Georgette Franklin Baxter
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Georgette Franklin Baxter was a fictional character on Mary Tyler Moore. She was played from 1972, until the show's end in 1977, by Georgia Engel.
[edit] The dizzy one who landed the marblemouth.
Georgette was the somewhat dizzy girlfriend (and later wife) of marblemouthed news anchor, Ted Baxter. She made her first appearance at one of Mary's legendary disastrous parties. She worked as a window dresser at Hempel's Department Store in Minneapolis, Minnesota along with Rhoda Morgenstern. She was indeed devoted to Ted, but she also wouldn't take any of his shenanigans lightly either.
Eventually, after several starts and stops, they did get married in Mary Richards's apartment. They adopted a child named David, and later, she gave birth to a little girl named Mary Lou, named after her friends, Mary and Lou Grant. This birth also occurred in Mary's apartment.
She and Mary got along fantastically, and she helped somewhat fill the void that Rhoda and Phyllis left in Mary's life, when they left for New York and San Francisco, respectively.
| Mary Tyler Moore | |
|---|---|
| Main Characters | Ted Baxter | Georgette Franklin Baxter | Lou Grant Phyllis Lindstrom | Rhoda Morgenstern | Sue Ann Nivens Mary Richards | Murray Slaughter |
| Recurring Characters | David Baxter | Edie Grant | Gordy Howard | Bess Lindstrom Flo Meredith | Ida Morgenstern | Martin Morgenstern Dottie Richards | Walter Richards | Andy Rivers Marie Slaughter |
| Episode Guide | List of Mary Tyler Moore episodes |
