Family Matters characters with summaries



Steve Urkel Steve Urkel Quotes:
Steve is a stereotypical nerd, with large, thick eyeglasses, "high-water" pants held up by suspenders. Add a high-pitch nasal tone voice and snorting laugh. He is also quite accident-prone. "Did I do that?"
"Look what you did."
"Shh! Not while I'm pouring."
carl Winslow carl Winslow Quotes:
Carl inslow is the husband of Harriette, Son of Estelle, and Father of Laura, Judy and Eddie. Carl is an officer for the Chicago Police Department. "Go home Steve."
Harriette Winslow Harriette Winslow Quotes:
Carl's wife, Rachel's sister, and mother of Eddie, Laura and Judy. She is a very strong-willed woman. She holds her role as a mother and as a working woman with high regard. "Go home Steve."
Laura Winslow Laura Lee Winslow Quotes:
Laura is the oldest daughter of Harriette and Carl and the object of Steve's affections. She makes high grades. She continuosly rejects Steve for years. "Go home Steve."
Eddie Winslow Edward 'Eddie' James Arthur Winslow Quotes:
Eddie is a casual NBA, NFL fan and jock and is the only son and oldest child of Carl and Harriette. He likes singing and sweet talking girls. "Go home Steve."
Judy Winslow Judy Winslow Quotes:
Judy is the younger daughter and youngest child of Carl and Harriette. She enjoys a close relationship with Laura. She later disappeared from the show.
Rachel Crawford Rachel Crawford Quotes:
Rachel is Harriette's sister. She is the mother of Richie. She also opens a hamburger joint, "Rachel's Place".
Mother Winslow Estelle 'Mother' Winslow Quotes:
Estelle is mother of Carl. She moves in with the family. Despite her old age, she is very active, frequently going on dates and displaying a "man hungry" demeanor.
Richie Crawford Richie Crawford Quotes:
Richie is Rachel's son and nephew to Carl and Harriette. He becomes friends with 3J. He often dances Michael Jackson style.

Other Notable Charaters


Waldo Geraldo Faldo Waldo Geraldo Faldo
Waldo was the dim-witted best friend of Eddie. His most famous trait is his dim-wittedness and uncanny ability to misinterpret a simple question, comment, or directive.
Maxine Johnson Maxine Johnson
Maxine is Laura's best friend. Like Laura, she was pretty, popular and boy-crazy. She dated Waldo for a while, in spite of his dim-witedness.
Myra Monkhouse Myra Boutros-Boutros Monkhouse
Myra is a very attractive girl that is attracted to nerdy boys and polka music. During her relationship with Steve Urkel, she grew to become infatuated with him.
Greta Greta
Greta is a college student and Eddie's steady girlfriend. Her father was very strict with her and didn't exactly approve of Eddie. Greta is successfully able to fight off Myrtle Urkel, who is obsessed with having Eddie for herself.
3J 3J
3J's an orphan who becomes Steve's "little brother" through a program. He's streetwise and smart mouthed. He eventually is adopted by Carl and Harriette.
Stefan Urquelle Stefan Urquelle
Stefan Urquelle is Steve Urkel's alter ego. Steve's transformation chamber leads to Stefan's creation. Urquelle is popular and suave, especially with women, opposite of Steve. Laura falls in love with Stefan. Eventually, after Steve clones himself, Stefan is able to become his own person.
Myrtle Urkel Myrtle Urkel
Myrtle was Steve's cousin from the deep South (Biloxi, MS). Myrtle's branch of the Urkel family very wealthy. She has an obsession with Eddie, dispite his repultion towards her. She often tries to break up Eddie with his girlfriend.

-Some information taken from Wikipedia.org