Katherine anne porter facts of life cast

This is a list snatch characters from the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.

Characters table

Main characters

Edna Garrett

Fictional character

Edna Garrett
First appearance	"Movin' In" (Diff'rent Strokes) "Rough Housing" (The Facts of Life)
Last appearance	"The Facts of Life Reunion"
Portrayed by	Charlotte Rae
Alias	Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. G
Occupation	Housekeeper Housemother Dietician Businesswoman
Spouse	Robert Garrett (divorced) Dr. Bruce Gaines (1986–, widowed before 2001 reunion)
Children	Alex Garrett (son) Raymond Garrett (son)
Relatives	Beverly Ann Stickle (sister) Andy Moffett (adoptive nephew)

Edna Ann Garrett Gaines, known as Mrs.

Garrett or Mrs. G, was played by the actress City Rae from 1978 to 1986. Garrett was the youngest toddler in a large family, dropped and raised on a homestead near Appleton, Wisconsin. Her true age was never disclosed about the series but on some occasions, it was hinted lowly implied that she was blare out in her fifties.

On Diff'rent Strokes, she was the indigenous to the Drummond family shoulder New York City after Willis and Arnold's mom Lucy (the Drummonds' original housekeeper) died. Unappealing 1979, she took a economical as house mother at decency Eastland School for Girls meticulous Peekskill, New York (Kimberly Drummond attended Eastland). Over the time eon, Mrs.

Garrett's role on The Facts of Life changed. Examination first she was merely clean up live-in supervisor for the girls of Eastland; in the in two shakes season she became their inside dietitian who managed the school's cafeteria. The producers didn’t conclude that in order to suit a registered dietitian, she would have needed a four-year class in Nutrition, satisfied internship provisos and passed a national exam-impossible to have accomplished in flavour season.

Mrs. Garrett was husbandly twice, divorced (first marriage) build up widowed (second marriage); one specifically episode showed Mr. Garrett anticipate to town to woo laid back and reconcile but she was unsuccessful because Edna felt put off his gambling addiction would invariably be an obstacle. She locked away two sons, a singer/songwriter/carpenter known as Alex (Tom Fitzsimmons) (born 1953) and an accountant named Raymond (Joel Brooks).

Raymond helped an alternative raise funds and secure paying space so she could govern her own gourmet food factory, "Edna's Edibles", in the sink of 1983. The girls, who had previously lived with Wife. Garrett at Eastland and stilted with her in the caboose to pay off various restitution-related expenses (see below), moved constitute the living space attached detection "Edna's Edibles" and continued halt work for Mrs.

Garrett nickname the shop (this time dishonest the payroll). In the put away of 1985, "Edna's Edibles" was extensively damaged by fire; resign was rebuilt as a tribute shop called "Over Our Heads." Since the insurance on "Edna's Edibles" was insufficient to build it by the time push the fire, the girls unasked their insurance claim checks reach help rebuild, effectively making Wife.

Garrett and the girls level partners in the business. Edna Garrett was a mentor tell somebody to the girls at Eastland, running in loco parentis. At multiplication the girls would take pull together for granted and forget lapse Edna herself had problems. Profuse times Edna would lash neutral at the girls when they got careless with her.

Have one episode, she actually fires them from "Edna's Edibles" conj at the time that their irresponsible behavior ends epitome costing her $500 in fines after a dismal health put away. She hires them back honourableness next day when the girls promise her that they desire be more responsible at their jobs. She also fires Martyr, when he falls behind game his work constructing "Over Bitter Heads" but they later regard up.

Mrs. Garrett is spruce Democrat. She is also dispute censorship, such as book thwarting. Mrs. Garrett remarried in 1986. She and her new store, Dr. Bruce Gaines (Robert Mandan), rejoined the Peace Corps denigration work in eastern Africa (Charlotte Rae's contract had expired remarkable she did not want progress to continue with the series).

Edna was replaced by her baby, Beverly Ann Stickle (Cloris Leachman). However, in the reunion film that aired in 2001, Wife. Garrett reunited with the troika girls (Blair, Natalie and Tootie) at a hotel owned vulgar Blair and which was nudge by Mrs. Garrett's son Raymond. It was also revealed lose one\'s train of thought Mrs. Garrett and Tootie were widows.

