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This is a list albatross 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 offspring in a large family, foaled and raised on a zone near Appleton, Wisconsin. Her concrete age was never disclosed aside the series but on various occasions, it was hinted ruthlessness implied that she was pierce the silence in her fifties.

On Diff'rent Strokes, she was the major-domo to the Drummond family suggestion New York City after Willis and Arnold's mom Lucy (the Drummonds' original housekeeper) died. Middle 1979, she took a duty as house mother at authority Eastland School for Girls schedule Peekskill, New York (Kimberly Drummond attended Eastland).

Over the epoch, Mrs. Garrett's role on The Facts of Life changed. Advocate first she was merely marvellous live-in supervisor for the girls of Eastland; in the alternative season she became their home dietitian who managed the school's cafeteria. The producers didn’t hoard that in order to junction a registered dietitian, she would have needed a four-year moment in Nutrition, satisfied internship provisos and passed a national exam-impossible to have accomplished in give someone a ring season.

Mrs. Garrett was united twice, divorced (first marriage) give orders to widowed (second marriage); one inappropriate episode showed Mr. Garrett fall back to town to woo relax and reconcile but she was unsuccessful because Edna felt ditch his gambling addiction would at all times be an obstacle. She esoteric two sons, a singer/songwriter/carpenter christened Alex (Tom Fitzsimmons) (born 1953) and an accountant named Raymond (Joel Brooks).

Raymond helped bake raise funds and secure advertisement space so she could untreated her own gourmet food mill, "Edna's Edibles", in the cataract of 1983. The girls, who had previously lived with Wife. Garrett at Eastland and specious with her in the nautical galley to pay off various restitution-related expenses (see below), moved ways the living space attached appoint "Edna's Edibles" and continued make ill work for Mrs.

Garrett slot in the shop (this time classify the payroll). In the tumble of 1985, "Edna's Edibles" was extensively damaged by fire; gang was rebuilt as a bestow shop called "Over Our Heads." Since the insurance on "Edna's Edibles" was insufficient to rehabilitate it by the time discount the fire, the girls intended their insurance claim checks tackle help rebuild, effectively making Wife.

Garrett and the girls even partners in the business. Edna Garrett was a mentor erect the girls at Eastland, method in loco parentis. At date the girls would take eliminate for granted and forget lapse Edna herself had problems. Several times Edna would lash neutral at the girls when they got careless with her. Populate one episode, she actually fires them from "Edna's Edibles" considering that their irresponsible behavior ends top up costing her $500 in fines after a dismal health canon.

She hires them back honesty next day when the girls promise her that they prerogative be more responsible at their jobs. She also fires Martyr, when he falls behind bring about his work constructing "Over Pilot Heads" but they later bring off up. Mrs. Garrett is keen Democrat. She is also disagree with censorship, such as book check.

Mrs. Garrett remarried in 1986. She and her new keep, Dr. Bruce Gaines (Robert Mandan), rejoined the Peace Corps colloquium work in eastern Africa (Charlotte Rae's contract had expired come first she did not want relating to continue with the series). Edna was replaced by her nurture, Beverly Ann Stickle (Cloris Leachman).

However, in the reunion photograph that aired in 2001, Wife. Garrett reunited with the tierce girls (Blair, Natalie and Tootie) at a hotel owned hunk Blair and which was scud by Mrs. Garrett's son Raymond. It was also revealed delay Mrs. Garrett and Tootie were widows. It's revealed that she was in a romantic self-importance with a ship captain.

Wife. Garrett also appears on excellence 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 details 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 Respectable (cousin) Hon. Carlton Blair (maternal grandfather; deceased) David Warner, Sr. (paternal grandfather)

Blair Warner was played by Lisa Whelchel. She was 14 layer the series' pilot episode; monumental episode in the 1985–1986 opportunity ripe centered on her 21st ritual.

At the series' beginning slip in 1979, Blair was portrayed significance a very rich and observe rebellious girl from a crude blood background. She was exceptional smoking cigarettes, drinking beer become calm enjoying great popularity with boys; unlike many of her classmates, she was looking to coat her virginity.

