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Meredith MacRae(1944-2000)

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Meredith MacRae in Petticoat Junction (1963)
Scene Of The Crime
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Scene of the Crime (1984– )
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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 (Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956)), and her mother, Sheila MacRae, is an actress/comedienne and author, who is probably best known as Alice Kramden (1966-1970), during the 2nd incarnation of Jackie Gleason's The Jackie Gleason Show (1966) (aka "The Honeymooners").

At the age of eight, Meredith started her own acting career and appeared in the film By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), which starred her father.

She attended UCLA and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1964, she married Richard Berger, former president of MGM. They divorced four years later.

Meredith went on to starring roles in two of television's heyday family sitcoms: Petticoat Junction (1963) and My Three Sons (1960). She also guest starred in many other television shows including: Fantasy Island (1977), Magnum, P.I. (1980), The Rockford Files (1974), and Webster (1983) (the highest rated episode ever). She also appeared in several movies and had a brief singing career.

In 1969, Meredith married actor Greg Mullavey (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973). They had one daughter, Allison, born in 1974. Greg and Meredith divorced in 1992 but remained friends.

In 1995, Meredith married Philip Neal, Chairman and CEO of Avery-Dennison.

In 1999, she was diagnosed with cancer. In 2000, due to complications from multiple surgeries and allergic reactions to medications (which caused her brain to swell), Meredith Lynn MacRae departed this life.
BornMay 30, 1944
DiedJuly 14, 2000(56)
BornMay 30, 1944
DiedJuly 14, 2000(56)
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Smiley Burnette, Linda Henning, Tommy Ivo, Meredith MacRae, Judee Morton, and Lori Saunders in Petticoat Junction (1963)
Tim Considine, Fred MacMurray, and Meredith MacRae in My Three Sons (1960)
"Petticoat Junction" Linda Henning, Lori Saunders, Meredith MacRae
Meredith MacRae in Petticoat Junction (1963)
Meredith MacRae

Known for

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in Bikini Beach (1964)
Bikini Beach
5.4
  • Animal
  • 1964
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Rockford Files
8.2
TV Series
  • Lori Thompson
Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Magnum, P.I.
7.5
TV Series
  • Charlotte Graham
Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Frank Cady, Linda Henning, Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell, and Higgins in Petticoat Junction (1963)
Petticoat Junction
7.0
TV Series
  • Billie Jo Bradley

Credits

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Actress

  • Robert Carradine, Meg Foster, Mike Farrell, and John Saxon in The Killers Within (1995)
    The Killers Within
    • Talk Show Hostess (as Meredith Mac Rae)
    • 1995
  • Jonny's Golden Quest (1993)
    Jonny's Golden Quest
    • Dr. Rachel Quest (voice)
    • TV Movie
    • 1993
  • Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
    Batman: The Animated Series
    • She-Bat
    • Dr. Francine March-Langstrom
    • Francine (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • China Heat (1992)
    China Heat
    • 1992
  • Born Famous
    • Host (1987)
    • TV Series
    • 1987
  • Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
    Magnum, P.I.
    • Charlotte Graham
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Orson Welles in Scene of the Crime (1984)
    Scene of the Crime
    • Morning Show Host ("The Medium is the Murder" segment)
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Emmanuel Lewis in Webster (1983)
    Webster
    • Amanda Parson
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Vultures (1984)
    Vultures
    • Dr. Baker
    • 1984
  • The Fall Guy (1981)
    The Fall Guy
    • Meredith MacRae
    • TV Series
    • 1983–1984
  • Gina Gallego and Ketty Lester in Rituals (1984)
    Rituals
    • Estelle Cunningham (1985)
    • TV Series
    • 1984
  • The Census Taker (1984)
    The Census Taker
    • Martha
    • 1984
  • I'm Going to Be Famous (1983)
    I'm Going to Be Famous
    • Susan Barker (as Meredith Mac Rae)
    • 1983
  • Earthbound (1981)
    Earthbound
    • Lara
    • 1981
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
    • Dina DeWinter
    • Cindy Barker
    • TV Series
    • 1978–1980

Writer

  • Born Famous
    • creator (1987)
    • TV Series
    • 1987

Producer

  • Born Famous
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 1987

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Scene Of The Crime
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Scene Of The Crime

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Meredith McRae
  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • May 30, 1944
    • Houston, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • July 14, 2000
    • Manhattan Beach, California, USA(complications from brain cancer)
  • Spouses
      Philip Mark NealFebruary 4, 1995 - July 14, 2000 (her death)
  • Other works
    She appeared in two Los Angeles TV shows after retiring from the movies. She won two local Emmy Awards for the first, "Mid-Morning L.A.;" the second show, in which she interviewed the children of celebrities, was "Born Famous."
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    • 2 Pictorials

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    Died 14 years after her father, Gordon MacRae, and 14 years before her mother, Sheila MacRae.
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