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Michelle Doris Thomas (September 23, 1968 – December 23, 1998) [1] [2] was an American actress. She was known for her roles as Justine Phillips on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1988–1990), as Myra Monkhouse on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1993–1998), and as Callie Rogers on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1998) until her untimely death from cancer.
The feel-good sitcom Family Matters premiered in 1989, and is perhaps best remembered for the family patriarch Carl Winslow’s (Reginald VelJohnson) feud with his nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel ...
White's first television role was a guest stint on The Jeffersons, in 1984.He later auditioned for the role of Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show.According to White, he was cast in the role (the character was originally intended to be male) but was replaced by Keshia Knight Pulliam when Bill Cosby decided to mirror his television family after his real life family. [6]
Harrison eventually joined the main cast in the 1992–1993 season. Soon after, Michelle Thomas was cast in the role of Myra Monkhouse, love interest and later girlfriend of Steve Urkel. Thomas was initially only scheduled to appear occasionally, but became a permanent member of the main cast in the 1994-1995 season.
Jaleel White finally addressed former costars Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton's past claims that he was "difficult" to work with on the set of Family Matters. "They're also over 70 and I ...
'Housewives' star Porsha Williams mourns the death of her cousin and 'Porsha's Family Matters' co-star Yolanda 'Londie' Favors, who died at the age of 34.
Family Matters was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren (who also wrote for, and were producers of, parent series Perfect Strangers) and developed by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett (who also served as executive producers on Perfect Strangers); all four also served as executive producers of the series.
He writes about both in his new book, "Growing Up Urkel."