UNTIED
出版时间:
2011-03
版次:
1
ISBN:
9780307719300
定价:
216.00
装帧:
精装
开本:
32开
纸张:
胶版纸
页数:
287页
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“I remember Sarah asking me, when I’d just begun therapy withher, what I looked for in a man. After a few moments ofsilent, tense deliberation I had it. ‘Hair,’ I blurted. ‘Hehas to have hair.’”
Meredith Baxter is a beloved and iconic television actress, mostwell-known for her enormously popular role as hippie mom, ElyseKeaton, on Family Ties. Her warmth, humor, and brilliant smile madeher one of the most popular women on television, with millions ofviewers following her on the small screen each week. Yet hersuccess masked a tumultuous personal story and a harrowing privatelife. For the first time, Baxter is ready to share her incrediblehighs, (working with Robert Redford, Doris Day, Lana Turner, andthe cast of Family Ties), and lows (a thorny relationship with hermother, a difficult marriage to David Birney, a bout with breastcancer), finally revealing the woman behind the image.
From her childhood in Hollywood, growing up the daughter ofactress and co-creator of One Day at a Time Whitney Blake, Baxterbecame familiar with the ups and downs of show business from anearly age. After wholeheartedly embracing the 60s counterculturelifestyle, she was forced to rely on her acting skills after herfirst divorce left her a 22-year-old single mother of two. Baxterbegan her professional career with supporting roles in thecritically panned horror film Ben, and in the political thrillerAll the President's Men.
More lucrative work soon followed on the small screen. Baxterstarred with actor David Birney as the title characters incontroversial sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie. While the series onlylasted a year, her high-profile romance with Birney lasted 15volatile and unhappy years. Hiding the worst of her situation fromeven those closest to her, Baxter’s career flourished as herself-esteem and family crumbled. Her successful run as Nancy onFamily was followed by her enormously popular role on Family Ties,and dozens of well-received television movies.
After a bitter divorce and custody battle with Birney, Baxterincreasingly relied on alcohol as a refuge, and here speakscandidly of her decision to take her last drink in 1990.
And while another ruinous divorce to screenwriter MichaelBlodgett taxed Baxter’s strength and confidence, she has emergedfrom her experiences with the renewed self-assurance, poise, andunderstanding that have enabled her to find a loving, respectfulrelationship with Nancy Locke, and to speak about it openly.
Told with insight, wit, and disarming frankness, Untied is theeye-opening and inspiring life of an actress, a woman, and a motherwho has come into her own. Meredith Baxter has been an actor for 40years and has five children. She achieved early success inthe comedy Bridget Loves Bernie; the acclaimed ABC dramaFamily and the popular NBC sitcom Family Ties. Baxtermakes appearances speaking on breast cancer, domestic violence,alcoholism and general life experiences. She lives in SantaMonica, California with her partner, Nancy Locke.
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内容简介:
“I remember Sarah asking me, when I’d just begun therapy withher, what I looked for in a man. After a few moments ofsilent, tense deliberation I had it. ‘Hair,’ I blurted. ‘Hehas to have hair.’”
Meredith Baxter is a beloved and iconic television actress, mostwell-known for her enormously popular role as hippie mom, ElyseKeaton, on Family Ties. Her warmth, humor, and brilliant smile madeher one of the most popular women on television, with millions ofviewers following her on the small screen each week. Yet hersuccess masked a tumultuous personal story and a harrowing privatelife. For the first time, Baxter is ready to share her incrediblehighs, (working with Robert Redford, Doris Day, Lana Turner, andthe cast of Family Ties), and lows (a thorny relationship with hermother, a difficult marriage to David Birney, a bout with breastcancer), finally revealing the woman behind the image.
From her childhood in Hollywood, growing up the daughter ofactress and co-creator of One Day at a Time Whitney Blake, Baxterbecame familiar with the ups and downs of show business from anearly age. After wholeheartedly embracing the 60s counterculturelifestyle, she was forced to rely on her acting skills after herfirst divorce left her a 22-year-old single mother of two. Baxterbegan her professional career with supporting roles in thecritically panned horror film Ben, and in the political thrillerAll the President's Men.
More lucrative work soon followed on the small screen. Baxterstarred with actor David Birney as the title characters incontroversial sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie. While the series onlylasted a year, her high-profile romance with Birney lasted 15volatile and unhappy years. Hiding the worst of her situation fromeven those closest to her, Baxter’s career flourished as herself-esteem and family crumbled. Her successful run as Nancy onFamily was followed by her enormously popular role on Family Ties,and dozens of well-received television movies.
After a bitter divorce and custody battle with Birney, Baxterincreasingly relied on alcohol as a refuge, and here speakscandidly of her decision to take her last drink in 1990.
And while another ruinous divorce to screenwriter MichaelBlodgett taxed Baxter’s strength and confidence, she has emergedfrom her experiences with the renewed self-assurance, poise, andunderstanding that have enabled her to find a loving, respectfulrelationship with Nancy Locke, and to speak about it openly.
Told with insight, wit, and disarming frankness, Untied is theeye-opening and inspiring life of an actress, a woman, and a motherwho has come into her own.
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作者简介:
Meredith Baxter has been an actor for 40years and has five children. She achieved early success inthe comedy Bridget Loves Bernie; the acclaimed ABC dramaFamily and the popular NBC sitcom Family Ties. Baxtermakes appearances speaking on breast cancer, domestic violence,alcoholism and general life experiences. She lives in SantaMonica, California with her partner, Nancy Locke.
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