Biography
New York native Justine Bateman was 16 when she originated the role of Mallory, the eternally underachieving daughter of former student radicals Elyse (
Meredith Baxter-Birney) and Steven Keaton (
Michael Gross) on the TV sitcom
Family Ties (1982-1989). Before the series ran its course, Bateman tried to parlay her TV popularity into feature-film fame. Unfortunately,
Satisfaction (1988) utterly belied its title. Justine Bateman has since been steadily employed in such features as the stage-derived
The Closer (1990), the low-budget horror item
Deadbolt (1992), the political melodrama
Primary Motive (1992) and the ensemble comedy
The Night We Never Met (1993). In 1996, she landed a co-starring role on another TV sitcom,
Men Behaving Badly. Justine Bateman is the sister of
Hogan Family co-star
Jason Bateman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide