Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury, New York, on Monday, April 4, 1966, to Barbara and Don McKeon. She began modeling baby clothes for the Sears & Roebuck catalog at age two, and she and her brother did over 65 commercials in seven years. When her brother, Philip McKeon, won a role on the TV series Alice (1976), the family moved to Los Angeles. Nancy has starred in the television movies High School U.S.A. (1983), Poison Ivy (1985), This Child Is Mine (1985), and Firefighter (1986). She provided the off-screen voices for animated shows like The Puppy's Great Adventure (1979).