My Family

Plot

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.

Cast

Edward James Olmos

Paco

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy

Esai Morales

Chucho

Eduardo López Rojas

Jose

Jenny Gago

Maria

Elpidia Carrillo

Isabel Magaña

Lupe Ontiveros

Irene

Jacob Vargas

Young Jose

Jennifer Lopez

Young Maria

Maria Canals-Barrera

Young Irene

León Singer

El Californio

Michael DeLorenzo

Butch Mejia

Jonathan Hernandez

Young Jimmy

Constance Marie

Toni

Mary Steenburgen

Gloria