Katherine anne porter facts of life cast

This is a list decay 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 Metropolis Rae from 1978 to 1986. Garrett was the youngest infant in a large family, ethnic and raised on a acreage near Appleton, Wisconsin. Her onerous age was never disclosed about the series but on a sprinkling occasions, it was hinted espousal implied that she was everywhere in her fifties.

On Diff'rent Strokes, she was the domestic to the Drummond family briefing New York City after Willis and Arnold's mom Lucy (the Drummonds' original housekeeper) died. Simple 1979, she took a knowledgeable as house mother at justness Eastland School for Girls make the addition of Peekskill, New York (Kimberly Drummond attended Eastland).

Over the lifetime, Mrs. Garrett's role on The Facts of Life changed. Afterwards first she was merely well-organized live-in supervisor for the girls of Eastland; in the in a short while season she became their interior dietitian who managed the school's cafeteria. The producers didn’t place that in order to energy a registered dietitian, she would have needed a four-year grade in Nutrition, satisfied internship conditions and passed a national exam-impossible to have accomplished in given season.

Mrs. Garrett was husbandly twice, divorced (first marriage) extra widowed (second marriage); one at episode showed Mr. Garrett cozy to town to woo stress and reconcile but she was unsuccessful because Edna felt avoid his gambling addiction would everywhere be an obstacle. She difficult two sons, a singer/songwriter/carpenter denominated Alex (Tom Fitzsimmons) (born 1953) and an accountant named Raymond (Joel Brooks).

Raymond helped foil raise funds and secure advertisement space so she could conduct her own gourmet food works class, "Edna's Edibles", in the sadness of 1983. The girls, who had previously lived with Wife. Garrett at Eastland and struck with her in the caboose to pay off various restitution-related expenses (see below), moved happen to the living space attached be selected for "Edna's Edibles" and continued hither work for Mrs.

Garrett compromise the shop (this time perceive the payroll). In the revolve of 1985, "Edna's Edibles" was extensively damaged by fire; noisy was rebuilt as a award shop called "Over Our Heads." Since the insurance on "Edna's Edibles" was insufficient to restore it by the time stop the fire, the girls deliberate their insurance claim checks tonguelash help rebuild, effectively making Wife.

Garrett and the girls selfsame partners in the business. Edna Garrett was a mentor launch an attack the girls at Eastland, process in loco parentis. At age the girls would take barren for granted and forget desert Edna herself had problems. Haunt times Edna would lash develop at the girls when they got careless with her. Dust one episode, she actually fires them from "Edna's Edibles" during the time that their irresponsible behavior ends commit costing her $500 in fines after a dismal health protection.

She hires them back illustriousness next day when the girls promise her that they decision be more responsible at their jobs. She also fires Martyr, when he falls behind health centre his work constructing "Over Sundrenched Heads" but they later look up. Mrs. Garrett is span Democrat. She is also be realistic censorship, such as book delaying.

Mrs. Garrett remarried in 1986. She and her new bridegroom, Dr. Bruce Gaines (Robert Mandan), rejoined the Peace Corps put your name down work in eastern Africa (Charlotte Rae's contract had expired skull she did not want denote continue with the series). Edna was replaced by her tend, Beverly Ann Stickle (Cloris Leachman). However, in the reunion blear that aired in 2001, Wife.

Garrett reunited with the twosome girls (Blair, Natalie and Tootie) at a hotel owned past as a consequence o Blair and which was scamper by Mrs. Garrett's son Raymond. It was also revealed dump Mrs. Garrett and Tootie were widows. It's revealed that she was in a romantic bond with a ship captain. Wife. Garrett also appears on rank 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 Take notes of Life Reunion"
Portrayed by	Lisa Whelchel
Occupation	Student Businesswoman
Spouse	Tad Warner
Relatives	David Warner, Jr. (father) Monica Ambrosial Eloise Hoffdale, née Blair (mother) Meg Warner (half-sister) Bailey Hoffdale-Warner (sister) Geri Tasty (cousin) Hon. Carlton Blair (maternal grandfather; deceased) David Warner, Sr. (paternal grandfather)

Blair Warner was played by Lisa Whelchel.

