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Nov 23, 2021 · Tina Yothers Played Jennifer on “Family Ties.” See Her Now at 48. The former child star put acting behind her to pursue another passion. Fotos International/Getty Images. By Lia Beck Nov 23, 2021. Anyone who watched Family Ties during its seven-season run in the 1980s will remember the four kids of the Keaton family.
- Lia Beck
- Michael J. Fox (Alex P. Keaton) Still a relative unknown when Family Ties began in the early-'80s, Michael J. Fox was given the part of straitlaced young Republican Alex Keaton when Matthew Broderick wasn't available.
- Meredith Baxter (Elyse Keaton) Meredith Baxter was best known for her twice-Emmy-nominated role of Nancy Lawrence Maitland on the '70s network drama Family when she took on the role of free-spirited mother Elyse Keaton on Family Ties.
- Michael Gross (Steven Keaton) Michael Gross had done a few TV movies before Family Ties, but it was his role as liberal TV station manager and father Steven Keaton that put him in the spotlight.
- Justine Bateman (Mallory Keaton) Justine Bateman's first acting role is also her most well-known, as the superficial daughter Mallory Keaton on Family Ties.
May 5, 2024 · Outside of her professional endeavors, Yothers is known for her philanthropic work and dedication to various charitable causes. Today she celebrates 51. Look back at a clip from “Family Ties” featuring Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton.
Feb 28, 2013 · Tina Yothers, who played chubby-cheeked, snarky little sister Jennifer Keaton on eighties sitcom "Family Ties," has a date with fashion destiny this Thursday night, when Stacy and Clinton make...
- Sarah D. Bunting
- America Needs to "Come Back to The Keaton's Kitchen Table"
- How They Scored Their Roles
- Things They "Stole" from Set
- Meredith Baxter Would Drive Michael J. Fox to Work
- They Had Lots of Fun — and "Got in A Lot of Trouble"
- There Was No Behind-The-Scenes Drama
"I just want to say one thing and that is, I loved the time that we were together. I think as you'll all agree, a kinder, gentler politics," said Gross, 73, "when ... Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan could sit down over a glass of Irish Whiskey and these two guys could hammer out compromises. And it was a great time. In the same way, we hammered out o...
Gross said he auditioned for the show in New York City, "where I was primarily a stage actor and soon heard in a couple of days that they wanted to see me out west. I was put on tape and the story from our executive producer, Gary David Goldberg, was that his daughter, Shana, was looking at some of these VHS tapes he was running and went, 'Oh, I li...
"I'll tell you what I do have, check this out," Gross said as he showcased a clapperboard from "show No. 83," which "John Pasquin directed." When the co-hosts asked Gross if he was given the clapperboard or took it, Yothers chimed in: "We stole this s---!" "I stole this lamp," said Yothers. "I stole this thing behind me that hung in the kitchen."
"I used to live in a cheesy little apartment in Brentwood," Fox recalled of his former westside pad, which was over a back alley. "Meredith would kindly give me rides to work. And she would show up — and of course, if we were supposed to leave at 8:30, she would pick me up at 8:30, I woke up at 8:29. She would honk the horn and I'd get in the showe...
Said Yothers: "Behind the scenes, we talked about Gary and running the show and how great it was, but behind the scenes we had so much fun. I mean, seriously, the water gun fights, Michael. The wrestling matches. We got in a lot of trouble, we weren't the most well-disciplined cast because we would have so much fun together. And people would come u...
Gross admitted that "I think I took some of how great we were together for granted. I didn't know how contrary some shows could be and how some casts quarreled the way they did. I mean, I just thought it was all perfection the way ours was and I didn't really understand that things don't always go this particularly well — that there was no controve...
Oct 3, 2022 · To celebrate the fictional family that made us all want to be Keatons, Wonderwall.com is checking up on the cast of this beloved sitcom to find out what they're up to (and look like) today.
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Oct 18, 2021 · Jennifer Keaton (played by Tina Yothers) is the Keaton family's third kid. Liberal like her parents, Jennifer is a tomboy who doesn't share Mallory's interest in heels and hairdos.