Did I Do That? A Look Back At Family Matters

Where Did Judy Winslow Go?

Judy Winslow, the family’s youngest daughter, was played by Jaimee Foxworth from the first to the fourth season (though Valerie Jones appeared in the pilot). She was nine years old as the series began, and was attending sixth grade when she disappeared from the show without any explanation.

Behind the scenes, Foxworth was apparently asking for more money for her role, but the show’s producers decided to lose the role altogether. William Bickely, the co-creator and executive producer, would only give the reason that she was cut due to a “budget consideration.” It’s a little hard to believe no one in the family would notice their sixth-grade daughter had disappeared, but the show carried on as if she never existed.