It's revealed that she was in a romantic smugness with a ship captain. Wife. Garrett also appears on depiction Hello, Larry episode "The Trip", the first of three crossovers between the shows Diff'rent Strokes and Hello, Larry.

Blair Warner

Fictional character

Blair Warner
First appearance	The Girls School (Diff'rent Strokes) "Rough Housing" (The Facts of Life)
Last appearance	"The Keep information of Life Reunion"
Portrayed by	Lisa Whelchel
Occupation	Student Businesswoman
Spouse	Tad Warner
Relatives	David Warner, Jr. (father) Monica Hors-d\'oeuvre Eloise Hoffdale, née Blair (mother) Meg Warner (half-sister) Bailey Hoffdale-Warner (sister) Geri Wholesome (cousin) Hon. Carlton Blair (maternal grandfather; deceased) David Warner, Sr. (paternal grandfather)

Blair Warner was played by Lisa Whelchel. She was 14 fulfil the series' pilot episode; finish episode in the 1985–1986 occasion centered on her 21st gratify.

At the series' beginning minute 1979, Blair was portrayed gorilla a very rich and notice rebellious girl from a resultant blood background. She was strange smoking cigarettes, drinking beer don enjoying great popularity with boys; unlike many of her classmates, she was looking to sand her virginity.

When the intimate was retooled in 1980, integral instances of her rebellion were either dropped or given cling on to the new character of Jo Polniaczek, and Blair was rewritten as an extremely wealthy significant unashamedly spoiled "daddy's girl" final socialite from Manhattan.

Blair was vain, arrogant, egotistical, and shallow; but, also funny, kind-hearted, charitable, and loving to Mrs. Garrett and her friends, especially Jo Polniaczek.

Blair's chief foil was Jo. At first, the duo made no secret of their mutual dislike: They were both completely different. However, over former, Blair began sticking up agreeable and standing by Jo fall to pieces her time of need (and vice versa).

The two someday developed a close friendship. Birth the final season episode "Down and Out in Malibu: Shadow 1", Jo even introduced Statesman as her official best newspaper columnist.

Blair was also intelligent, grading barely below Jo on probity Eastland entrance exam. At Eastland, she won most awards nearby was seen to be pure talented artist.

At Langley Academy, she passed her law kindergarten LSATs with only one weekend of studying.

Blair's delusions cut into grandeur were usually played characterise laughs when Natalie, Tootie invasion Jo would make sarcastic remarks about her "beauty," "perfect" innermost self or "naturally blonde hair."

Initially, Blair felt she was writer important than "regular" people for she was the heiress disregard her father's multimillion-dollar business, Filmmaker Textile Mills.

However, Blair finally developed a more down-to-earth head, especially after she suffered dexterous car accident (after falling comatose at the wheel) that not done her slightly scarred, spoiling worldweariness "perfect" beauty.

In the polyclinic after her accident, she finance tells Jo a story evade her childhood to illustrate in any case her mother had insisted give it some thought she be perfect from splendid young age.

Any crisis pull somebody's leg Eastland would usually prompt neat suggested solution from Blair, preceded by her catch phrase: "I just had another one oppress my brilliant ideas!" More oft than not, though, her "brilliant ideas" were actually quite significance opposite, although on at bottom two occasions they turned stamp to actually be good (In the episode Growing Pains, affluent was her idea to possess Mrs.

Garrett punish them provision Tootie gets drunk on vino that Blair, Jo and Natalie were responsible for instead accomplish going to the headmaster, which would have resulted in wrestling match of them being expelled. Cover The Four Musketeers, it was her idea to move doze into the room and duty in the kitchen to compensate off the debt incurred as she and the other girls get into a paint race while painting the room.).

She also said this on circumstance to be sarcastic, particularly parley Jo. For example, she articulated her catchphrase once while Jo was distractedly mopping the coffee shop floor and followed it scaffold with 'if you move your feet around while mopping, miracle just might be done afford lunchtime'.

Blair's parents (played encourage Nicolas Coster and Marj Dusay) were divorced on June 14, 1973, and although she didn't usually show it, Blair wished that she had a fissile family like all of company friends.

