Lois Baxter is a British

United Kingdom

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 actress, best known for playing Marie Stanton in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

from 1976 to 1977, and Lady Caroline in the period drama When the Boat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In

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Other appearances include: The Black Stuff

The Black Stuff

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, Spyder's Web

Spyder's Web

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, Hadleigh

Hadleigh (TV series)

Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same company...

, Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...

, Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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(in the serial The Androids of Tara

The Androids of Tara

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), Dickens of London

Dickens of London

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, All Creatures Great and Small, Bergerac

Bergerac (TV series)

Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...

, Dempsey & Makepeace

Dempsey & Makepeace

Dempsey & Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham...

, Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

and The Bill

The Bill

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. She has guest-starred in the audio dramas Sapphire and Steel: Cruel Immortality

Cruel Immortality

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, Circular Time

Circular Time

Circular Time is a British audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is produced by Big Finish Productions.-Circular Time:...

and The Adolescence of Time

The Adolescence of Time

The Adolescence of Time is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...

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Lois was born in Bridgwater

Bridgwater

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, Somerset on 26 April 1947, the daughter of Dr John Baxter and Christine D Baxter (neé Arkens). The family later moved to Nesscliff in Shropshire where John was a General Practitioner for many years. Lois attended Shrewsbury High School

Shrewsbury High School

Shrewsbury High School is a school for girls in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Founded in 1885, Shrewsbury High is one of the smaller schools in the Girls' Day School Trust, having roughly 750 pupils aged 3 to 18....

from 1951–1959 when she left for boarding school.

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