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Oct 6, 2022 · While actors like Rae, Cloris Leachman, and Alex Rocco have sadly left us, many of the show's stars remain active today. Let's take a look at what happened to the rest of the cast, what...
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Mar 4, 2023 · 'The Facts of Life,' a spin-off series of 'Diff'rent Strokes,' premiered in 1979. Here's what the women of Eastland School have been up to since the beloved sitcom ended in 1988.
Nov 30, 2021 · The iconic 1980s girls boarding school sitcom The Facts of Life is coming back to life, as Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union and more top stars have signed on for a reenactment special, Live...
- Charlotte Rae
- Lisa Whelchel
- Nancy Mckeon
- Kim Fields
- Mindy Cohn
- George Clooney
- Mackenzie Astin
- Cloris Leachman
- Felice Schachter
- Julie Piekarski
Mrs. Garrett was like the godmother everyone wished they had growing up. Charlotte Rae embodied Mrs. Edna Garrett with her kind eyes and words of wisdom. But Charlotte Rae was more than simply Mrs. Garrett, a housemother in New York. She was a comedian, a singer, and a Broadway actor with a career spanning six decades. After she left The Facts of L...
Lisa Whelchel starred as wealthy, preppy Blair Warner for the entire nine season run of The Facts of Life. Blair was the ultimate 80's teen queen with her spoiled attitude, success in school with grades and popularity, and her vanity. RELATED: 5 Best Network TV Comedies Of The 70s (And 5 Best Of The 80s) After The Facts of Life ended in 1988, Whelc...
Back in the 80's and well into the 2000's, tomboys were a popular character as they were girls who could hang with the guys. Every group had one and forThe Facts of Life, Jo Polniaczek was theirs. Nancy McKeon starred as Jo from the second season of The Facts of Lifeto its final ninth season. Once The Facts of Life ended, McKeon never quite hit sta...
Tootie, played by Kim Fields, was one of the original season 1 characters who starred in all nine of The Facts of Life's seasons. Tootie looked innocent, but her gossiping is usually what landed the group into trouble. To this day fans still quote her catchphrase, "We're in trou-ble!" Having played Tootie from a young age and for nine years, many w...
While Blair might have been the vain one with her blonde hair and petite frame, Natalie, played by Mindy Cohn, was the confident one. Mindy Cohn embodied Natalie's unwavering confidence with her plus size figure and fans admired her for it. Playing a sitcom character it can be difficult to transition to other types of acting, but Cohn became a succ...
Even though his time on the series was short lived, George Clooney'scharacter George Burnett made a lasting impact on fans. George Burnett was the handsome handyman hired to repair Mrs. Garrett's bakery, Edna's Edibles, after it burned down. George departed The Facts of Life after Season 8, but as most people know his acting career did not stop the...
Andy, played by Mackenzie Astin, was wise beyond his years as he was often helping the girls with their personal problems. With his upbeat attitude despite his troubling life, he quickly won the hearts of everyone in the four seasons he appeared on the series. Since the ending of The Facts of Life, Astin has played several reoccurring characters in...
When Mrs. Garrett departed in Sseason 8, Charlotte Rae picked Cloris Leachman to be her replacement as housemother and Edna's sister, Beverly Ann. Leachman has had one of the longest running careers in Hollywood. In 2002, she was awarded an Emmy for her role as Grandma Ida in Malcolm in the Middle, which became her fourth decade of being an Emmy wi...
When The Facts of Lifefirst aired there were several main characters that attended Eastland who were gradually written out of the series as it began to focus on the central four students. Nancy Olsen, played by Felice Schachter, was one of the students who fell to the wayside. After Schachter left the series her acting career never took off. Throug...
Just like Nancy Olsen, Sue Ann Weaver was another Eastland student who was written off the series by the third season. Sue Ann, portrayed by Julie Piekarski, was typically in competition with Blair for boys and needing pep talks from Mrs. Garrett about her lower I.Q. Piekarski's acting career unfortunately never led her to fame, but she did have se...
The Facts of Life (TV Series 1979–1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Aug 25, 2019 · 'The Facts of Life' last aired in 1988, so find out what happened to the cast after all these years — check out our gallery!
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The Facts of Life: Created by Dick Clair, Howard Leeds, Jerry Mayer, Jenna McMahon, Ben Starr. With Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon. Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