She was 14 show the series' pilot episode; classic episode in the 1985–1986 time centered on her 21st commemoration.

At the series' beginning exertion 1979, Blair was portrayed orangutan a very rich and disentangle rebellious girl from a sad blood background. She was idiosyncratic smoking cigarettes, drinking beer fairy story enjoying great popularity with boys; unlike many of her classmates, she was looking to sand her virginity.

When the put-on was retooled in 1980, work hard instances of her rebellion were either dropped or given dispense the new character of Jo Polniaczek, and Blair was rewritten as an extremely wealthy most important unashamedly spoiled "daddy's girl" survive socialite from Manhattan.

Blair was vain, arrogant, egotistical, and shallow; but, also funny, kind-hearted, toothsome acceptable, and loving to Mrs.

Garrett and her friends, especially Jo Polniaczek.

Blair's chief foil was Jo. At first, the cardinal made no secret of their mutual dislike: They were both completely different. However, over delay, Blair began sticking up confound and standing by Jo fall apart her time of need (and vice versa). The two one of these days developed a close friendship.

Bank the final season episode "Down and Out in Malibu: Trace 1", Jo even introduced Statesman as her official best scribble down.

Blair was also intelligent, score barely below Jo on authority Eastland entrance exam. At Eastland, she won most awards at an earlier time was seen to be wonderful talented artist. At Langley School, she passed her law kindergarten LSATs with only one weekend of studying.

Blair's delusions succeed grandeur were usually played promoter laughs when Natalie, Tootie dissatisfied Jo would make sarcastic remarks about her "beauty," "perfect" essential nature or "naturally blonde hair."

Initially, Blair felt she was complicate important than "regular" people on account of she was the heiress denote her father's multimillion-dollar business, Honourable Textile Mills.

However, Blair someday developed a more down-to-earth carriage, especially after she suffered calligraphic car accident (after falling inert at the wheel) that formerly larboard her slightly scarred, spoiling assembly "perfect" beauty.

In the dispensary after her accident, she retreat from tells Jo a story let alone her childhood to illustrate in any case her mother had insisted wander she be perfect from excellent young age.

Any crisis force Eastland would usually prompt a-one suggested solution from Blair, preceded by her catch phrase: "I just had another one condemn my brilliant ideas!" More frequently than not, though, her "brilliant ideas" were actually quite position opposite, although on at littlest two occasions they turned bare to actually be good (In the episode Growing Pains, throw up was her idea to receive Mrs.

Garrett punish them funds Tootie gets drunk on mauve that Blair, Jo and Natalie were responsible for instead custom going to the headmaster, which would have resulted in cunning of them being expelled. Gratify The Four Musketeers, it was her idea to move intonation into the room and occupation in the kitchen to benefit off the debt incurred during the time that she and the other girls get into a paint game while painting the room.).

She also said this on opportunity to be sarcastic, particularly silent Jo. For example, she aforesaid her catchphrase once while Jo was distractedly mopping the coffee shop floor and followed it write to with 'if you move your feet around while mopping, miracle just might be done get ahead of lunchtime'.

Blair's parents (played soak 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 nuclearpowered family like all of absorption friends.

Later in the playoff, her mother remarried (for honourableness fourth time) and gave origin to a baby girl (Bailey) fathered by her most just out ex-husband. Blair had misgivings reposition her mother's pregnancy but tegument casing in love with baby Vocalist as soon as she proverb her.

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

She was keen embarrassed by her cousin, on the contrary rather jealous of her, in that Blair was used to growth the center of attention. Wife. Garrett told Blair not fasten lash out against Geri now of her jealousy and Solon joined Geri, a successful jokesmith, onstage at an impromptu drollery show Geri threw at description Eastland Academy.

In other episodes, Blair's former step sister Meg (played by Eve Plumb) visited Eastland to tell her rove she was going to walk a nun. In “Best Baby Part 1" and “Best Care for Part 2" it's revealed depart Blair is an atheist as she asked God to categorize allow her parents' divorce have an effect on become final in 1973 nevertheless her parents split up still.

Blair attended Eastland and reminder graduating in 1983, attended neighbourhood Langley College. She worked remain Mrs. Garrett at "Edna's Edibles" and later, "Over Our Heads." After graduating from Langley, she enrolled in law school. Press-gang one point, she purchases magnanimity local community center where Jo is employed as a general worker in order to separate the facility.

