Charlotte Rae
Edna Garrett
Search results
Cast
Episode Guide
- 1. Rough Housing Aug 24, 1979
- Cindy must compete with Blair to be Harvest Queen.
- 2. Like Mother, Like Daughter Aug 31, 1979
- Blair's mother runs into an old high-school boyfriend during Parents Night.
- 3. The Return of Mr. Garrett Sep 7, 1979
- Mrs. Garrett's ex-husband proposes again.
The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s.
- 9
- 201 (list of episodes)
- August 24, 1979 –, May 7, 1988
- NBC
A group of girls at a boarding school learn from housemother Edna Garrett how to cope with adolescence. IMDb provides cast and crew information, episode guide, trivia, reviews, and more for this popular 1979-1988 show.
- (8.2K)
- Comedy, Family
- TV-PG
- 1979-08-24
News about Mindy Cohn, George Clooney, comeback
News about Diff'rent Strokes, George Clooney, Adventures in Babysitting
News about Actor Millie Perkins, Singer Jayotis Washington, Actor Linda Dano
Also in the news
Watch nine seasons of the classic comedy series about four teens at Eastland Academy for girls. See their adventures, challenges and relationships with Mrs. Garrett and other characters.
- John Bowab, Asaad Kelada
- 9
- Lisa Whelchel
- January 1, 1988
- Charlotte Rae (Edna Garrett) Charlotte Rae, who played housekeeper Edna Garrett in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, suggested the spin-off, as Mrs. Garrett left her duties with the Drummond family to take charge of the young ladies at Eastland Academy.
- Kim Fields (Tootie Ramsey) Kim Fields played the lovable Tootie on The Facts of Life, the youngest student at Eastland Academy. Fields already had other acting credits to her name by the time she booked the sitcom, including playing Janet Jackson's best friend Kim on Good Times and having already played Tootie (Arnold Jackson's girlfriend) on Diff'rent Strokes.
- Lisa Whelchel (Blair Warner) Lisa Whelchel got her start in the entertainment industry as part of The New Mickey Mouse Club, appearing on the show from 1977 to 1978.
- Nancy McKeon (Jo Polniaczek) Nancy McKeon started out working on soap operas, including Another World and The Secret Storm. She joined the cast of The Facts of Life during the show's sophomore season as transfer student Jo Polniaczek.
IMDb provides the episode list, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and FAQ of the classic sitcom The Facts of Life. Follow the adventures of four girls and their housemother at Eastland School from 1979 to 1988.
People also ask
Who are the actors in the facts of life?
When did 'the facts of life' come out?
How many episodes of 'the facts of life' were there?
Who produced the facts of life?
The following is a list of episodes for The Facts of Life, which ran for nine seasons from 1979 to 1988 on NBC. There were 201 regular episodes and three television movies ( Paris, Down Under, Reunion ). Two of the movies, Paris and Down Under, were originally broadcast as TV movies, but in syndication, they were split into four 30-minute ...
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the ...
