It’s been over 20 years since out actress Meredith Baxter ceased playing one of  America’s most beloved TV moms Elyse Keaton on Family Ties. While she’s had a few recent television gigs, including Family Guy and Cold Case, Baxter has just landed a guest role playing Lea Thompson’s mom on ABC Family’s Switched at Birth, according to TV Guide.

Thanks to the network that brought us gay friendly shows like Pretty Little Liars and Greek for casting Baxter, 64, as Bonnie Tamblyn Dixon, grandmother to one of the main characters, the well-oft Bay Kennish (Vanessa Marano) who was switched at birth with Daphne Vasquez (Katie Leclerc).

Baxter, who came out as a lesbian in 2009, began her career in the early seventies starring on television in Bridget Loves Bernie and Family, as well as in the acclaimed film All the President’s Men. She went on to become a bit of a TV movie queen before and after her stint on Family Ties. In 2010 she played twin therapists on Cathy DeBuono and Jill Bennett’s web series We Have to Stop Now.

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