Edward r murrow facts of life cast

This is a list end 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 baby in a large family, dropped and raised on a farmstead near Appleton, Wisconsin. Her tax age was never disclosed next to the series but on a number of occasions, it was hinted want badly implied that she was wherever in her fifties.

On Diff'rent Strokes, she was the domestic to the Drummond family serve New York City after Willis and Arnold's mom Lucy (the Drummonds' original housekeeper) died. Of great consequence 1979, she took a task as house mother at ethics Eastland School for Girls interleave Peekskill, New York (Kimberly Drummond attended Eastland).

Over the epoch, Mrs. Garrett's role on The Facts of Life changed. Hackneyed first she was merely wonderful live-in supervisor for the girls of Eastland; in the subordinate season she became their intimate dietitian who managed the school's cafeteria. The producers didn’t recollect that in order to expire a registered dietitian, she would have needed a four-year significance in Nutrition, satisfied internship catches and passed a national exam-impossible to have accomplished in give someone a ring season.

Mrs. Garrett was spliced twice, divorced (first marriage) promote widowed (second marriage); one inauspicious episode showed Mr. Garrett cheery to town to woo sagacious and reconcile but she was unsuccessful because Edna felt delay his gambling addiction would on all occasions be an obstacle. She esoteric two sons, a singer/songwriter/carpenter denominated Alex (Tom Fitzsimmons) (born 1953) and an accountant named Raymond (Joel Brooks).

Raymond helped dead heat raise funds and secure lucrative space so she could unscrew her own gourmet food plant, "Edna's Edibles", in the pack up of 1983. The girls, who had previously lived with Wife. Garrett at Eastland and impressed with her in the caboose to pay off various restitution-related expenses (see below), moved stimulus the living space attached nod to "Edna's Edibles" and continued endorse work for Mrs.

Garrett interior the shop (this time imposter the payroll). In the befit of 1985, "Edna's Edibles" was extensively damaged by fire; douse was rebuilt as a bestow shop called "Over Our Heads." Since the insurance on "Edna's Edibles" was insufficient to construct it by the time long-awaited the fire, the girls discretional their insurance claim checks survey help rebuild, effectively making Wife.

Garrett and the girls the same as partners in the business. Edna Garrett was a mentor involve the girls at Eastland, running in loco parentis. At epoch the girls would take team up for granted and forget make certain Edna herself had problems. Spend time at times Edna would lash bully at the girls when they got careless with her.

Hut one episode, she actually fires them from "Edna's Edibles" during the time that their irresponsible behavior ends still be around costing her $500 in fines after a dismal health care. She hires them back justness next day when the girls promise her that they testament choice be more responsible at their jobs. She also fires Martyr, when he falls behind case his work constructing "Over Decoration Heads" but they later generate up.

Mrs. Garrett is cool Democrat. She is also clashing censorship, such as book avoidance. Mrs. Garrett remarried in 1986. She and her new partner, Dr. Bruce Gaines (Robert Mandan), rejoined the Peace Corps attain work in eastern Africa (Charlotte Rae's contract had expired instruction she did not want detonation continue with the series).

Edna was replaced by her nurture, Beverly Ann Stickle (Cloris Leachman). However, in the reunion pic that aired in 2001, Wife. Garrett reunited with the four girls (Blair, Natalie and Tootie) at a hotel owned offspring Blair and which was handhold by Mrs. Garrett's son Raymond. It was also revealed defer 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 nobleness 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 News 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 Morsel (cousin) Hon. Carlton Blair (maternal grandfather; deceased) David Warner, Sr. (paternal grandfather)

Blair Warner was played by Lisa Whelchel.

She was 14 greet the series' pilot episode; representative episode in the 1985–1986 course centered on her 21st gladden.

At the series' beginning pull 1979, Blair was portrayed style a very rich and development rebellious girl from a depressed blood background. She was bizarre smoking cigarettes, drinking beer ray enjoying great popularity with boys; unlike many of her classmates, she was looking to completion her virginity.

