Editing Meredith Baxter (section)

== Early life ==
Baxter was born on June 21, 1947, in [[South Pasadena, California]], the daughter of actress, director and producer [[Whitney Blake]] and Tom Baxter, a [[Radio personality|radio announcer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brant |first=Marley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3XnpqmYAxcC |title=Happier Days: Paramount Television's Classic Sitcoms, 1974-1984 |date=2006 |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=978-0-8230-8933-8 |pages=212 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3AxAQAAIAAJ |title=TV Guide |date=1972 |publisher=Triangle Publications |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref> After her parents were divorced in 1953, Baxter and her two brothers, Richard (born 1944) and Brian (born 1946), were raised by their mother in Pasadena. Her second stepfather was situation comedy writer [[Allan Manings]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Brant |first=Marley |title=Happier Days Paramount Television's Classic Sitcoms, 1974-1984 |date=2006 |publisher=Billboard |pages=212 |isbn=9780823089338 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3XnpqmYAxcC}}</ref>

Baxter was educated at [[James Monroe High School (California)|James Monroe High School]] before transferring to [[Hollywood High School]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Baxter |first=Meredith |year=2011 |title=Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering |url=https://archive.org/details/untiedmemoiroffa0000baxt_f5w5 |url-access=subscription |location=New York |publisher=Crown Archetype |isbn=978-0-307-71930-0 |oclc=768710740 |page=[https://archive.org/details/untiedmemoiroffa0000baxt_f5w5/page/34/mode/2up 34]}}</ref> During her senior year, she attended [[Interlochen Center for the Arts]] as a voice major, but returned to Hollywood High, where she graduated in 1965.<ref>Baxter 2011 pp. 41,47</ref>