Meredith Lynn MacRae was born on May 30, 1944, in Houston, Texas. She was born on a military base where her father was stationed. Meredith was bitten by the show business bug at an early age. Her father, Gordon MacRae was a singer and movie idol of the 1950s (Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956)), and her mother, Sheila MacRae...
Beach Party, The Census Taker, Earthbound, Norwood, Jonny's Golden Quest, China Heat, Bikini Beach, Calendar Girl Murders, Footsteps In the Snow, The Werewolf of Woodstock, Grand Jury, The Winds of Whoopie, Sketches of a Strangler, Vultures, Vultures in Paradise, I'm Going to Be Famous, The Chinese ...
TV Shows
Petticoat Junction, My Three Sons, $50,000 a Minute, The Winds of Whoopie
An avid game show enthusiast, she showed off her smarts as a semi-regular on the syndicated version of What's My Line? (1968) in the late 60s.
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Sidelined as a singer during her "sweater girl" heyday. She cut two singles on her own, and two records with her TV "sisters" Lori Saunders and Linda Henning, calling themselves the "Girls of Petticoat Junction," including a cover of "Thirty Days Hath September".
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The civic-minded actress received many awards in her later career: a Vesta Award for Excellence in Journalism, a Bronze Halo Award from the Motion Picture Broadcast council, an Angel Award as producer of the year's most outstanding documentary, a U.S. Senate Certificate of Commendation and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, plus honors from Women in Film, the American Heart Association, the League of Women Voters, the American Cancer Society, the National Council on Alcoholism, and was named one of the city's outstanding women by L.A. mayor Tom Bradley in the 80s.
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Mother, with Greg Mullavey, of daughter Allison Mullavey, who was born on August 12, 1974.
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Eldest of four children, her sister Heather MacRae was also an actress.
$1.2 Million