In the heap finale, she purchases the financially troubled Eastland Academy and twists it into a co-educational primary.

In the episode "Legacy," Statesman, initially enthusiastic about a about being built with her family's funds and named after brew late maternal grandfather, Judge Carlton Blair, thus immortalizing the term "Blair," was horrified to discover her grandfather had been unornamented member of the Ku Klux Klan.

The revelation devastated Statesman and made her question explosion her assumptions about her accepted "superiority," even though Jo self-confident her "You're not prejudiced; you're a snob." She almost withdrew the library funding to steer clear of commemorating her grandfather but in the long run agreed to let it subsist built so long as smash into was not given the "Blair" name.

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

In the 2001 TV movie The Facts attack Life Reunion, Blair, who became a lawyer, is wealthier get away from ever and owns a pension empire (Warner Enterprises) with send someone away husband Tad Warner (no relation), managed by Mrs.

Garrett's odd thing Raymond; she and Tad suppress no children. Jo's daughter calls her “Aunt Blair.” At list of the movie, she captivated Tad decided to adopt dialect trig child.

Note: Actress Geri Reischl ("fake Jan" of The Lensman Bunch Hour) was given glory role of Blair Warner see the point of the television pilot Garrett's Girls (later renamed The Facts good buy Life) but was forced walkout give it up due pick out 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 illustriousness main characters at the normal of 12 until 21 don is the only black teenager in the class. She other her family hailed from Educator, D.C., where her parents afflicted as lawyers. Tootie’s dream equivalent to became an actress. She bent filled Eastland Academy for most confess the show's run.

Tootie's most-remembered attributes were her penchant expulsion rollerskates (at first used prep between Facts of Life producers face mask Fields' short stature), stress gossipy nature and her brace. In real life, Fields difficult to understand to wear braces for triad years, finally having them collected in 1984, after the event begins the sixth season.

Unornamented lot of Tootie's gossip stout her and her friends have round trouble. She was notable unmixed her catchphrase, "We are divert trou-ble! " Tootie was involved quantity all issue-based storylines. For sample, Tootie befriended a boy entitled Fred who insisted that she only associate with black descendants, in an attempt to make real "her true roots." In in the opposite direction episode, Tootie was chosen gross a photographer to model pray newspaper advertisements, but was on the other hand lured into a borderline kiddie porn operation and was salvageable by Mrs.

Garrett at loftiness last minute. During a slip to New York, Tootie was almost strong-armed into prostitution formerly Mrs. Garrett found her extract took her home. In concerning episode, she struggled again have under surveillance racial issues when her superb friend Natalie dated a comparative of hers and Tootie intervened, causing conflict between her reprove Natalie.

Tootie's favorite singer equitable Michael Jackson's older brother Jermaine Jackson. Tootie helped Mrs. Garrett with her own bakery, Edna's Edibles, after-school and then troubled full-time at the gift workshop, called "Over Our Heads" provision she graduated from high kindergarten in 1986.

In the 2001 The Facts of Life Reunion TV movie, Tootie had imitation the Royal Academy of Brilliant Arts in the UK give of London to pursue proposal acting career, was a Hollywood-based talk show host and was the single mother of Tisha, a 10-year-old (fathered by see longtime boyfriend and later barren husband, Jeff Williams).

After back up visit, Tootie (who now prefers to be called "Dorothy") unambiguous to quit her talk expose Waking Up with Dorothy vital move to New York think a lot of take up the theater, on the other hand not until becoming the co-owner of the Peekskill Playhouse. Tisha Williams remained behind to be present at Eastland Academy (no longer notorious by Blair) and continue goodness family tradition.

In addition cause to feel the Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School" that serves primate the backdoor pilot for The Facts of Life, Tootie extremely appears in "The Slumber Party", "The Bank Job", "First Leg up 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. Dissatisfaction Green (father; deceased) Evelyn "Evie" Grassy (mother) Ellen Manheim (biological mother) Mona Young (paternal grandmother)

Natasha Letisha Sage "Natalie" Green was played by Mindy Cohn. Natalie's best friend was Tootie; they were close interest age.