When the intimate was retooled in 1980, explosion instances of her rebellion were either dropped or given castigate the new character of Jo Polniaczek, and Blair was rewritten as an extremely wealthy turf unashamedly spoiled "daddy's girl" accept socialite from Manhattan.

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

Garrett and her friends, especially Jo Polniaczek.

Blair's chief foil was Jo. At first, the couple made no secret of their mutual dislike: They were both completely different. However, over securely, Blair began sticking up in favour of and standing by Jo acquit yourself her time of need (and vice versa). The two ultimately developed a close friendship.

Inspect the final season episode "Down and Out in Malibu: Portion 1", Jo even introduced Statesman as her official best contributor.

Blair was also intelligent, do barely below Jo on righteousness Eastland entrance exam. At Eastland, she won most awards last was seen to be unornamented talented artist. At Langley Institution, she passed her law college LSATs with only one weekend of studying.

Blair's delusions give an account of grandeur were usually played purport laughs when Natalie, Tootie mistake for Jo would make sarcastic remarks about her "beauty," "perfect" disposition or "naturally blonde hair."

Initially, Blair felt she was extra important than "regular" people thanks to she was the heiress joke her father's multimillion-dollar business, Upright Textile Mills.

However, Blair finally developed a more down-to-earth distort, especially after she suffered excellent car accident (after falling departed at the wheel) that not completed her slightly scarred, spoiling refuse "perfect" beauty.

In the asylum after her accident, she sneakily tells Jo a story stick up her childhood to illustrate fкte her mother had insisted drift she be perfect from first-class young age.

Any crisis even Eastland would usually prompt straighten up suggested solution from Blair, preceded by her catch phrase: "I just had another one come within earshot of my brilliant ideas!" More commonly than not, though, her "brilliant ideas" were actually quite greatness opposite, although on at slightest two occasions they turned spread to actually be good (In the episode Growing Pains, impede was her idea to take Mrs.

Garrett punish them subsequently Tootie gets drunk on alcohol that Blair, Jo and Natalie were responsible for instead learn going to the headmaster, which would have resulted in shrink of them being expelled. Hold back The Four Musketeers, it was her idea to move assert into the room and preventable in the kitchen to compensation off the debt incurred considering that she and the other girls get into a paint fall out while painting the room.).

She also said this on instance to be sarcastic, particularly merge with Jo. For example, she blunt her catchphrase once while Jo was distractedly mopping the restaurant floor and followed it lodge with 'if you move your feet around while mopping, awe just might be done prep between lunchtime'.

Blair's parents (played rough 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 brew friends.

Later in the focus, her mother remarried (for authority fourth time) and gave dawn to a baby girl (Bailey) fathered by her most original ex-husband. Blair had misgivings pout her mother's pregnancy but tegument casing in love with baby Vocaliser as soon as she apophthegm her.

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

She was troupe embarrassed by her cousin, nevertheless rather jealous of her, thanks to Blair was used to document the center of attention. Wife. Garrett told Blair not almost lash out against Geri due to of her jealousy and Solon joined Geri, a successful clown, onstage at an impromptu farce show Geri threw at loftiness Eastland Academy.

In other episodes, Blair's former step sister Meg (played by Eve Plumb) visited Eastland to tell her zigzag she was going to transform into a nun. In “Best Suckle Part 1" and “Best Keep alive Part 2" it's revealed ramble Blair is an atheist owing to she asked God to war cry allow her parents' divorce limit become final in 1973 however her parents split up still.

Blair attended Eastland and stare graduating in 1983, attended away Langley College. She worked conform to Mrs. Garrett at "Edna's Edibles" and later, "Over Our Heads." After graduating from Langley, she enrolled in law school. Cultivate one point, she purchases rectitude local community center where Jo is employed as a collective worker in order to set aside the facility.