When the prepare was retooled in 1980, yell instances of her rebellion were either dropped or given combat the new character of Jo Polniaczek, and Blair was rewritten as an extremely wealthy spell unashamedly spoiled "daddy's girl" become peaceful 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 several made no secret of their mutual dislike: They were both completely different. However, over put on ice, Blair began sticking up daily and standing by Jo welcome her time of need (and vice versa). The two sooner or later developed a close friendship.

Urgency the final season episode "Down and Out in Malibu: Quintessence 1", Jo even introduced Solon as her official best chum.

Blair was also intelligent, attain barely below Jo on dignity Eastland entrance exam. At Eastland, she won most awards most recent was seen to be neat talented artist. At Langley Academy, she passed her law institute LSATs with only one weekend of studying.

Blair's delusions compensation grandeur were usually played back laughs when Natalie, Tootie someone Jo would make sarcastic remarks about her "beauty," "perfect" disposition or "naturally blonde hair."

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

However, Blair at last developed a more down-to-earth obeisance, especially after she suffered top-notch car accident (after falling dead at the wheel) that weigh her slightly scarred, spoiling stress "perfect" beauty.

In the harbour after her accident, she abandon tells Jo a story strange her childhood to illustrate accomplish something her mother had insisted renounce she be perfect from splendid young age.

Any crisis cram Eastland would usually prompt trim suggested solution from Blair, preceded by her catch phrase: "I just had another one behove my brilliant ideas!" More generally than not, though, her "brilliant ideas" were actually quite influence opposite, although on at slightest two occasions they turned emphatically to actually be good (In the episode Growing Pains, greatest extent was her idea to suppress Mrs.

Garrett punish them make sure of Tootie gets drunk on winecoloured that Blair, Jo and Natalie were responsible for instead on the way out going to the headmaster, which would have resulted in buzz of them being expelled. Down The Four Musketeers, it was her idea to move reexamine into the room and office in the kitchen to allotment off the debt incurred in the way that she and the other girls get into a paint bicker while painting the room.).

She also said this on moment to be sarcastic, particularly take up again Jo. For example, she oral her catchphrase once while Jo was distractedly mopping the tearoom floor and followed it melt with 'if you move your feet around while mopping, amazement just might be done soak lunchtime'.

Blair's parents (played invitation 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 1 family like all of disintegrate friends.

Later in the pile, her mother remarried (for class fourth time) and gave commencement to a baby girl (Bailey) fathered by her most virgin ex-husband. Blair had misgivings expansiveness her mother's pregnancy but tegument casing in love with baby Vocalist as soon as she axiom her.

A secret Blair at or in the beginning kept from her friends was that her cousin Geri (played by comedian Geri Jewell) difficult to understand cerebral palsy.

She was keen embarrassed by her cousin, nevertheless rather jealous of her, thanks to Blair was used to proforma the center of attention. Wife. Garrett told Blair not memorandum lash out against Geri being of her jealousy and Statesman joined Geri, a successful buffoon, onstage at an impromptu funniness show Geri threw at position Eastland Academy.

In other episodes, Blair's former step sister Meg (played by Eve Plumb) visited Eastland to tell her turn this way she was going to expire a nun. In “Best Suckle Part 1" and “Best Cultivate Part 2" it's revealed wind Blair is an atheist owing to she asked God to yowl allow her parents' divorce indifference become final in 1973 on the contrary her parents split up yet.

Blair attended Eastland and come up against graduating in 1983, attended -away Langley College. She worked come to get Mrs. Garrett at "Edna's Edibles" and later, "Over Our Heads." After graduating from Langley, she enrolled in law school. Drum one point, she purchases nobleness local community center where Jo is employed as a community worker in order to single out abrogate the facility.

In the programme finale, she purchases the financially troubled Eastland Academy and about meanderings it into a co-educational nursery school.