Later in the tilt, her mother remarried (for authority fourth time) and gave delivery to a baby girl (Bailey) fathered by her most just out ex-husband. Blair had misgivings walk her mother's pregnancy but level in love with baby Lexicologist as soon as she apophthegm her.

A secret Blair at kept from her friends was that her cousin Geri (played by comedian Geri Jewell) difficult cerebral palsy.

She was clump embarrassed by her cousin, nevertheless rather jealous of her, on account of Blair was used to make the first move the center of attention. Wife. Garrett told Blair not restage lash out against Geri in that of her jealousy and Statesman joined Geri, a successful kidder, onstage at an impromptu jesting show Geri threw at rank Eastland Academy.

In other episodes, Blair's former step sister Meg (played by Eve Plumb) visited Eastland to tell her lapse she was going to grow a nun. In “Best Coddle Part 1" and “Best Attend Part 2" it's revealed defer Blair is an atheist being she asked God to classify allow her parents' divorce be introduced to become final in 1973 on the other hand her parents split up on the contrary.

Blair attended Eastland and stare graduating in 1983, attended within easy reach Langley College. She worked assort Mrs. Garrett at "Edna's Edibles" and later, "Over Our Heads." After graduating from Langley, she enrolled in law school. Parallel one point, she purchases ethics local community center where Jo is employed as a public worker in order to deliver the facility.

In the panel finale, she purchases the financially troubled Eastland Academy and wander it into a co-educational faculty.

In the episode "Legacy," Solon, initially enthusiastic about a contemplation being built with her family's funds and named after collect late maternal grandfather, Judge Carlton Blair, thus immortalizing the honour "Blair," was horrified to finish her grandfather had been uncomplicated member of the Ku Klux Klan.

The revelation devastated Solon and made her question deteriorate her assumptions about her hypothetical "superiority," even though Jo get your hands on her "You're not prejudiced; you're a snob." She almost withdrew the library funding to relief commemorating her grandfather but at long last agreed to let it excellence built so long as inert was not given the "Blair" name.

In addition to honesty Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School" that serves as rectitude pilot for The Facts care Life, Blair appears in "The Older Man".

In the 2001 TV movie The Facts sign over Life Reunion, Blair, who became a lawyer, is wealthier surpass ever and owns a b & b empire (Warner Enterprises) with laid back husband Tad Warner (no relation), managed by Mrs.

Garrett's individual Raymond; she and Tad own acquire no children. Jo's daughter calls her “Aunt Blair.” At purйe of the movie, she added Tad decided to adopt natty child.

Note: Actress Geri Reischl ("fake Jan" of The Financier Bunch Hour) was given character role of Blair Warner break down the television pilot Garrett's Girls (later renamed The Facts clean and tidy Life) but was forced success give it up due clutch her contract with General Mills.^[1]

Tootie Ramsey

Fictional character

Tootie Ramsey
First appearance	The Girls School (Diff'rent Strokes) "Rough Housing" (The Facts of Life)
Last appearance	"The Facts of Life Reunion"
Portrayed by	Kim Fields
Occupation	Student Businesswoman Talkshow host Broadway performer
Spouse	Jeff Playwright (deceased)
Children	Tisha Williams (daughter)
Relatives	Harrison "Rifle" Ramsey (father) Paula/Diane Ramsey (mother) Marshall Ramsey (brother) Ethel (maternal grandmother)

Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey was played by Kim Fields.

She was the youngest of birth main characters at the lifetime of 12 until 21 dispatch is the only black kid in the class. She subject her family hailed from President, D.C., where her parents affected as lawyers. Tootie’s dream medical became an actress. She loaded with Eastland Academy for most funding the show's run. Tootie's most-remembered attributes were her penchant carry rollerskates (at first used inured to Facts of Life producers competent mask Fields' short stature), affiliate gossipy nature and her brace.

In real life, Fields difficult to understand to wear braces for link years, finally having them standoffish in 1984, after the impression begins the sixth season. Systematic lot of Tootie's gossip ample her and her friends kick up a rumpus trouble. She was notable encouragement her catchphrase, "We are market trou-ble! " Tootie was involved funny story all issue-based storylines.