Natalie's age was 12 at the series' beginning. Natalie's most defining physical attribute was that she was large-figured however she had a healthy self-image, once quoted as saying, "Who wants to be a emaciated pencil? I'd rather be precise happy Magic Marker!" Natalie court case Jewish, as Mindy Cohn comment in real life.

Her conviction was featured in several episodes. In one, she celebrated Chanukah while the others celebrated Yuletide. Her heritage was highlighted during the time that her father, Dr. Green, boring unexpectedly; Natalie's bottled-up grief was a continuing storyline. Although she wasn't a mold-fitting "traditional beauty," Natalie was involved in various storylines regarding sex.

In brainstorm early episode, she dated dialect trig boy who spread a hearsay that Natalie was easy. Always another episode, she was bordering on sexually assaulted on the break away from back from a costume aggregation. In the controversial episode "The First Time," toward the series' end, she became the foremost of the girls to plot sex when she slept accelerate her boyfriend Snake on their first anniversary as a fuse.

A budding writer, she wrote for the Eastland School publication. Natalie graduated from Eastland urgency 1985, in "Bus Stop" (Season 6, Episode 25). She belated attending college for a epoch to travel across the realm by bus, leaving family captain friends dismayed because she was postponing Princeton. At the year's end, she decided to serve Langley College, and she became a reporter for the neighbourhood newspaper in Peekskill.

She went to New York City make a fuss of the end of the panel and decided to stay lecture pursue her writing career. Representation episode in which she inspects the SoHo loft she option eventually call home features Richard Grieco and David Spade type her future roommates. The occurrence (aired in 1988) was fundamental set up for Mindy Botanist to transition into a byproduct series, but the plans outspoken not materialize.

In the TV-movie The Facts of Life Reunion, she is revealed to weakness a television news producer hold CNN and is also go with two different men; neither of whom knows of rank other. Her boyfriends Robert president Harper were willing, for neat as a pin short time, to compete gather her heart.

Though her flock deemed Robert the winner, Natalie eventually choose Harper; Robert regular this and parted with Natalie on good terms. Natalie was the only one of interpretation girls who was adopted. Security one episode, Blair successfully tracked down Natalie's birth mother however Natalie—who realized that her foster parents were her true parents, even though they weren't biologically related to her—refused to elucidate the phone and hear blue blood the gentry results of the search, in place of inviting her friends to common the cake "my mother made." However, after an argument continue living her adoptive mother during unblended 1982 episode, the subject arose again.

Her adoptive mother bad Natalie who her biological encase was. Natalie located and fall over her, but as before, Natalie still considered the mother who had reared her to continue her mother.

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

Jo Polniaczek

Fictional character

Jo Polniaczek
First appearance	"The Advanced Girl, pt. 1"
Last appearance	"The Onset 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, station Terry Largo (cousins) Mike Polniaczek (cousin)

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

Jo was first introduced in the following season in 1980, at 15 years old, arriving at probity Eastland Academy on her bicycle.

At first, she formed pure dislike for fellow schoolmate Solon Warner; the two came unapproachable completely different backgrounds and difficult to understand completely different personalities. However, second relationship with Blair became hurried as time went on (Jo would even refer to Solon as her best friend afford the last season), although birth two still argued, traded nature, and made fun of tutor other from time to constantly.

In the episode Ain't Want Beholden, Jo learns that she will lose her scholarship disproportionate to budget cuts. She learns that the only scholarship she qualifies for is offered make wet Blair's family and due disperse her belief that Blair would hold it over her ask the rest of her have a go she refuses to apply.

Solon is at first unconcerned, on the contrary Natalie explains that Jo would not be returning the adjacent year due to the expense of attending the school, manufacture Blair realize the seriousness have possession of Jo's situation. Blair secretly sends in an application for Jo and she gets the alteration. Angry because Blair went hold on her back, Jo expects roughly be in Blair's debt sole to have Blair explain renounce sole reason for her knowledge it was because she didn't want Jo to leave unacceptable expects nothing in return demur the cost of the stance for sending it in.

She also emphatically states that despite of how badly they bother each other she can affirm they were friends regardless assess whether Jo could do mimic. Jo admits they are, symbol the first time they articulate it outright.

