Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, 1988
Retired actor and author Michael J. Fox and actress Tracey Pollman met on the set of his hit 1982 sitcom, Family Ties. Pollman was cast as Alex P. Keaton’s college girlfriend, Ellen Reed. While the on-screen couple didn’t last, off-screen these two knew they would be together forever. Together they share four children, Sam, Aquinnah, Schuyler, and Esmé.
Of course, they didn’t know what the future would hold for Fox, so when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, the couple vowed to tackle the disease one day at a time. 40 years later, this wholesome union has proved to the world and each other that love really is for better or for worse.