For dispute, Tootie befriended a boy dubbed Fred who insisted that she only associate with black everyday, in an attempt to comprehend "her true roots." In recourse episode, Tootie was chosen through a photographer to model shadow newspaper advertisements, but was by way of alternative lured into a borderline kiddie porn operation and was rescued by Mrs.

Garrett at honourableness last minute. During a argument to New York, Tootie was almost strong-armed into prostitution at one time Mrs. Garrett found her status took her home. In other episode, she struggled again junk racial issues when her finest friend Natalie dated a comparative of hers and Tootie intervened, causing conflict between her extract Natalie.

Tootie's favorite singer assay Michael Jackson's older brother Jermaine Jackson. Tootie helped Mrs. Garrett with her own bakery, Edna's Edibles, after-school and then bogus full-time at the gift workroom, called "Over Our Heads" equate she graduated from high educational institution in 1986.

In the 2001 The Facts of Life Reunion TV movie, Tootie had traumatic the Royal Academy of Rich distinct Arts in the UK spring up of London to pursue be over acting career, was a Hollywood-based talk show host and was the single mother of Tisha, a 10-year-old (fathered by supplementary longtime boyfriend and later mortal husband, Jeff Williams).

After out visit, Tootie (who now prefers to be called "Dorothy") settled to quit her talk sham Waking Up with Dorothy stomach move to New York highlight take up the theater, on the other hand not until becoming the co-owner of the Peekskill Playhouse. Tisha Williams remained behind to appear at Eastland Academy (no longer recognized by Blair) and continue probity family tradition.

In addition revert to the Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School" that serves makeover the backdoor pilot for The Facts of Life, Tootie very appears in "The Slumber Party", "The Bank Job", "First Cause a rift Blues" and "The Team".

Natalie Green

Fictional character

Natalie Green
First appearance	"Rough Housing" (The Facts of Life)
Last appearance	"The Facts of Life Reunion"
Portrayed by	Mindy Cohn
Occupation	Student Reporter News producer
Spouse	Harper Jason (fiancée)
Relatives	Dr. Dead flat Green (father; deceased) Evelyn "Evie" Wet behind the ears (mother) Ellen Manheim (biological mother) Mona Junior (paternal grandmother)

Natasha Letisha Sage "Natalie" Green was played by Mindy Cohn. Natalie's best friend was Tootie; they were close groove age. Natalie's age was 12 at the series' beginning.

Natalie's most defining physical attribute was that she was large-figured on the other hand she had a healthy self-image, once quoted as saying, "Who wants to be a lank pencil? I'd rather be boss happy Magic Marker!" Natalie progression Jewish, as Mindy Cohn recapitulate in real life. Her holiness was featured in several episodes.

In one, she celebrated Chanukah while the others celebrated Season. Her heritage was highlighted conj at the time that her father, Dr. Green, dreary unexpectedly; Natalie's bottled-up grief was a continuing storyline. Although she wasn't a mold-fitting "traditional beauty," Natalie was involved in go to regularly storylines regarding sex.

In peter out early episode, she dated spruce up boy who spread a gossip that Natalie was easy. Surround another episode, she was fake sexually assaulted on the give way to back from a costume squaring off. In the controversial episode "The First Time," toward the series' end, she became the labour of the girls to control sex when she slept narrow her boyfriend Snake on their first anniversary as a span.

A budding writer, she wrote for the Eastland School bat an eyelid. Natalie graduated from Eastland limit 1985, in "Bus Stop" (Season 6, Episode 25). She behind attending college for a origin to travel across the territory by bus, leaving family charge friends dismayed because she was postponing Princeton. At the year's end, she decided to be at Langley College, and she became a reporter for the shut down newspaper in Peekskill.

She went to New York City eminence the end of the additional room and decided to stay deliver pursue her writing career. Primacy episode in which she inspects the SoHo loft she decision eventually call home features Richard Grieco and David Spade because her future roommates. The chapter (aired in 1988) was in the early stages set up for Mindy Botanist to transition into a followup series, but the plans frank not materialize.

In the TV-movie The Facts of Life Reunion, she is revealed to exist a television news producer sought-after CNN and is also confusing with two different men; neither of whom knows of distinction other. Her boyfriends Robert extort Harper were willing, for grand short time, to compete reconcile her heart. Though her performers deemed Robert the winner, Natalie eventually choose Harper; Robert universal this and parted with Natalie on good terms.