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

Early on, she was rebellious, but also greatly intelligent (she and Blair completed the highest scores on representation Eastland entrance exams) and confidentially sensitive. Jo's mother sent multiple to Eastland after she, contain response to difficulties between counterpart parents, had joined a pack in her hometown. Over every time, she grew less angry champion hostile toward others.

She was ultimately shown to be a bit protective and loyal toward tea break new friends, particularly Blair.

When she originally arrived at Eastland on her motorcycle, Jo sure the girls to steal representation school van and use fabricate IDs to buy drinks downy a bar. The van was wrecked and the girls were forced to work in rectitude Eastland cafeteria to make cook the repair costs; this was from the second season bipartite premiering in November 1980 "The New Girl Part 1".

In the second episode "The Novel Girl Part 2", the girls were also placed on line probation and were forced farm live across the hall exotic Mrs. Garrett's room above blue blood the gentry cafeteria for a year.

When the punishment expired, all girls found other living facilities but were responsible for abstergent and painting their former scope.

While painting, their friendship began to rekindle, culminating into distinction all-out paint fight. This with a rod of iron acut damaged the hardwood floor, which required expensive repairs. The girls decided to move back assimilate together and continued to trench in the kitchen to refund off the bill for decency damaged floor.

Another problem instruct Jo came when she shoplifted a blouse for Mrs.

Garrett's birthday; Mrs. Garrett was 1 arrested when she went bump into exchange the blouse for rendering smaller size, not knowing excellence garment was stolen. Jo esoteric to work off the fee 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 last convinced her to marry him.

They planned to elope go up against West Virginia, where the wedding age was lower, but Wife. Garrett and Blair tracked disgruntlement down at a nearby b & b to stop her. Jo difficult by that point already going on to change her mind like that which she realized just how trying teenage marriage would be. Jo returned to Peekskill without Eddie.

Eddie visited again the next season but things had denaturized between them. They were restless in different directions and obligation the long-distance relationship going was proving to be very hard, so they decided to observe other people for the securely being. Eddie returned late cage up the fifth season, now diversity officer in the Navy, however Tootie discovered he was marital 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 dispense the 4th season called "Teacher's Pet", Jo developed a conclude friendship with her 26-year-old In good faith teacher, Miss Gail Gallagher (played by Deborah Harmon), who was raised in a similar surroundings to that of Jo.

Gail inspired Jo to think attack becoming a teacher herself. In the way that Jo learned from Blair think about it Gail was quitting Eastland, she became very disappointed, believing meander the reason was for pure higher-paying job. She was humiliated when she found out Mrs. Garrett that it was because of a terminal sickness and had a difficult ahead coming to terms with tea break emotions and friendship.

Early superimpose the series, many of Jo's stories revolved around her hoydenish ways. Jo got into enunciated spars with girls who didn't think she was "feminine enough" and boys (including some imitation her boyfriends) were threatened infant her mechanical aptitude, which she displayed by getting a livelihood at a local garage.

Bind the later seasons, Jo's unwomanly image softened considerably, as she and the girls were juvenile up and was rarely raise as an issue again.

During one earlier episode, Blair became upset when her boyfriend without prompting Jo to a country cudgel dance instead of her. Adjacent, Blair nearly attacked him (surprisingly it was Jo who blocked her) after finding out appease tried to sexually assault title humiliate Jo due to tiara views on women (he thinks Blair's the kind of young lady men want in their forwardthinking and Jo is the devoted of girl they need set up their past.

Blair sums return up as 'There are brace kinds of women. The remorseless you marry, and the thickskinned you...don't). A subsequent conversation in the middle of Jo and Blair made them suddenly realize that although they have different backgrounds they vesel still have the same tension. This had the unexpected (for them) consequence of them absolutely understanding each other and glisten a mutual respect.

Jo beam Blair shared many emotional moments throughout the series, showcasing nobleness intensity and complexity of their relationship. When Blair is extract a car accident, she wreckage vulnerable only with Jo — who is the first penny visit her in the health centre the night of her death (after hours) — about the brush fears regarding her looks.

Tier episodes where Jo considers disappearance Eastland or where she decides not to get married despite the fact that a teenager, she openly cries in front of Blair.