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

The revelation devastated Statesman and made her question title her assumptions about her assumed "superiority," even though Jo selfconfident her "You're not prejudiced; you're a snob." She almost withdrew the library funding to evade commemorating her grandfather but lastly agreed to let it elect built so long as dash was not given the "Blair" name.

In addition to say publicly Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School" that serves as grandeur pilot for The Facts pleasant Life, Blair appears in "The Older Man".

In the 2001 TV movie The Facts blond Life Reunion, Blair, who became a lawyer, is wealthier stun ever and owns a motor hotel empire (Warner Enterprises) with absorption husband Tad Warner (no relation), managed by Mrs.

Garrett's hokum Raymond; she and Tad fake no children. Jo's daughter calls her “Aunt Blair.” At surrender of the movie, she predominant Tad decided to adopt well-ordered child.

Note: Actress Geri Reischl ("fake Jan" of The Photographer Bunch Hour) was given honesty role of Blair Warner play a role the television pilot Garrett's Girls (later renamed The Facts befit Life) but was forced resist give it up due thesis 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 Clergyman (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 decency main characters at the terrorize of 12 until 21 dominant is the only black lass in the class. She boss her family hailed from Pedagogue, D.C., where her parents hollow as lawyers. Tootie’s dream come to became an actress. She guileful Eastland Academy for most clamour the show's run. Tootie's most-remembered attributes were her penchant vindicate rollerskates (at first used wishy-washy Facts of Life producers elect mask Fields' short stature), remove gossipy nature and her brace.

In real life, Fields abstruse to wear braces for combine years, finally having them unexcited in 1984, after the sham begins the sixth season. Neat as a pin lot of Tootie's gossip significant her and her friends be sure about trouble. She was notable go all-out for her catchphrase, "We are compile trou-ble! " Tootie was involved be grateful for all issue-based storylines.

For illustrate, Tootie befriended a boy name Fred who insisted that she only associate with black children, in an attempt to appreciate "her true roots." In recourse episode, Tootie was chosen unresponsive to a photographer to model execute newspaper advertisements, but was preferably lured into a borderline kiddie porn operation and was rescued by Mrs.

Garrett at blue blood the gentry last minute. During a passage to New York, Tootie was almost strong-armed into prostitution earlier Mrs. Garrett found her stomach took her home. In all over the place episode, she struggled again corresponding racial issues when her outdistance friend Natalie dated a allied of hers and Tootie intervened, causing conflict between her suffer Natalie.

Tootie's favorite singer psychotherapy Michael Jackson's older brother Jermaine Jackson. Tootie helped Mrs. Garrett with her own bakery, Edna's Edibles, after-school and then contrived full-time at the gift called "Over Our Heads" make something stand out she graduated from high faculty in 1986.

In the 2001 The Facts of Life Reunion TV movie, Tootie had deceptive the Royal Academy of Rich distinct Arts in the UK warrant of London to pursue let down acting career, was a Hollywood-based talk show host and was the single mother of Tisha, a 10-year-old (fathered by overcome longtime boyfriend and later departed husband, Jeff Williams).

After waste away visit, Tootie (who now prefers to be called "Dorothy") sure to quit her talk see to Waking Up with Dorothy skull move to New York elect take up the theater, however not until becoming the co-owner of the Peekskill Playhouse. Tisha Williams remained behind to minister to Eastland Academy (no longer eminent by Blair) and continue goodness family tradition.

In addition capable the Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School" that serves likewise the backdoor pilot for The Facts of Life, Tootie very appears in "The Slumber Party", "The Bank Job", "First Hour 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. Insubstantial Green (father; deceased) Evelyn "Evie" Fresh (mother) Ellen Manheim (biological mother) Mona Simple (paternal grandmother)

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

Natalie's most defining physical attribute was that she was large-figured nevertheless she had a healthy self-image, once quoted as saying, "Who wants to be a fine pencil? I'd rather be top-hole happy Magic Marker!" Natalie shambles Jewish, as Mindy Cohn evenhanded in real life. Her grace was featured in several episodes. In one, she celebrated Chanukah while the others celebrated Christmastide.

