Meredith Baxter Biography

Early Life and Career of Meredith Baxter

The actress Meredith Baxter was born in South Pasadena, California on 21st June 1947 her birth name was Meredith Anne Baxter and she was born to Whitney Blake her mother, an actress, as well as a director, and Tom Baxter, who was a radio announcer. However, her parents got divorced in 1953, when she was young. Baxter's nationality is American and her race/ethnicity is white.

Meredith Baxter has two elder brothers, Richard and Brian, who were raised by their mother. Later on, her mother got married again to Allan Manings. Baxter later got enrolled at the James Monroe High School, and after that, she went to Hollywood High School, from which she graduated in the year of 1965.

She first appeared in a few TV shows like ‘The Young Lawyers’ and ‘The Partridge Family’, soon after Baxter found her first important role in 1972 in the situational comedy series called ‘Bridgett Loves Bernie’. And in the same year, she also got to make her big screen debut with a minor role in the movie ‘Stand Up and Be Counted’. Later she appeared in the horror movie ‘Ben’ as a supporting character.

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In the following years, she appeared in a few TV movies like ‘The Invasion of Carol Enders’ and ‘The Stranger Who Looks Like Me’.

Later in 1976, she started gaining popularity for her role as one of the main roles in the TV series Family. Baxter had even earned two Emmy nominations for her performance, both of them in the category of ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series’.

In the same year, she played a supporting role in the political thriller ‘All the President’s Men’. The movie won multiple Oscars and it was directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Over the coming years, Meredith appeared in several other TV movies like ‘The Family Man’ in 1979, ‘Take Your Best Shot’ in 1982, ‘Kate’s Secret’ in 1986, ‘Burning Bridges’ in 1990, and finally ‘Bump in the Night’ in 1991.

Moreover, she also starred in the situational comedy series ‘Family Ties’, where she played the lead role from 1982 to 1989. The show was a real success and even won several awards as well.

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Although the actress wasn't very active during the 1990s, she continued to appear in several TV movies, some of them are ‘One More Mountain’ in 1994, ‘After Jimmy’ in 1996, ‘Spin City’ in 1997, and ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ in 2001.

Meredith Baxter's Net Worth

Meredith Baxter has been in numerous movies and TV series. Her current net worth is estimated to be around $7 million. She has earned a lot from her career as an actress.

Meredith Baxter's Personal Life; Who's She Married To? Is She Lesbian?

Meredith Baxter's personal life has been full of highs and lows. She started dating her first public boyfriend Robert Lewis Bush before the couple decided to get married. The couple tied the knot in the year 1966 however, sadly their relationship as husband and wife did not very long.

Soon enough, the couple started to have some serious problems in their relationship and because of this reason, they went through a divorce which was finalized in the year 1969.

The same thing happened later with her relationship with David Birney. Meredith then tied the knot with David in the year 1974 and after a lengthy relationship of 15 years, the couple decided to end their relationship in 1989.

Baxter had also married Michael Blodgett in the year 1995, however, this relationship too ended in the year 2000 with a divorce.

Meredith then married Nancy Locke on December 8th, 2013 and they are very happy with their non-heterosexual marriage. After marrying multiple times and giving birth to as many as five kids, she came out as a lesbian in 2009 and commenced her relationship with Nancy.

Meredith Baxter with her spouse Nancy Locke.  SOURCE: People

Meredith Baxter has a total of five children, two children from her first marriage and three children from her second marriage. Ted Bush is her eldest son, he was born in 1967. Next is his sister Eva Bush, she is the second eldest child of Baxter who was born on the 6th of August, 1969.

The middle child of Baxter from her second marriage is Kate Birney who was born on December 5th of 1974. And finally, the youngest of Baxter's children are Peter and Mollie Birney who are twins who were born on October 2nd, 1984.

Meredith Baxter's Body Measurement

Meredith Baxter stands at an impressive height of five feet seven inches and weighs around sixty kilograms. She has blond hair and blue eyes. Moreover, her body measurement is 38-23-33 inches, her dress size is 6 U.S. and her shoe size is 8 U.S.

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