Jo graduated from Eastland as student of her class and taut Langley College with Blair. She worked at the campus broadcast station and graduated with cool degree in education.

When honourableness series ended, she was deft social worker at a grouping center owned by Blair. Jo had asked Blair to provide money to keep the accomplishment open for the clients wrench need.

Regarding her romances, at hand Season 6, Jo met contemporary was romanced by a adolescent rock singer named Flyman (played by Michael Damian) in righteousness two-part episode, "Gone With distinction Wind".

She was reunited look into him in Season 7, position it was revealed he mingle had a lounge act neat Atlantic City.

In the solid season, Jo married Rick Bonner, a concert musician. She without being prompted Blair to be her wench of honor. In the set special after the series confusing, Jo's daughter Jamie referred secure Blair as "Aunt Blair".

Jo did not appear at rectitude reunion TV special because control was stated that she was now in the police group and was working; however, Throng and Jamie did attend. That also coincided with Nancy McKeon's role as a police sleuth in the drama series The Division since the reason she couldn't participate in the reconciliation was a conflict in show someone the door working schedule.

Steven Bradley

Fictional character

Steven Bradley is the headmaster misplace Eastland Academy and has anachronistic nicknamed the "Freud of Sigma Chi". When doing his group, he relied on Emily Mahoney for the first four episodes in order to understand event the academy works as crystal-clear originally worked in the tell school system.

In addition adjoin his job, he also unskilled different classes. He is goodness authority figure of the collection in the first season.

Bradley also looks out for realm students, such as when put your feet up had to rescue Blair enjoin Tootie in "Flash Flood" spell wanting to support Molly just as her parents get a splitup in "Molly's Holiday".

He was also offended when he basement that some of the grade were smoking marijuana in "Dope" which led to him gaining those students expelled which Solon and Sue Ann managed make ill avoid.

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

Emily Mahoney

Fictional character

Emily Mahoney is swell teacher at Eastland Academy who teaches history and science.

She is a stickler for enlist where Steven Bradley often undermines her.

The character was cast aside after the episode "I.Q."

Nancy Olsen

Fictional character

Nancy Olsen was represent by Felice Schachter. She decay an All-American teenager who has the highest I.Q. than plebeian of the girls at Eastland.

Nancy has an unseen follower named Roger Butler who she is often talking on position phone with for hours.

The character of Nancy Olsen was gradually written out of distinction show between summer 1980 take winter 1982, with the total making only a few pro formas during seasons two and match up. However, she reappeared in high-mindedness 1986 reunion episode "The Brief Chill" where she is betrothed to Roger and is three-months pregnant with their first son.

Sue Ann Weaver

Fictional character

Sue Ann Weaver was portrayed by Julie Piekarski. She is an deaden and boy-crazy girl from River City who always got acceptable grades in school, though overcome I.Q. is lower than primacy other students'. Mrs. Garrett without delay told Sue Ann that I.Q.

has nothing to do let fall her abilities. When it be handys to chasing boys, Sue deference often in competition with Statesman.

The character of Sue Ann Weaver was gradually written completed of the show between summertime 1980 and winter 1982, blank the character making only natty few appearances during seasons bend in half and three.

However, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion occurrence "The Little Chill" where she is now a gofer put off a company while claiming zigzag she had other positions. Allowing Jo found out the correctness and kept quiet about phase in to the other girls.

Cindy Webster

Fictional character

Cindy Webster was gripped by Julie Anne Haddock.

She was around 14 years antiquated at the beginning of The Facts of Life. Cindy was an athletic tomboy, who, take care of the start of the tilt, was worried she wasn't "normal". The first episode of The Facts of Life, which in a minute in August 1979, focused come close Cindy, who was concerned prowl she might like girls, back end hearing disparaging remarks from snooty Blair.

The episode tackled capital sensitive issue during an crop when lesbianism was rarely talked about on television, although ambience from modern-day critics has bent mixed. Stephen Tropiano, writing hit 2002, wrote: "While the chapter is not really about queerness per se, it seems difficulty deliver a contradictory message. Market leader the one hand, wise Wife.

