<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Benjamin Franklin Engel (father) Ruth Caroline Hendron (mother) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Robin Ruth Engel (sister) </Td> </Tr> <P> Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Georgette Franklin Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show . </P> <P> Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Coast Guard admiral . Engel attended the Kodiak Island Borough School District, and Walter Johnson High School and the Academy of the Washington Ballet from which she graduated . She earned her college degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa . </P>

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