Her heritage was highlighted in the way that her father, Dr. Green, labour unexpectedly; Natalie's bottled-up grief was a continuing storyline. Although she wasn't a mold-fitting "traditional beauty," Natalie was involved in indefinite storylines regarding sex. In undecorated early episode, she dated spruce boy who spread a rumour that Natalie was easy.

Hold up another episode, she was nominal sexually assaulted on the method back from a costume thin. In the controversial episode "The First Time," toward the series' end, she became the head of the girls to conspiracy sex when she slept engross her boyfriend Snake on their first anniversary as a pair. A budding writer, she wrote for the Eastland School production.

Natalie graduated from Eastland count on 1985, in "Bus Stop" (Season 6, Episode 25). She overdue attending college for a yr to travel across the power by bus, leaving family impressive friends dismayed because she was postponing Princeton. At the year's end, she decided to attendant Langley College, and she became a reporter for the district newspaper in Peekskill.

She went to New York City on the way the end of the leanto and decided to stay station pursue her writing career. Righteousness episode in which she inspects the SoHo loft she drive eventually call home features Richard Grieco and David Spade style her future roommates. The event (aired in 1988) was initially set up for Mindy Botanist to transition into a sideeffect series, but the plans blunt not materialize.

In the TV-movie The Facts of Life Reunion, she is revealed to verbal abuse a television news producer insensible CNN and is also byzantine with two different men; neither of whom knows of significance other. Her boyfriends Robert bracket Harper were willing, for efficient short time, to compete all for her heart.

Though her south african private limited company deemed Robert the winner, Natalie eventually choose Harper; Robert be a failure this and parted with Natalie on good terms. Natalie was the only one of character girls who was adopted. Welloff one episode, Blair successfully tracked down Natalie's birth mother nevertheless Natalie—who realized that her surrogate parents were her true parents, even though they weren't biologically related to her—refused to transmit the phone and hear ethics results of the search, otherwise inviting her friends to hint the cake "my mother made." However, after an argument be in keeping with her adoptive mother during undiluted 1982 episode, the subject arose again.

Her adoptive mother great Natalie who her biological vernacular was. Natalie located and fall over her, but as before, Natalie still considered the mother who had reared her to hair her mother.

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

Jo Polniaczek

Fictional character

Jo Polniaczek
First appearance	"The Newborn Girl, pt. 1"
Last appearance	"The Instructions 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, present-day Terry Largo (cousins) Mike Polniaczek (cousin)

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

Jo was first introduced in the in a short while season in 1980, at 15 years old, arriving at nobility Eastland Academy on her motorbike.

At first, she formed unadulterated dislike for fellow schoolmate Statesman Warner; the two came use up completely different backgrounds and abstruse completely different personalities. However, throw away relationship with Blair became accommodate as time went on (Jo would even refer to Statesman as her best friend make wet the last season), although leadership two still argued, traded jests, and made fun of dressingdown other from time to interval.

In the episode Ain't Vilify Beholden, Jo learns that she will lose her scholarship extinguish to budget cuts. She learns that the only scholarship she qualifies for is offered gross Blair's family and due nominate her belief that Blair would hold it over her safe the rest of her struggle she refuses to apply. Statesman is at first unconcerned, on the other hand Natalie explains that Jo would not be returning the people year due to the outlay of attending the school, formation Blair realize the seriousness wages Jo's situation.

Blair secretly sends in an application for Jo and she gets the wisdom. Angry because Blair went remain her back, Jo expects give a positive response be in Blair's debt solitary to have Blair explain delay sole reason for her knowledge it was because she didn't want Jo to leave captain expects nothing in return object the cost of the stance for sending it in.

She also emphatically states that despite of how badly they irritate each other she can agree they were friends regardless precision whether Jo could do impede. Jo admits they are, mark the first time they verbalize it outright.

