BAXTER, Meredith 1947–

(Meredith Baxter–Birney)

PERSONAL

Full name, Meredith Ann Baxter; born June 21, 1947, in Los Angeles, CA (some sources say South Pasadena, CA); daughter of Tom (a radio announcer) and Whitney (an actress; professional name, Whitney Blake) Baxter; married Bob Busch, June 23, 1966 (divorced, 1969); married David Birney (an actor), April 10, 1974 (divorced, 1989); married Michael Blodgett, October 19, 1995 (divorced, 2000); children: (first marriage) Ted, Eva; (second marriage) Kate, Peter and Mollie (twins). Education: Studied acting at the Interlochen Arts Academy.

Addresses: Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Manager—Binder & Associates, 1465 Lindacrest Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Publicist—Warren Cowan & Associates, 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite 919, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actress and producer. Designed her own line of cosmetics.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nominations, best supporting actress in a drama series, 1976 and 1977, both for Family; Emmy Award nomination, best actress in a motion picture for television, 1992, for A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Bridget Fitzgerald Steinberg, Bridget Loves Bernie, CBS, 1972–1973.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Nancy Lawrence Maitland, Family, ABC, 1976–1980.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Elyse Keaton, Family Ties, NBC, 1982–1989.

Flynn Sullivan, The Faculty (also known as Teachers Only), ABC, 1995–1996.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Meg March, Little Women, NBC, 1978.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Lauretta Pennington, Beulah Land, NBC, 1980.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Rena Carter, The Cat Creature, ABC, 1973.

Title role, The Invasion of Carol Enders, 1973.

Joanne Denver, The Stranger Who Looks Like Me, ABC, 1974.

Linda Flayly, Target Risk, NBC, 1975.

Linda Davis, The Night That Panicked America, ABC, 1975.

Julie Watson, The Impostor, NBC, 1975.

Mary Kingston, The November Plan, 1976.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Mercedes Cole, The Family Man, CBS, 1979.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Title role, The Two Lives of Carol Letner, CBS, 1981.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Carol Marriner, Take Your Best Shot, CBS, 1982.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Barbara McKee, The Rape of Richard Beck (also known as The Broken Badge and Violated), ABC, 1985.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Elyse Keaton, Family Ties Vacation, NBC, 1985.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Kate Stark, Kate's Secret, NBC, 1986.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Maura Wells, The Long Journey Home, CBS, 1987.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Title role, Winnie, NBC, 1988.

Eve, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, 1988.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Samantha White, She Knows Too Much, NBC, 1989.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Florence Tulane, The Kissing Place, USA Network, 1990.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Lynn Hollinger, Burning Bridges, ABC, 1990.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Martha "Red" Tierney, Bump in the Night, CBS, 1991.

Lilah Comminger, A Mother's Justice, NBC, 1991.

Title role, A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (also known as Till Murder Do Us Part), CBS, 1992.

Title role, Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick—The Last Chapter (also known as Woman without a Prayer: The Betty Broderick Story Part II), CBS, 1992.

Mary Ann Grand, Darkness before Dawn, NBC, 1993.

Margaret Gibson, For the Love of Aaron (also known as The Creature, the Kid & Margaret), CBS, 1994.

Margaret Reed, One More Mountain, ABC, 1994.

Joyce Wadler, My Breast, CBS, 1994.

Amanda Nelson, Betrayed: A Story of Three Women, ABC, 1995.

Maggie Stapp, After Jimmy, CBS, 1996.

Beatrice Hamilton, Louisa May Alcott's "The Inheritance" (also known as The Inheritance), CBS, 1997.

Voice of Cow, Dog's Best Friend, The Family Channel, 1997.

District Attorney Kerry McGrath, Mary Higgins Clark's "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (also known as Let Me Call You Sweetheart), 1997.

Sarah Weatherby, Miracle in the Woods, CBS, 1997.

Leah Garr, Down Will Come Baby, CBS, 1999.

Anne Cass, Holy Joe (also known as Man of Miracles), CBS, 1999.

Susan McKinley, Miracle on the 17th Green, CBS, 1999.

Muriel Davidson, The Wednesday Woman, CBS, 2000.

Mrs. Caroline Hubbard, Murder on the Orient Express (also known as Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express"), CBS, 2001.

Terry Stone, A Mother's Fight for Justice (also known as Crash Course), Lifetime, 2001.

