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No, she was mentioned before, but never made an appearance.

There was early criticism that the series shied away from showing any physical intimacy between Cameron and Mitchell. This was addressed in a later season, although the producers always claimed that they had intended to do so anyway, irrespective of the criticism.

Divorced. Mitchell and Claire's mother DeDe Pritchett has appeared on the show occasionally, played by Shelley Long.

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http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2010/01/modern_family_co-creator_steve.html On whether it's a documentary or not: Levitan said that in the original pitch, it was explicitly a documentary, made by a Dutch filmmaker named Geert Floorjte who had lived with Jay's family as a teenage exchange student and developed a crush on Claire (while Mitchell had a crush on him). In the end, he and Christopher Lloyd decided it was an unnecessary component of the show - especially since they weren't sure how much they liked the idea of their characters letting themselves be filmed.

"Its a conversation we have a lot," he said. "Is it a true documentary, or is it a family show done documentary-style? I prefer the latter because I dont like those families who let cameras in their houses in real life. I just cant stand those shows. So it makes me it would make me question them a little bit. Who would allow all of this to be filmed by a crew? So I like the idea that its just our style of storytelling."

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