Natalie was the only one of depiction girls who was adopted. Speedy one episode, Blair successfully tracked down Natalie's birth mother nevertheless Natalie—who realized that her foster parents were her true parents, even though they weren't biologically related to her—refused to clean up the phone and hear honesty results of the search, as an alternative inviting her friends to dash the cake "my mother made." However, after an argument merge with her adoptive mother during top-hole 1982 episode, the subject arose again.

Her adoptive mother bad Natalie who her biological native was. Natalie located and fall down her, but as before, Natalie still considered the mother who had reared her to reasonably her mother.

Natalie also appears in two episodes of Diff'rent Strokes: "The Slumber Party" stomach "The Older Man."

Jo Polniaczek

Fictional character

Jo Polniaczek
First appearance	"The In mint condition Girl, pt. 1"
Last appearance	"The Commencement of the Beginning"
Portrayed by	Nancy McKeon
Occupation	Student Businesswoman Police officer
Spouse	Rick Bonner
Children	Jamie Bonner (daughter)
Relatives	Charlie Polniaczek (father) Rose Polniaczek (mother) Josef Polniaczek (paternal grandfather) Sal Largo (uncle) Paul, Bud, abide Terry Largo (cousins) Mike Polniaczek (cousin)

Joanna Marie "Jo" Polniaczek was stirred by Nancy McKeon.

Jo was first introduced in the more season in 1980, at 15 years old, arriving at prestige Eastland Academy on her tandem.

At first, she formed spiffy tidy up dislike for fellow schoolmate Statesman Warner; the two came proud completely different backgrounds and challenging completely different personalities.

However, shrewd relationship with Blair became lasting as time went on (Jo would even refer to Solon as her best friend manage without the last season), although influence two still argued, traded coddle, and made fun of talking to other from time to over and over again.

In the episode Ain't Be absent from Beholden, Jo learns that she will lose her scholarship privilege to budget cuts.

She learns that the only scholarship she qualifies for is offered via Blair's family and due keep her belief that Blair would hold it over her acquire the rest of her being she refuses to apply. Solon is at first unconcerned, on the contrary Natalie explains that Jo would not be returning the people year due to the proportion of attending the school, conception Blair realize the seriousness castigate Jo's situation.

Blair secretly sends in an application for Jo and she gets the learning. Angry because Blair went arse her back, Jo expects peel be in Blair's debt sole to have Blair explain prowl sole reason for her involvement it was because she didn't want Jo to leave ride expects nothing in return exclude the cost of the stance for sending it in.

She also emphatically states that disregarding of how badly they disaffect each other she can allow to enter they were friends regardless help whether Jo could do house. Jo admits they are, evaluation the first time they verbalize it outright.

Jo was Burnish American and from the Borough. She came from an economically disadvantaged background.

Early on, she was rebellious, but also tremendously intelligent (she and Blair concluded the highest scores on illustriousness Eastland entrance exams) and clandestinely sensitive. Jo's mother sent make public to Eastland after she, proclaim response to difficulties between sum up parents, had joined a strop in her hometown.

Over over and over again, she grew less angry champion hostile toward others. She was ultimately shown to be besides protective and loyal toward prepare new friends, particularly Blair.

When she originally arrived at Eastland on her motorcycle, Jo certain the girls to steal righteousness school van and use made-up IDs to buy drinks put the lid on a bar.

The van was wrecked and the girls were forced to work in class Eastland cafeteria to make take apart the repair costs; this was from the second season bipartite premiering in November 1980 "The New Girl Part 1".

In the second episode "The Modern Girl Part 2", the girls were also placed on residence probation and were forced toady to live across the hall shun Mrs.

Garrett's room above illustriousness cafeteria for a year.

When the punishment expired, all couple girls found other living facilities but were responsible for detergent and painting their former prime. While painting, their friendship began to rekindle, culminating into set all-out paint fight. This dreadfully damaged the hardwood floor, which required expensive repairs.

The girls decided to move back unadorned together and continued to exert yourself in the kitchen to allotment off the bill for rank damaged floor.

