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In 1980, Jewell was offered a role on The Facts of Life. The show ended up being one of the longest-running TV sitcoms in the 1980s. The Facts of Life was a spin-off from Diff'rent Strokes, which featured Edna Garrett, the housekeeper in the Drummond household. Garrett was written into the new show as a housemother, and later a dietitian, at ...
At the time when The Facts of Life was still lucrative for NBC, network president Brandon Tartikoff chose to renew but only with a new mother figure at the helm. Mrs. Garrett's divorced sister, Beverly Ann moved in with the girls as Mrs. Garrett wanted someone to keep an eye on them as she had. She became the property owner for Mrs. Garrett's ...
More than 40 years after its premiere, The Facts of Life is still giving Us something to talk about. The sitcom debuted on NBC in August 1979 as a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes. The Facts of Life ...
The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s.
NBC You take the good, you take the bad, you take 'em and there you have the facts of life — which sitcom star Mindy Cohn learned about when the idea of a Facts of Life reboot came around.
"The Facts of Life" star Mindy Cohn said a revival of the hit ABC sitcom was scuttled by a "greedy" co-star who quietly tried to set up her own spin-off instead. Cohn, 58, who played Natalie on ...
James hosted the first telethon using the then-new television medium to raise money for charity. He was the emcee of the United Cerebral Palsy Association's telethons. James hosted the charity's primary telethon (in New York City on WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) for 47 years, aided by Jane Pickens, Paul Anka, Florence Henderson, and other performers. He ...
There’s drama among cast members of The Facts of Life, and, sadly, Mrs. Garrett is no longer around to help resolve the mess.. Mindy Cohn — who played Natalie on the beloved sitcom, which ...