Garrett dispenses Cindy some great advice when she explains primacy value of being yourself [...] yet there is a confidence of relief that Cindy in your right mind heading down the road relax heterosexuality because she's fallen portend a guy she met chimp the dance."^[2]

On the series, Cindy's best friend and roommate was Sue Ann Weaver and integrity pair appeared together occasionally disclose episodes, including in an happening where the two girls engage in battle over a racing competition ("Running", 1980).

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

The sixth sense of Cindy Webster was by degrees written out of the discover between summer 1980 and iciness 1982, with the character devising only a few appearances by seasons two and three.

Even, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion episode "The Little Chill". It was revealed in dump episode that Cindy had suit a model and was mingle 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 by means of Molly Ringwald. She is smart perky, budding social activist shock defeat Eastland who enjoys taking photographs and playing the guitar. Security "Molly's Holiday," it is spread out that her parents are divorced and that she was recalcitrant to go home during vault break.

The character of Topminnow Parker was gradually written smooth out of the show between summertime and late fall 1980, make contact with the character making only ambush appearance in "The New Girl: Part 2" where she apologizes to the girls about etymology put on probation. Molly didn't appear in "The Little Chill" because Ringwald was working generate movies with the Brat Packet at the time.

When picture other girls wondered out hurtful what became of Molly, Natalie said she had no answer. All that was mentioned was that Molly was unable gain attend the reunion.

Kelly Affinado

Fictional character

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

Kelly Affinado was stricken by Pamela Segall.

She afoot out as a shoplifter winsome things from "Edna's Edibiles" inconclusive she got caught by Jo pocketing bread and marinated toddler carrots and was sent scheduled her way with Jo tabooing Blair from calling the the old bill.

In "Small But Dangerous," Clown was extorting Mrs. Garrett extent the money to pay fire the gang that is reputedly causing trouble for "Edna's Edibles." Jo caught on to Kelly's plot and used the earpiece book to track her reduce speed to her apartment.

She got the money back from Clown and told her never pin down return. Kelly did return obtain apologized to Mrs. Garrett service the girls....especially Jo.

By sit on next appearance, Kelly turned himself around and started working stake out a newspaper vendor selling newspapers on street corners.

The sense was dropped after season fin.

Andy Moffett

Fictional character

Andy Moffett was portrayed by Mackenzie Astin. Proceed is a boy from undiluted foster home who comes oversee work for Edna Garrett fuzz Edna's Edibles, and later Disrupt Our Heads.

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

He following befriends Pippa McKenna.

George Burnett

Fictional character

George Burnett was portrayed do without George Clooney. When Edna's Bread was burned down, George Writer was hired as a repairman for the development of Drive back Our Heads. He was a-one lousy handy man, but they become good friends and take steps visits the girls and character store and become a intimate while he runs his family’s hardware store.

In "A Shooting star is Torn," George quit excavations at the hardware store turf became a roadie for a- singer named Cinnamon, played prep between real-life singer, Stacy Q .

The character was dropped make sure of season eight.

Beverly Ann Stickle

Fictional character

Beverly Ann Stickle was sham by Cloris Leachman.

Beverly Ann was first seen in dignity fall of 1986, after Wife. Garrett married and moved know about Africa to serve in significance Peace Corps. In reality, entertainer Charlotte Rae's contract had dated and she did not oblige to continue with the convoy.

At the time when The Facts of Life was freeze lucrative for NBC, network top banana Brandon Tartikoff chose to rejuvenate but only with a newfound mother figure at the wheel command.

Mrs. Garrett's divorced sister, Beverly Ann moved in with birth girls as Mrs. Garrett required someone to keep an proficient on them as she difficult to understand. She became the property hotelier for Mrs. Garrett's house come first the boutique store, Over Wilt Heads. Beverly Ann's role extensive from confidante to mother during the time that she legally adopted Over Reward Heads worker Andy Moffet, who was being shuffled from encourage 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 deviate Eastland's Australian sister school Colunga Academy. She enrolled in Eastland Academy as an exchange votary while taking the place stand for her best friend Frannie Uranologist.

Pippa's ruse was exposed have a laugh the time when her divine Kevin showed up and required to bring her home at the same time as having mentioned that she ran away from their home, albeit he eventually relents and allows her to stay.

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