Carol, Aftermath (also known as A Long Way Home), CBS, 2001.

Carol Boyajian, A Christmas Visitor, The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Lorraine, Home for Christmas, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Joanne, Vanities, HBO, 1981.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) NBC team contestant, Battle of the Network Stars XIV, ABC, 1983.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Night of 100 Stars II, ABC, 1985.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Missing ... Have You Seen This Person?, NBC, 1985.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1986.

Host, Diabetes Update '86, 1986.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Inside "Family Ties": Behind the Scenes of a Hit, PBS, 1988.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) The Valvoline National Driving Test, CBS, 1989.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) The 11th Annual ACE Awards, 1990.

Heart Attack: The Silent Killer, syndicated, 1991.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Whose Side Are You On?, CBS, 1991.

Presenter, 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1993.

Paula Hensen, Other Mothers, CBS, 1993.

TV's Funniest Families, NBC, 1994.

Cohost, Newsweek American Achievement Awards, CBS, 1995.

An All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling, ABC, 1998.

Meredith Baxter: Perfection & Reality (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Inside TV Land: The Pitch, TV Land, 2001.

The 3rd Annual Family Television Awards, CBS, 2001.

Herself, NBC 75th Anniversary Special (also known as NBC 75th Anniversary Celebration), NBC, 2002.

TV Movie Superstars: Women You Love (documentary), Lifetime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Interns, CBS, 1971.

Gloria, "The Victims," The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1971.

Jenny, "Where Do Mermaids Go?," The Partridge Family, 1971.

April, "Young Love," The Doris Day Show, 1971.

Ann, "Words of Summer," Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, 1972.

Herself, "Episode #137," Rowan & Martin's Laugh–In, 1973.

"And All Ye Need to Know," Doc Elliot, 1973.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Jenny Sutherland, "The Deadly Jinx," Barnaby Jones, 1974.

Paula, "Demi–God," Medical Center, 1974.

Erica Schiff, "A Life in the Balance," Medical Story, NBC, 1975.

Priscilla, "The Velvet Knife," Medical Center, 1975.

Jodi Dixon, "Deadly Silence," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1975.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Sunny, "Up against the World," Medical Story, NBC, 1975.

Faye Leonard, "Secrets for Sale," McMillan and Wife, NBC, 1975.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) "The November Plan: Parts 1, 2, & 3," City of Angels, NBC, 1976.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Liz Robson, "Sarah Who?," Police Woman, NBC, 1976.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Sandy Rytell, "The Captain and the Lady/One if By Land/Centerfold," The Love Boat, ABC, 1977.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) "Venetian love Song/The Arrangement/Arriverderci, Gopher/The Gigolo: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat, ABC, 1982.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1989, 1990, 1992.

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 1997.

Macy Flaherty, "Family Affair: Parts 1 & 2," Spin City, ABC, 1997.

Herself, Lingo, 2002.

The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003.

Ms. Jones, "Go Ask Alice," 7th Heaven, The WB, 2003.

Joan Tyrell, Nick's mother, "The Big Rules of Engagement Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2004.

The View, ABC, 2004.

Also appeared in What Really Happened to the Class of '65?, NBC.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, The Faculty, ABC, 1995–1996.

Television Work; Movies:

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney; with David Birney) Executive producer, The Long Journey Home, CBS, 1987.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Associate producer, Winnie, 1988.

Coproducer, She Knows Too Much, 1989.

Production executive, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, PBS, 1989.

Co–executive producer, Darkness before Dawn, NBC, 1993.

Co–executive producer, My Breast, CBS, 1994.

Co–executive producer, Betrayed: A Story of Three Women, ABC, 1995.

Film Appearances:

Eve Garrison, Ben, Cinerama, 1972.

Tracy, Stand Up and Be Counted, Columbia, 1972.

Debbie Sloan, All the President's Men, Warner Bros., 1976.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Patricia, Bittersweet Love, AVCO–Embassy, 1976.

(As Meredith Baxter–Birney) Amanda Faberson, Jezebel's Kiss, Shapiro Glickenhaus, 1990.

Ann, Elevator Seeking, 1999.

Kate, Devil's Pond, Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Eve, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Los Angeles, 1988; Sally Talley, Talley's Folly; Joanne, Vanities; Melissa, Love Letters; in productions of Guys and Dolls, Butterflies Are Free, and The Country Wife.