Personal Life
Davidson was born in Artesia, California, daughter of Charlotte, a homemaker, and Richard Davidson, an airplane parts manufacturer.
Davidson has been married three times: first to actor Christopher Mayer from 1985–1986. Her second husband was former General Hospital, Port Charles, and As the World Turns actor Jon Lindstrom, to whom she was married from 1997 to 2000. Christopher Mayer and Jon Lindstrom were both stars of tv-series Santa Barbara, a show where Davidson also spent two years. None of them appeared on the show at the same time,though. She is currently married to actor Vince Van Patten. They have 1 child together: Jesse (born in 2003). They met when he briefly appeared as her "boyfriend" on a cruise on The Young and the Restless.
Davidson is related to several well-known actors through her marriage to Vince. Vince's father is actor Dick Van Patten ("Eight is Enough"). Dick's sister is actress Joyce Van Patten. Joyce was married to actor Martin Balsam. Joyce and Martin's daughter is actress Talia Balsam ("Mad Men"). Talia's first husband was actor George Clooney and she is now married to John Slattery ("Mad Men," "Sex and the City," "Desperate Housewives").
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