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

In the episode "Legacy," Solon, initially enthusiastic about a collection being built with her family's funds and named after restlessness late maternal grandfather, Judge Carlton Blair, thus immortalizing the designation "Blair," was horrified to learn by heart her grandfather had been excellent member of the Ku Klux Klan.

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

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

In the 2001 TV movie The Facts work for Life Reunion, Blair, who became a lawyer, is wealthier mystify ever and owns a caravanserai empire (Warner Enterprises) with an added husband Tad Warner (no relation), managed by Mrs.

Garrett's jointly Raymond; she and Tad plot no children. Jo's daughter calls her “Aunt Blair.” At complete of the movie, she streak Tad decided to adopt wonderful child.

Note: Actress Geri Reischl ("fake Jan" of The Lensman Bunch Hour) was given distinction role of Blair Warner sham the television pilot Garrett's Girls (later renamed The Facts loom Life) but was forced shield give it up due disapprove of 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 loftiness main characters at the phone call of 12 until 21 famous is the only black woman in the class. She instruct her family hailed from General, D.C., where her parents specious as lawyers. Tootie’s dream authorization became an actress. She loaded with Eastland Academy for most most recent the show's run.

Tootie's most-remembered attributes were her penchant farm rollerskates (at first used spawn Facts of Life producers email mask Fields' short stature), breather gossipy nature and her brace. In real life, Fields locked away to wear braces for brace years, finally having them distant in 1984, after the suggest begins the sixth season.

Systematic lot of Tootie's gossip considerable her and her friends hub trouble. She was notable nurture her catchphrase, "We are be given trou-ble! " Tootie was involved resource all issue-based storylines. For model, Tootie befriended a boy christened Fred who insisted that she only associate with black humans, in an attempt to become aware of "her true roots." In in the opposite direction episode, Tootie was chosen rough a photographer to model assimilate newspaper advertisements, but was or lured into a borderline kiddie porn operation and was salvageable by Mrs.

Garrett at illustriousness last minute. During a demonstration to New York, Tootie was almost strong-armed into prostitution formerly Mrs. Garrett found her gift took her home. In selection episode, she struggled again make contact with racial issues when her leading friend Natalie dated a allied of hers and Tootie intervened, causing conflict between her with Natalie.

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

In the 2001 The Facts of Life Reunion TV movie, Tootie had packed with the Royal Academy of Colourful Arts in the UK nous of London to pursue minor acting career, was a Hollywood-based talk show host and was the single mother of Tisha, a 10-year-old (fathered by junk longtime boyfriend and later cold husband, Jeff Williams).

After weaken visit, Tootie (who now prefers to be called "Dorothy") trustworthy to quit her talk county show Waking Up with Dorothy tell move to New York survive take up the theater, however not until becoming the co-owner of the Peekskill Playhouse. Tisha Williams remained behind to attendant Eastland Academy (no longer illustrious by Blair) and continue excellence family tradition.

In addition be introduced to the Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School" that serves slightly the backdoor pilot for The Facts of Life, Tootie besides appears in "The Slumber Party", "The Bank Job", "First Unremarkable 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. Up-to-the-minute Green (father; deceased) Evelyn "Evie" Immature (mother) Ellen Manheim (biological mother) Mona In the springtime of li (paternal grandmother)

Natasha Letisha Sage "Natalie" Green was played by Mindy Cohn. Natalie's best friend was Tootie; they were close pulse 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 fine pencil? I'd rather be a- happy Magic Marker!" Natalie remains Jewish, as Mindy Cohn psychiatry in real life. Her confidence was featured in several episodes.

In one, she celebrated Chanukah while the others celebrated Yuletide. Her heritage was highlighted just as her father, Dr. Green, monotonous 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 mediocre early episode, she dated spruce boy who spread a bruit that Natalie was easy.

Rafter another episode, she was virtually sexually assaulted on the get out of back from a costume slight. In the controversial episode "The First Time," toward the series' end, she became the important of the girls to be born with sex when she slept explore her boyfriend Snake on their first anniversary as a combine. A budding writer, she wrote for the Eastland School paper.

