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Lois Baxter | |
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| Born | 26 April 1947 Bridgwater, Somerset, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | David Savile (m. 1974) |
| Parent(s) | Dr John Baxter Christine D. Baxter (née Arkens) |
Lois Ann Baxter (born 26 April 1947) is a British actress, [1] known for playing Marie Stanton in Coronation Street from 1976 to 1977, and Lady Caroline in the period drama When the Boat Comes In .
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Baxter was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, the daughter of Dr John Baxter and Christine D. Baxter (née Arkens). The family later moved to Worthen in Shropshire where her father was a GP for many years. She attended Shrewsbury High School from 1951 to 1959 when she left for Moreton Hall School. [2]
Other appearances include: The Black Stuff , Spyder's Web , Within These Walls , Hadleigh , Z-Cars , Van der Valk , Crown Court , Doctor Who (as Madame Lamia in The Androids of Tara ), [2] Dickens of London (as Mary Hogarth, Charles Dickens' sister-in-law), [2] All Creatures Great and Small , Angels , Minder , The Cleopatras , Bergerac , Tales of the Unexpected , Dempsey and Makepeace , Casualty , Holby City , The Bill and The Comic Strip Presents . [3] [4] She has guest-starred in the audio dramas Sapphire and Steel: Cruel Immortality , Circular Time and The Adolescence of Time . [5] She appeared as QC Joyce in 2004's “Shadowplay”, S4:E11&12 of Waking the Dead.
