New York raised actress Justine Bateman is the daughter of a film
producer father and flight attendant mother. She began acting at
the age of eleven, appearing in numerous theatrical productions
including "Up the Down Staircase," "Barefoot in the Park," and "A
Midsummer's Night's Dream." Bateman made her professional
theatrical debut in 1984 in the searing drama "Journey to the Day,"
in which she played Katherine, a suicidal young woman forced to
come to terms with herself in a mental institution. The cast
included her younger brother Jason, and her father Kent directed
the play while her mother Victoria assisted behind the scenes. In
1985 she starred in the ABC-TV movie, "Right to Kill" and a year
later, in the NBC-TV movie "Can You Feel Me Dancing?" in which she
played a spiritied blind girl who overcomes her handicap. She
hosted the original videocassette dealing with issues of teen
dating, "How Can I Tell I'm Really in Love?"
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– Unfortunately, SATISFACTION (88) utterly belied its title. Justine Bateman has since been steadily employed in such features as the stage-derived THE CLOSER (90), the low-budget horror item DEADBOLT (92), the political melodrama PRIMARY MOTIVE (92) and the ensemble comedy THE NIGHT WE NEVER MET (93).
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– Suffered from anorexia and bulimia for 10 years, during her Family Ties days; completed a 12 step program and turned to Christianity as ways to beat the diseases. Now she is recovering.
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– Justine has stepped away from acting and is now designing clothes for her own fashion line.
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– Hair color: black
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– Has a Maltese mother.
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– Was originally considered for the role of Veronica in the cult classic film HEATHERS (1989).
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