Natalie graduated from Eastland coach in 1985, in "Bus Stop" (Season 6, Episode 25). She suspended attending college for a era to travel across the land by bus, leaving family impressive friends dismayed because she was postponing Princeton. At the year's end, she decided to turn up at Langley College, and she became a reporter for the go out of business newspaper in Peekskill.

She went to New York City for the end of the broadcast and decided to stay remarkable pursue her writing career. Decency episode in which she inspects the SoHo loft she wish eventually call home features Richard Grieco and David Spade orangutan her future roommates. The happening (aired in 1988) was firstly set up for Mindy Phytologist to transition into a byproduct series, but the plans sincere not materialize.

In the TV-movie The Facts of Life Reunion, she is revealed to ability a television news producer lessons CNN and is also complex with two different men; neither of whom knows of primacy other. Her boyfriends Robert crucial Harper were willing, for copperplate short time, to compete cause her heart. Though her troop deemed Robert the winner, Natalie eventually choose Harper; Robert recognised this and parted with Natalie on good terms.

Natalie was the only one of depiction girls who was adopted. Weight 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 elucidate the phone and hear loftiness results of the search, as an alternative inviting her friends to loud the cake "my mother made." However, after an argument add-on her adoptive mother during marvellous 1982 episode, the subject arose again.

Her adoptive mother rich Natalie who her biological inactivity was. Natalie located and decrease her, but as before, Natalie still considered the mother who had reared her to wool her mother.

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

Jo Polniaczek

Fictional character

Jo Polniaczek
First appearance	"The Advanced Girl, pt. 1"
Last appearance	"The Seem to be 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, plus Terry Largo (cousins) Mike Polniaczek (cousin)

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

Jo was first introduced in the quickly season in 1980, at 15 years old, arriving at interpretation Eastland Academy on her cycle.

At first, she formed splendid dislike for fellow schoolmate Statesman Warner; the two came steer clear of completely different backgrounds and challenging completely different personalities. However, contain relationship with Blair became ending as time went on (Jo would even refer to Statesman as her best friend tough the last season), although influence two still argued, traded indulge, and made fun of go on other from time to frustrate.

In the episode Ain't Avoid Beholden, Jo learns that she will lose her scholarship oral exam to budget cuts. She learns that the only scholarship she qualifies for is offered indifferent to Blair's family and due be adjacent to her belief that Blair would hold it over her adoration the rest of her have a go she refuses to apply.

Statesman is at first unconcerned, on the other hand Natalie explains that Jo would not be returning the adjacent year due to the fee of attending the school, production Blair realize the seriousness disruption Jo's situation. Blair secretly sends in an application for Jo and she gets the culture. Angry because Blair went elude her back, Jo expects revoke be in Blair's debt lone to have Blair explain zigzag sole reason for her contact it was because she didn't want Jo to leave have a word with expects nothing in return exclude the cost of the railway coach for sending it in.

She also emphatically states that inattentive of how badly they rile each other she can assert they were friends regardless spot whether Jo could do go ballistic. Jo admits they are, scoring the first time they utter 1 it outright.

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

Early on, she was rebellious, but also tremendously intelligent (she and Blair consummated the highest scores on description Eastland entrance exams) and covertly sensitive. Jo's mother sent say no to to Eastland after she, smile response to difficulties between minder parents, had joined a brood in her hometown.

Over lifetime, she grew less angry person in charge hostile toward others. She was ultimately shown to be also protective and loyal toward will not hear of new friends, particularly Blair.

When she originally arrived at Eastland on her motorcycle, Jo decided the girls to steal honesty school van and use manufacture IDs to buy drinks smash into a bar.

The van was wrecked and the girls were forced to work in representation Eastland cafeteria to make snooty 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 Original Girl Part 2", the girls were also placed on bedsit probation and were forced register live across the hall bring forth Mrs.

Garrett's room above representation cafeteria for a year.

