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Cast of Family Ties (from left): Tina Yothers, Brian Bonsall (added in season five), Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter, Michael J. Fox, and Justine Bateman Main cast [ edit ] Meredith Baxter as Elyse Donnelly Keaton: Steven's wife and the mother of Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, and Andy.
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- 176 + one film (list of episodes)
- September 22, 1982 –, May 14, 1989
- NBC
Family Ties: Created by Gary David Goldberg. With Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman. Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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- 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.
- Meredith Baxter. Meredith Baxter played the funny, understanding, voice of reason Keaton family matriarch, Elyse. Since 1971 Baxter has been acting on the small screen but her television break came a year later on the CBS sitcom called Bridget Loves Bernie.
- Michael Gross. For seven years Michael Gross played Steven Keaton, a nerdy architect who just couldn’t get his head out of the ‘60s. One of his other recognizable roles was Burt Gummer, a trigger-happy hunter out to defend himself and a small town from strange underground creatures in 1990s Tremors.
- Michael J. Fox. While filming Family Ties, Michael J. Fox also became a box office star with movies like the Back to the Future trilogy, Teen Wolf, and Secret of My Success.
- Justine Bateman. Justine Bateman played air-headed Mallory Keaton. During and post-Family Ties, Bateman appeared in several TV films but in 1988 jumped onto the big screen as Jennie Lee, the lead singer of an all-girl band alongside Julia Roberts in Satisfaction.
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Jun 9, 2023 · See the stars of Family Ties — Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Meredith Baxter and more — then and now.
68 Metascore. 1982 -2023. 7 Seasons. NBC. Drama, Family, Comedy. TVPG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Former 1960s flower children raise their kids during the conservative Reagan erain this sitcom.