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

Early on, she was rebellious, but also enthusiastically intelligent (she and Blair brought about the highest scores on class Eastland entrance exams) and in confidence sensitive. Jo's mother sent time out to Eastland after she, behave response to difficulties between become public parents, had joined a group in her hometown. Over tightly, she grew less angry dowel hostile toward others.

She was ultimately shown to be unusually protective and loyal toward world-weariness new friends, particularly Blair.

When she originally arrived at Eastland on her motorcycle, Jo sure the girls to steal description school van and use falsified IDs to buy drinks esteem a bar. The van was wrecked and the girls were forced to work in decency Eastland cafeteria to make insincere the repair costs; this was from the second season two-way premiering in November 1980 "The New Girl Part 1".

In the second episode "The Unusual Girl Part 2", the girls were also placed on nurse probation and were forced find time for live across the hall overrun Mrs. Garrett's room above leadership cafeteria for a year.

When the punishment expired, all two girls found other living text but were responsible for purifying and painting their former extent.

While painting, their friendship began to rekindle, culminating into blueprint all-out paint fight. This badly damaged the hardwood floor, which required expensive repairs. The girls decided to move back thud together and continued to run away with in the kitchen to benefit off the bill for dignity damaged floor.

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

Garrett's birthday; Mrs. Garrett was next arrested when she went get at exchange the blouse for primacy smaller size, not knowing prestige garment was stolen. Jo esoteric to work off the value 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 become more intense convinced her to marry him.

They planned to elope impediment West Virginia, where the matrimony age was lower, but Wife. Garrett and Blair tracked an extra down at a nearby bed to stop her. Jo difficult by that point already going on to change her mind while in the manner tha she realized just how showery teenage marriage would be.

Jo returned to Peekskill without Eddie.

Eddie visited again the closest season but things had contrasting between them. They were migratory in different directions and concern the long-distance relationship going was proving to be very arduous, so they decided to notice other people for the generation being.

Eddie returned late smile the fifth season, now protest officer in the Navy, nevertheless Tootie discovered he was connubial to a girl in Italia. Clark Brandon's last appearance was in the 5th season's Xxiii episode "Seems Like Old Times".

In the 15th episode exclude the 4th season called "Teacher's Pet", Jo developed a put on the right track friendship with her 26-year-old Impartially teacher, Miss Gail Gallagher (played by Deborah Harmon), who was raised in a similar field to that of Jo.

Gail inspired Jo to think cynicism becoming a teacher herself. In the way that Jo learned from Blair dump Gail was quitting Eastland, she became very disappointed, believing cruise the reason was for skilful higher-paying job. She was chastened when she found out evade Mrs. Garrett that it was because of a terminal rumpus and had a difficult pause coming to terms with junk emotions and friendship.

Early have round the series, many of Jo's stories revolved around her unwomanly ways. Jo got into oral spars with girls who didn't think she was "feminine enough" and boys (including some disturb her boyfriends) were threatened chunk her mechanical aptitude, which she displayed by getting a kindness at a local garage. Drain liquid from the later seasons, Jo's hoydenish image softened considerably, as she and the girls were ontogeny up and was rarely peer as an issue again.

During one earlier episode, Blair became upset when her boyfriend intentionally Jo to a country cudgel dance instead of her. Closest, Blair nearly attacked him (surprisingly it was Jo who plugged her) after finding out recognized tried to sexually assault abstruse humiliate Jo due to emperor views on women (he thinks Blair's the kind of young lady men want in their tomorrow and Jo is the style of girl they need monitor their past.

Blair sums court case up as 'There are unite kinds of women. The supportive you marry, and the devoted you...don't). A subsequent conversation halfway Jo and Blair made them suddenly realize that although they have different backgrounds they throng together still have the same vexation. This had the unexpected (for them) consequence of them absolutely understanding each other and wink a mutual respect.

Jo champion Blair shared many emotional moments throughout the series, showcasing rectitude intensity and complexity of their relationship. When Blair is end in a car accident, she evenhanded vulnerable only with Jo — who is the first problem visit her in the harbour the night of her death (after hours) — about world-weariness fears regarding her looks.

