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Medoxor t1_j24h3jk wrote

The Facts of Life is a rare situation. The girls on that show turned out fine. Mindy Cohn always credited to having stable families at home that helped them all stay on track. It's also one of the very few female cast shows where they all got along. The actresses even got together for a Christmas movie Kim Fields did a couple of years ago. They all speak very highly of each other when they do interviews. It is possible for children to be stars and turn out great.

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Lili_Danube OP t1_j24jmmg wrote

Mrs Garrett was always the bad one.

I remember when Geri Jewell came out. She wasn't even a regular but the FACT OF LIFE stars rallied up for her.

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Tornpaperwrapper t1_j24qyk9 wrote

I hope that’s just a joke about Mrs. G. I’d be sad to find out Charlotte Rae was trouble.

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paperwasp3 t1_j27l6mb wrote

She was a massive drinker. When George Clooney first got to LA he had a job driving for his aunt Rosemary. She would go drinking with Charlotte Rae and George would have to drive them home. One time he pulled over for them and Charlotte stepped one leg out of the car. peed like a racehorse, and pulled her leg back in.

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Lili_Danube OP t1_j28j6yv wrote

Wonder if Mrs Garrett got to taste Clooney's goodies when he was a young stud?

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JPSofCA t1_j26c5dc wrote

Girls! Girls!! Girls!!! ~ Mrs. Garret's Bosoms

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Tornpaperwrapper t1_j26ladn wrote

The Facts of Life skits on The Big Gay Sketch show cracked me up with that line alone.

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trustysidekick t1_j27n123 wrote

Were any of the girls in Facts of life actually kids? They all seemed grown up to me when I was watching it as a kid in the 80sz

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Medoxor t1_j286wqi wrote

>Were any of the girls in Facts of life actually kids? They all seemed grown up to me when I was watching it as a kid in the 80sz

Yes, they were. Lisa Whelchel was 16 that first season. Nancy McKeon was 14 when she started the show. Mindy Cohn was 13 when she started. Kim was 10. They grew up on the show. Mindy points out a lot how she gets to see her puberty years on TV. The Facts of Life was NBC's first longest running sitcom of the 80's. It lasted 9 years.

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sweetnsassy924 t1_j27bzas wrote

I think the girls were also all there when Nancy was on. Dwts

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Medoxor t1_j287qeg wrote

>I think the girls were also all there when Nancy was on. Dwts

The girls were also supportive of Lisa when she did Survivor years ago. Stupid Penner for turning the jury against her just because she was a childhood actress. Lisa deserved to win that season. She started out slow but by the end she was ruling that game. Denise road Malcom's coattails doing nothing to win.

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DaftPump t1_j278g1n wrote

IIRC Mindy Cohn wanted nothing to do with celebrity life. She was added to the show as an afterthought.

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