Peter David Edwin Birney -- Son
- Ted Bush -- Son
- Nancy Locke -- Wife