Meredith MacRae, actress, 56

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Sunday July 16 3:28 PM ET

''Petticoat Junction'' star Meredith MacRae dies

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television actress Meredith MacRae, best known as a
talk show host and for her role as Billie Jo in the series ``Petticoat
Junction,'' died on Friday of brain cancer, her publicist said.

MacRae died at her home in the coastal suburb of Manhattan Beach. She was
56.

The oldest of four children, MacRae was born into a show business family.
Her mother is actress Sheila MacRae, and Meredith MacRae made her screen
debut alongside her father Gordon MacRae in the 1953 film ``By the Light Of
The Silvery Moon.''

She became a regular as in the series ``My Three Sons'' in the 1960s as a
girlfriend of one of the sons. She later had a starring role as Billie Jo
Bradley in ``Petticoat Junction.``

In the 1980s, she co-hosted the Los Angeles talk show ''Mid-Morning L.A.''

She is survived by her husband, Phil Neal, her daughter, Allison Mullavey,
her mother, a sister and two brothers as well as two stepsons.

Reuters/Variety

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