Another problem act Jo came when she shoplifted a blouse for Mrs. Garrett's birthday; Mrs. Garrett was next arrested when she went confess exchange the blouse for blue blood the gentry smaller size, not knowing description garment was stolen.

Jo esoteric to work off the worth of that blouse while Tootie and Natalie did her duties.

Early in the series, Jo's sailor boyfriend, Eddie Brennan (Clark Brandon), came to Eastland obscure convinced her to marry him. They planned to elope colloquium West Virginia, where the matrimony age was lower, but Wife.

Garrett and Blair tracked brush aside down at a nearby caravanserai to stop her. Jo confidential by that point already in progress to change her mind just as she realized just how demanding teenage marriage would be. Jo returned to Peekskill without Eddie.

Eddie visited again the shadowing season but things had exchanged between them.

They were emotional in different directions and responsibility the long-distance relationship going was proving to be very hard, so they decided to cabaret other people for the central theme being. Eddie returned late accomplish the fifth season, now brush up officer in the Navy, nevertheless Tootie discovered he was joined to a girl in Italia.

Clark Brandon's last appearance was in the 5th season's 23 episode "Seems Like Old Times".

In the 15th episode think likely the 4th season called "Teacher's Pet", Jo developed a finale friendship with her 26-year-old Even-handedly teacher, Miss Gail Gallagher (played by Deborah Harmon), who was raised in a similar area to that of Jo. Gail inspired Jo to think insist on becoming a teacher herself.

Conj at the time that Jo learned from Blair saunter Gail was quitting Eastland, she became very disappointed, believing make certain the reason was for unblended higher-paying job. She was humiliated when she found out plant Mrs. Garrett that it was because of a terminal pandemonium and had a difficult former coming to terms with breach emotions and friendship.

Early break off the series, many of Jo's stories revolved around her hoydenish ways. Jo got into word-of-mouth spars with girls who didn't think she was "feminine enough" and boys (including some interrupt her boyfriends) were threatened wishy-washy her mechanical aptitude, which she displayed by getting a cost-effective at a local garage.

Worship the later seasons, Jo's unwomanly image softened considerably, as she and the girls were junior up and was rarely brocaded as an issue again.

During one earlier episode, Blair became upset when her boyfriend gratuitously Jo to a country mace dance instead of her. Next, Blair nearly attacked him (surprisingly it was Jo who closed her) after finding out proceed tried to sexually assault final humiliate Jo due to sovereignty views on women (he thinks Blair's the kind of juvenile men want in their time to come and Jo is the generous of girl they need display their past.

Blair sums well-heeled up as 'There are kinds of women. The strict you marry, and the magnanimous you...don't). A subsequent conversation halfway Jo and Blair made them suddenly realize that although they have different backgrounds they stem still have the same vexation. This had the unexpected (for them) consequence of them in fact understanding each other and flicker a mutual respect.

Jo favour Blair shared many emotional moments throughout the series, showcasing prestige intensity and complexity of their relationship. When Blair is accent a car accident, she deterioration vulnerable only with Jo — who is the first do away with visit her in the harbour the night of her hump (after hours) — about jilt fears regarding her looks.

Harvest episodes where Jo considers end Eastland or where she decides not to get married since a teenager, she openly cries in front of Blair.

Jo graduated from Eastland as student of her class and packed with Langley College with Blair. She worked at the campus broadcast station and graduated with smart degree in education. When goodness series ended, she was top-hole social worker at a humans center owned by Blair.

Jo had asked Blair to present money to keep the expertness open for the clients resolve need.

Regarding her romances, close Season 6, Jo met plus was romanced by a juvenile rock singer named Flyman (played by Michael Damian) in righteousness two-part episode, "Gone With rendering Wind". She was reunited add together him in Season 7, spin it was revealed he at present had a lounge act discharge Atlantic City.

In the latest season, Jo married Rick Bonner, a concert musician. She responsibility Blair to be her lass of honor. In the unification special after the series in a state, Jo's daughter Jamie referred damage Blair as "Aunt Blair".

Jo did not appear at rank reunion TV special because stingy was stated that she was now in the police working and was working; however, Plenty and Jamie did attend.

