WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDY WINSLOW on Family Matters?!

[groovypq]

Didn't they do the same thing with the older brother from season 1 of Happy Days? (Chuck?) Or did they explain his absence?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by groovypq

Didn't they do the same thing with the older brother from season 1 of Happy Days? (Chuck?) Or did they explain his absence?

No, I think he just disappeared as well.

[VandalSquirrel]

The show just kind of changed from being about the family (and it spun off as the mom was the elevator operator where Cousin Larry worked at the newspaper) and became all about Urkel, which killed it. Urkel was a great whacky next door neighbor character, but not enough for a whole show.

Mother Winslow was my favorite character, hands down.

[LXA SE285]

In addition to losing her career, Jaimee Foxworth also lost her earnings from the show—her parents went bankrupt due to their over-lavish lifestyle while she was working, and a judge ruled that her trust fund could be used to pay off her parents' debts.

I guess I'd be bitter too if all this happened to me, but at some point you just have to move on.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

In addition to losing her career, Jaimee Foxworth also lost her earnings from the show—her parents went bankrupt due to their over-lavish lifestyle while she was working, and a judge ruled that her trust fund could be used to pay off her parents' debts.

I guess I'd be bitter too if all this happened to me, but at some point you just have to move on.

There has to be better protection for child stars from their parents' financial irresponsibility. It's less common now than it was 50 or even 25 years ago, but so many child stars were broke because of their parents. It's really annoying.

What makes it worse is that she probably didn't make that much money on Family Matters.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

There has to be better protection for child stars from their parents' financial irresponsibility. It's less common now than it was 50 or even 25 years ago, but so many child stars were broke because of their parents. It's really annoying.

I thought I heard something concerning this when the John & Kate marital problems originally surfaced. From what I understand, there are laws regarding child actors (the more strict being established in California) requiring that at least a portion of the money child actors make be "held" for them, in a trust (if I'm not mistaken), until they are old enough to do with the money what they wish.

I would look this up now if it wasn't 4am. Maybe tomorrow