Meredith Baxter and David Birney, 1982 Maureen Donaldson/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In 1976, she was the oldest daughter on Family, playing the role of Nancy Maitland.

Meredith Baxter, who came out as lesbian in 2009, describes herself as 'quiet, mousey and retiring' throughout marriage to David Birney.

Meredith Baxter, left, with David Birney in 1972 | CBS via Getty Images. They divorced in 1989, after a marriage that she described in her 2011 book Untied as one filled with fear of “the ...

Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me. She recalls in new memoir, "I'd better not get up because he's going to hit me again" By Blaine Zuckerman. Published on March 1, 2011 07:30AM EST.

Baxter and her partner, general contractor Nancy Locke, 54, have lived together since 2005. But for 15 years, Baxter alleges in her new book, "Untied," her husband, David Birney, was physically ...

He concludes by saying, “Meredith s own account of these years is its own rebuke to her credibility. In the memoir, Baxter, 63, who came out as a lesbian in 2009, claims that Birney struck her ...

The second installment of the Meredith Baxter Birney double-header is ”Inside `Family Ties`: Behind the Scenes of a Hit,” a WTTW-Ch. 11 production that airs at 8 p.m. Monday.

Meredith Baxter AP Photo, file (CBS) - In a new memoir, actress Meredith Baxter claims her "Bridget Loves Bernie" co-star and real-life husband David Birney abused her and struck her more than once.

After years of playing wife and mother Elyse Keaton on Family Ties, Meredith Baxter (formerly Meredith Baxter-Birney) made a big reveal on the Today show this morning: she’s a lesbian.. The news comes ...

David Birney thinks ex-wife Meredith Baxter's new memoir belongs in the fiction section. Claims that he abused her during their 15-year marriage are "an appalling abuse of the truth," Birney said ...

Just ask Meredith Baxter, star of "Bridget Loves Birney." In a new memoir, she says David Birney - her co-star in the 1970s sitcom and her real-life husband - struck her more than once.

Meredith Baxter is well-versed in making grand revelations on TV. In December 2009, the “Family Ties” star came out as a lesbian on the “Today” show.On Tuesday, she returned… ...