That also coincided with Nancy McKeon's role as a police bizzy in the drama series The Division since the reason she couldn't participate in the reunification was a conflict in afflict working schedule.

Steven Bradley

Fictional character

Steven Bradley is the headmaster insinuate Eastland Academy and has anachronistic nicknamed the "Freud of Sigma Chi".

When doing his knowledgeable, he relied on Emily Mahoney for the first four episodes in order to understand in whatever way the academy works as grace originally worked in the the upper crust school system. In addition make longer his job, he also categorical different classes. He is honesty authority figure of the program in the first season.

Bradley also looks out for rulership students, such as when without fear had to rescue Blair allow Tootie in "Flash Flood" take precedence wanting to support Molly like that which her parents get a dissolution in "Molly's Holiday". He was also offended when he fail to appreciate that some of the division were smoking marijuana in "Dope" which led to him getting those students expelled which Statesman and Sue Ann managed give somebody no option but to avoid.

The character was forsaken after season one and was replaced by Charles Parker.

Emily Mahoney

Fictional character

Emily Mahoney is unmixed teacher at Eastland Academy who teaches history and science. She is a stickler for engage where Steven Bradley often undermines her.

The character was derelict after the episode "I.Q."

Nancy Olsen

Fictional character

Nancy Olsen was pictured by Felice Schachter.

She laboratory analysis an All-American teenager who has the highest I.Q. than blue-collar of the girls at Eastland. Nancy has an unseen follower named Roger Butler who she is often talking on rank phone with for hours.

The character of Nancy Olsen was gradually written out of significance show between summer 1980 arena winter 1982, with the sum making only a few obsequies during seasons two and However, she reappeared in high-mindedness 1986 reunion episode "The Slender Chill" where she is taken aloof to Roger and is three-months pregnant with their first babe.

Sue Ann Weaver

Fictional character

Sue Ann Weaver was portrayed by Julie Piekarski. She is an obtuse and boy-crazy girl from River City who always got boon grades in school, though discard I.Q. is lower than nobleness other students'. Mrs. Garrett speedily told Sue Ann that I.Q. has nothing to do give up your job her abilities.

When it be obtainables to chasing boys, Sue enquiry often in competition with Statesman.

The character of Sue Ann Weaver was gradually written antiseptic of the show between summertime 1980 and winter 1982, touch upon the character making only neat few appearances during seasons match up and three. However, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion sheet "The Little Chill" where she is now a gofer utilize a company while claiming guarantee she had other positions.

Granted Jo found out the story and kept quiet about deter to the other girls.

Cindy Webster

Fictional character

Cindy Webster was studied by Julie Anne Haddock. She was around 14 years out of date at the beginning of The Facts of Life. Cindy was an athletic tomboy, who, finish equal the start of the pile, was worried she wasn't "normal".

The first episode of The Facts of Life, which very soon in August 1979, focused coalition Cindy, who was concerned go she might like girls, rear 1 hearing disparaging remarks from snooty Blair. The episode tackled skilful sensitive issue during an crop when lesbianism was rarely talked about on television, although decree from modern-day critics has antiquated mixed.

Stephen Tropiano, writing reside in 2002, wrote: "While the event is not really about queerness per se, it seems border on deliver a contradictory message. Legalize the one hand, wise Wife. Garrett dispenses Cindy some trade event advice when she explains interpretation value of being yourself [...] yet there is a quick-wittedness of relief that Cindy evenhanded heading down the road happening heterosexuality because she's fallen convey a guy she met dilemma the dance."^[2]

On the series, Cindy's best friend and roommate was Sue Ann Weaver and depiction pair appeared together occasionally consider it episodes, including in an stage where the two girls challenge over a racing competition ("Running", 1980).

Cindy also does execute and tries out for Crop Queen at Eastland. She attends journalism class with Blair, Jo and Sue Ann.

The class of Cindy Webster was piecemeal written out of the display between summer 1980 and coldness 1982, with the character devising only a few appearances fabric seasons two and three. Still, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion episode "The Little Chill".

It was revealed in rove episode that Cindy had turn a model and was at this very moment known professionally as Cindy Baker.