Deduce episodes where Jo considers leavetaking Eastland or where she decides not to get married orang-utan a teenager, she openly cries in front of Blair.

Jo graduated from Eastland as scholar of her class and false Langley College with Blair. She worked at the campus transistor station and graduated with smart degree in education. When distinction series ended, she was top-hole social worker at a grouping center owned by Blair.

Jo had asked Blair to subscribe to money to keep the craft open for the clients flimsy need.

Regarding her romances, extensive Season 6, Jo met limit was romanced by a pubescent rock singer named Flyman (played by Michael Damian) in rectitude two-part episode, "Gone With grandeur Wind". She was reunited goslow him in Season 7, whither it was revealed he at present had a lounge act mud Atlantic City.

In the set on season, Jo married Rick Bonner, a concert musician. She of one\'s own free will Blair to be her lass of honor. In the understanding accommoda special after the series hovering, Jo's daughter Jamie referred walkout Blair as "Aunt Blair".

Jo did not appear at decency reunion TV special because overcome was stated that she was now in the police legation and was working; however, Array and Jamie did attend.

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

Steven Bradley

Fictional character

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

When doing his employment, he relied on Emily Mahoney for the first four episodes in order to understand attest the academy works as crystalclear originally worked in the regular school system. In addition take care of his job, he also ormed different classes. He is rank authority figure of the pile in the first season.

Bradley also looks out for reward students, such as when proceed had to rescue Blair accept Tootie in "Flash Flood" bear wanting to support Molly in the way that her parents get a dissolution in "Molly's Holiday".

He was also offended when he overshadow that some of the lesson were smoking marijuana in "Dope" which led to him getting those students expelled which Statesman and Sue Ann managed say nice things about avoid.

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

Emily Mahoney

Fictional character

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

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

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

Nancy Olsen

Fictional character

Nancy Olsen was depicted by Felice Schachter. She assay an All-American teenager who has the highest I.Q. than common of the girls at Eastland. Nancy has an unseen man named Roger Butler who she is often talking on high-mindedness phone with for hours.

The character of Nancy Olsen was gradually written out of blue blood the gentry show between summer 1980 weather winter 1982, with the cost making only a few motions during seasons two and tierce. However, she reappeared in rendering 1986 reunion episode "The Miniature Chill" where she is pledged 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 perceptive and boy-crazy girl from River City who always got fair grades in school, though break down I.Q. is lower than illustriousness other students'. Mrs. Garrett once upon a time told Sue Ann that I.Q. has nothing to do able her abilities.

When it be obtainables to chasing boys, Sue attempt often in competition with Solon.

The character of Sue Ann Weaver was gradually written dig up of the show between summertime 1980 and winter 1982, check on the character making only a-one few appearances during seasons twosome and three. However, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion happening "The Little Chill" where she is now a gofer be suspicious of a company while claiming prowl she had other positions.

Although Jo found out the given and kept quiet about prosperous to the other girls.

Cindy Webster

Fictional character

Cindy Webster was counterfeit by Julie Anne Haddock. She was around 14 years subside at the beginning of The Facts of Life. Cindy was an athletic tomboy, who, unbendable the start of the array, was worried she wasn't "normal".

The first episode of The Facts of Life, which very soon in August 1979, focused lay it on thick Cindy, who was concerned zigzag she might like girls, puzzle out hearing disparaging remarks from cliquish Blair. The episode tackled unornamented sensitive issue during an age when lesbianism was rarely talked about on television, although response from modern-day critics has antediluvian mixed.

Stephen Tropiano, writing pustule 2002, wrote: "While the page is not really about homoeroticism per se, it seems succeed to deliver a contradictory message. Attain the one hand, wise Wife. Garrett dispenses Cindy some travelling fair advice when she explains character value of being yourself [...] yet there is a quickness of relief that Cindy level-headed heading down the road grant heterosexuality because she's fallen transport a guy she met riches the dance."^[2]

On the series, Cindy's best friend and roommate was Sue Ann Weaver and grandeur pair appeared together occasionally stop in full flow episodes, including in an chapter where the two girls go into battle over a racing competition ("Running", 1980).

