Meredith Baxter loves her family time. The 79-year-old adores her family both on screen and off. Best known for starring as Elyse Keaton in Family Ties, Meredith is mother of five. She shares children ...

After years of playing wife and mother Elyse Keaton on Family Ties, Meredith Baxter (formerly Meredith Baxter-Birney) made a big reveal on the Today show this morning: she’s a lesbian. The news comes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are no ties like the ones with family that are tested the most, and nobody knows that better than the stars of Family Ties.

Meredith Baxter carved out a niche in the 1970s and 1980s as an easygoing, often-brainy, all-American blonde most prominently featured on NBC's popular sitcom, "Family Ties" (1982-89). Baxter arrived ...