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Whitney Blake (born Nancy Ann Whitney; February 20, 1926 – September 28, 2002) was an American film and television actress, director, and producer.She is known for her four seasons portraying Dorothy Baxter, the mother, on the 1960s sitcom Hazel, and as co-creator and writer of the sitcom One Day at a Time.
Hazel is a competent, take-charge, live-in maid in the home of the Baxter family. George Baxter is a partner in the law firm of Butterworth, Hatch, Noll and Baxter; Hazel calls him "Mr. B". George's wife, Dorothy (Whitney Blake), is an interior decorator, whom Hazel nicknames "Missy".
The series aired for five seasons, first on NBC with Don DeFore and Whitney Blake in the role of Harold's parents, George and Dorothy Baxter. In the fifth and final season (1965–1966) shown on CBS , the series was retooled after DeFore and Blake were dismissed and Harold lived with his Uncle Steve Baxter ( Ray Fulmer ), Aunt Barbara ( Lynn ...
Hazel, the live-in maid to the Baxter family, also serving as nanny to the children. [7] George Baxter, ostensible head of the household. [7] Dorothy Baxter, George's wife. [7] Harold Baxter, the son of George and Dorothy. [7] Katie Baxter, the Baxters' adopted younger child. [7] Smiley the dog. [7] Mostly the cat. [7] Two Ton, another cat ...
Known for playing Dorothy Baxter on Hazel (1961–65) Morgan Brittany: Mary Alice Carter "Opie's First Love" (8.01) Known for playing Katherine Wentworth on Dallas: Edgar Buchanan: Henry Wheeler "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter" (2.09) Known for playing Joseph "Uncle Joe" Carson on Petticoat Junction: Richard Bull: Bill Lindsay Mr. Jackson
The series also starred Don DeFore as George Baxter, Whitney Blake as Dorothy "Missy" Baxter, and Bobby Buntrock as the Baxters' young son Harold. Upon its premiere, Hazel was an immediate hit with audiences and drew high ratings. [31] In 1963, Booth told the Associated Press at the height of Hazel's popularity,
Baxter was born May 7, 1923, in Michigan City, Indiana, to Catherine Dorothy Baxter (née Wright; 1894–1979), whose father was the architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright, and Kenneth Stuart Baxter (1893–1977), an executive with the Seagram Company. When Baxter was five, she appeared in a school play.
Smurfit married advertising executive Douglas Baxter on 29 July 2000 in Surrey, England, and gave birth to their first child, daughter Evie Dorothy Baxter in Dublin, Ireland, on 2 November 2004. A second daughter, Ridley Belle Baxter was born in May 2007. [7] Their third child, a boy, was born in November 2008 and named Flynn Alexander Baxter. [8]