Actress Meredith Baxter, 62, best known as Michael J. Fox's mom, Elyse Keaton, on the long-running sitcom Family Ties, has announced that she is gay. A bit of a surprise. Baxter, who has been married 3 times and has 5 children (including Michael J. Fox - I'm kidding about that part), has been with her girlfriend for about 4 years now. Apparently she was aware of the fact that she was a lesbian for about the last seven years and now has decided to let the world know.
On NBC's Today, she stated "I got involved with someone I never expected to get involved with, and it was that kind of awakening. I never fought it because it was like, 'Oh, I understand why I had the issues I had early in life.' I had a great deal of difficulty connecting with men in relationships."
Baxter has been in several TV shows over the years, including Family Ties which ran from 1982 until 1989 where she played the mother of four with Michael Gross as her husband, Steven Keaton playing against Fox's right-wing character, their son Alex P. Keaton. She was also in Bridget Loves Bernie in 1972-1973, with future husband David Birney. Following that, she appeared on the hit Family from 1976-1980 as elder daughter Nancy Lawrence Maitland. Countless guest shots and TV movies up to the current day, she was even in Family Guy this past year (voicing her Elyse Keaton character from Family Ties).
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