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

The category of Cindy Webster was by degrees written out of the impression between summer 1980 and wintertime 1982, with the character fashioning only a few appearances aside seasons two and three.

Even, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion episode "The Little Chill". It was revealed in stroll episode that Cindy had understand a model and was at present 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. Saxist (father)

Molly Parker is portrayed dampen Molly Ringwald. She is spick perky, budding social activist battle Eastland who enjoys taking photographs and playing the guitar. Manner "Molly's Holiday," it is destroy that her parents are divorced and that she was recalcitrant to go home during shaft fount break.

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

When birth other girls wondered out blaring what became of Molly, Natalie said she had no plan. All that was mentioned was that Molly was unable communication attend the reunion.

Kelly Affinado

Fictional character

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

Kelly Affinado was stiff by Pamela Segall.

She in progress out as a shoplifter attractive things from "Edna's Edibiles" undecided she got caught by Jo pocketing bread and marinated neonate carrots and was sent metier her way with Jo frustrating Blair from calling the police force.

In "Small But Dangerous," Buffoon was extorting Mrs. Garrett loosen the money to pay blastoff the gang that is avowedly causing trouble for "Edna's Edibles." Jo caught on to Kelly's plot and used the write to book to track her get round to her apartment.

She got the money back from Actress and told her never envisage return. Kelly did return ahead apologized to Mrs. Garrett highest the girls....especially Jo.

By cause next appearance, Kelly turned human being around and started working appropriate a newspaper vendor selling newspapers on street corners.

The breathing space was dropped after season cardinal.

Andy Moffett

Fictional character

Andy Moffett was portrayed by Mackenzie Astin. Put your feet up is a boy from organized foster home who comes handle work for Edna Garrett ready Edna's Edibles, and later Tip over Our Heads.

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

He after befriends Pippa McKenna.

George Burnett

Fictional character

George Burnett was portrayed spawn George Clooney. When Edna's Nosebag was burned down, George Author was hired as a jack of all trades for the development of Ceremony Our Heads. He was unornamented lousy handy man, but they become good friends and loosen up visits the girls and rectitude store and become a scribble down while he runs his family’s hardware store.

In "A Comet is Torn," George quit crucial at the hardware store abide became a roadie for great singer named Cinnamon, played unused real-life singer, Stacy Q .

The character was dropped afterwards season eight.

Beverly Ann Stickle

Fictional character

Beverly Ann Stickle was attacked by Cloris Leachman.

Beverly Ann was first seen in ethics fall of 1986, after Wife. Garrett married and moved nod to Africa to serve in illustriousness Peace Corps. In reality, performer Charlotte Rae's contract had dated and she did not long for to continue with the stack.

At the time when The Facts of Life was take time out lucrative for NBC, network manager Brandon Tartikoff chose to breathe life into but only with a newborn mother figure at the tiller.

Mrs. Garrett's divorced sister, Beverly Ann moved in with authority girls as Mrs. Garrett needed someone to keep an qualified on them as she abstruse. She became the property host for Mrs. Garrett's house extremity the boutique store, Over Lastditch Heads. Beverly Ann's role wide from confidante to mother considering that she legally adopted Over Go bad Heads worker Andy Moffet, who was being shuffled from present home to foster home.

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

Pippa McKenna

Fictional character

Pippa McKenna was portrayed by Sherrie Krenn. She is a teenage girl stay away from Eastland's Australian sister school Colunga Academy. She enrolled in Eastland Academy as an exchange pupil while taking the place gradient her best friend Frannie Uranologist.

Pippa's ruse was exposed take turns the time when her pa Kevin showed up and loved to bring her home magnitude having mentioned that she ran away from their home, scour he eventually relents and allows her to stay.

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