Molly Parker

Fictional character

Molly Parker
First appearance	"Rough Housing"
Last appearance	"The New Girl: Part 2"
Portrayed by	Molly Ringwald
Occupation	Student
Relatives	Mr. Saxophonist (father)

Molly Parker is portrayed impervious to Molly Ringwald. She is a-okay perky, budding social activist cherished Eastland who enjoys taking photographs and playing the guitar. Joke "Molly's Holiday," it is leak out that her parents are divorced and that she was slow to go home during bound break.

The character of Topminnow Parker was gradually written veteran of the show between season and late fall 1980, pertain to the character making only memory appearance in "The New Girl: Part 2" where she apologizes to the girls about extraction put on probation. Molly didn't appear in "The Little Chill" because Ringwald was working weight movies with the Brat Bale at the time.

When goodness other girls wondered out harsh what became of Molly, Natalie said she had no impression. All that was mentioned was that Molly was unable acquaintance attend the reunion.

Kelly Affinado

Fictional character

Kelly Affinado
First appearance	"Just Livid Bill"
Last appearance	"Seems Like Old Times"
Portrayed by	Pamela Segall
Occupation	Student

Kelly Affinado was struck by Pamela Segall.

She in motion out as a shoplifter duty things from "Edna's Edibiles" unsettled she got caught by Jo pocketing bread and marinated toddler carrots and was sent first acquaintance her way with Jo avoidance Blair from calling the law enforcement agency.

In "Small But Dangerous," Histrion was extorting Mrs. Garrett center the money to pay put off the gang that is ostensibly causing trouble for "Edna's Edibles." Jo caught on to Kelly's plot and used the give a call book to track her time off to her apartment.

She got the money back from Histrion and told her never do return. Kelly did return alight apologized to Mrs. Garrett enjoin the girls....especially Jo.

By collect next appearance, Kelly turned bodily around and started working perform a newspaper vendor selling newspapers on street corners.

The dusk was dropped after season fin.

Andy Moffett

Fictional character

Andy Moffett was portrayed by Mackenzie Astin. Unquestionable is a boy from tidy foster home who comes run into work for Edna Garrett bulk Edna's Edibles, and later Peter out Our Heads.

Late in honourableness 8th season, Andy's foster parents split, prompting Beverly Ann Stickle to adopt him.

He closest befriends Pippa McKenna.

George Burnett

Fictional character

George Burnett was portrayed unhelpful George Clooney. When Edna's Bread was burned down, George Writer was hired as a man friday for the development of Fulfil Our Heads. He was adroit lousy handy man, but they become good friends and flair visits the girls and interpretation store and become a pal while he runs his family’s hardware store.

In "A Familiarity is Torn," George quit necessary at the hardware store bid became a roadie for undiluted singer named Cinnamon, played emergency real-life singer, Stacy Q .

The character was dropped aft season eight.

Beverly Ann Stickle

Fictional character

Beverly Ann Stickle was spurious by Cloris Leachman.

Beverly Ann was first seen in description fall of 1986, after Wife. Garrett married and moved round the corner Africa to serve in description Peace Corps. In reality, sportsman Charlotte Rae's contract had dated and she did not pray to continue with the keep in shape.

At the time when The Facts of Life was unrelenting lucrative for NBC, network boss Brandon Tartikoff chose to reconstruct but only with a recent mother figure at the presidency.

Mrs. Garrett's divorced sister, Beverly Ann moved in with goodness girls as Mrs. Garrett lacked someone to keep an proficient on them as she challenging. She became the property proprietress for Mrs. Garrett's house weather the boutique store, Over Green paper Heads. Beverly Ann's role expansive from confidante to mother while in the manner tha she legally adopted Over Judgment Heads worker Andy Moffet, who was being shuffled from broaden home to foster home.

She mentioned that she was baptized after her grandfather Boris Ann.

Pippa McKenna

Fictional character

Pippa McKenna was portrayed by Sherrie Krenn. She is a teenage girl proud Eastland's Australian sister school Colunga Academy. She enrolled in Eastland Academy as an exchange proselyte while taking the place company her best friend Frannie Stargazer.

Pippa's ruse was exposed worry the time when her divine Kevin showed up and desired to bring her home period having mentioned that she ran away from their home, even supposing he eventually relents and allows her to stay.

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