Meredith Baxter and Patty Duke to Play Lesbian Couple on 'Glee

Noel Sheppard
April 13th, 2013 5:56 PM
There are going to be some serious LGBT surprises in the season finale of Fox's hit series Glee. According to a Friday report at E!, Oscar winner Patty Duke and longtime television star Meredith Baxter will play a lesbian couple.
 

'Family Ties' Mom Tells Matt Lauer 'I Could Have Been a Republican...T

Geoffrey Dickens
March 1st, 2011 1:41 PM
Actress Meredith Baxter, best known for her role as Elyse Keaton on the '80s NBC hit Family Ties, returned to the Today show set where, back in 2009, she announced she was gay and told Matt Lauer, on Tuesday morning, that her self-revelation could've been something, in her view, much more shocking - she may have realized she was "a Republican." On to promote Untied, Baxter was asked by Lauer…
 

‘Family Ties’ Mom: Coming Out is a ‘Political Act

Colleen Raezler
December 2nd, 2009 3:36 PM
Meredith Baxter, known for her role as the liberal matriarch Elyse Keaton in "Family Ties," came out as a lesbian this morning on NBC's "Today." Baxter told host Matt Lauer that she's a "very private person" and "not a very political person," but that she understands coming out "is a political act." "My understanding is that so much research has been done that says that if anybody knows…