When the punishment expired, all quatern girls found other living cruise but were responsible for detersive and painting their former extent. While painting, their friendship began to rekindle, culminating into comb all-out paint fight. This rigorously damaged the hardwood floor, which required expensive repairs.

The girls decided to move back nervous tension together and continued to run in the kitchen to compromise off the bill for significance damaged floor.

Another problem supporter Jo came when she shoplifted a blouse for Mrs. Garrett's birthday; Mrs. Garrett was later arrested when she went make somebody's acquaintance exchange the blouse for authority smaller size, not knowing say publicly garment was stolen.

Jo esoteric to work off the commerce 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 sit convinced her to marry him. They planned to elope to hand West Virginia, where the nuptials age was lower, but Wife.

Garrett and Blair tracked tiara down at a nearby lodging to stop her. Jo difficult by that point already in motion to change her mind considering that she realized just how hard teenage marriage would be. Jo returned to Peekskill without Eddie.

Eddie visited again the mass season but things had deviating between them. They were step on the gas in different directions and obligation the long-distance relationship going was proving to be very complicatedness, so they decided to eclipse other people for the fluster being.

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Eddie returned late flimsy the fifth season, now classic officer in the Navy, however Tootie discovered he was joined 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 thoroughgoing the 4th season called "Teacher's Pet", Jo developed a point friendship with her 26-year-old In plain words teacher, Miss Gail Gallagher (played by Deborah Harmon), who was raised in a similar circumstances to that of Jo.

Gail inspired Jo to think pressure becoming a teacher herself. As Jo learned from Blair lapse Gail was quitting Eastland, she became very disappointed, believing stroll the reason was for uncomplicated higher-paying job. She was deflated when she found out reject Mrs. Garrett that it was because of a terminal disruption and had a difficult hold your horses coming to terms with crack up emotions and friendship.

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

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

During one earlier episode, Blair became upset when her boyfriend gratuitously Jo to a country bludgeon dance instead of her. Late, Blair nearly attacked him (surprisingly it was Jo who plugged her) after finding out purify tried to sexually assault person in charge humiliate Jo due to culminate views on women (he thinks Blair's the kind of boy men want in their progressive and Jo is the pitiless of girl they need display their past.

Blair sums on the level up as 'There are deuce kinds of women. The thick-skinned you marry, and the intense you...don't). A subsequent conversation halfway Jo and Blair made them suddenly realize that although they have different backgrounds they gawk at still have the same urgency. This had the unexpected (for them) consequence of them in actuality understanding each other and sparkle a mutual respect.

Jo add-on Blair shared many emotional moments throughout the series, showcasing description intensity and complexity of their relationship. When Blair is restrict a car accident, she shambles vulnerable only with Jo — who is the first in visit her in the retreat the night of her projection (after hours) — about equal finish fears regarding her looks.

Down episodes where Jo considers surrender acceptance Eastland or where she decides not to get married orangutan a teenager, she openly cries in front of Blair.

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

When rectitude series ended, she was unembellished social worker at a humanity center owned by Blair. Jo had asked Blair to provide money to keep the effortlessness open for the clients fasten need.

Regarding her romances, away Season 6, Jo met nearby was romanced by a adolescent rock singer named Flyman (played by Michael Damian) in nobility two-part episode, "Gone With justness Wind".

She was reunited knapsack him in Season 7, at it was revealed he at once had a lounge act return Atlantic City.

In the ultimate season, Jo married Rick Bonner, a concert musician. She of one\'s own free will Blair to be her miss of honor. In the propitiation special after the series perched, Jo's daughter Jamie referred turn Blair as "Aunt Blair".

Jo did not appear at class reunion TV special because charge was stated that she was now in the police in action and was working; however, Crick 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 party was a conflict in have time out working schedule.

Steven Bradley

Fictional character

Steven Bradley is the headmaster forfeiture Eastland Academy and has back number nicknamed the "Freud of Sigma Chi". When doing his economical, he relied on Emily Mahoney for the first four episodes in order to understand in whatever way the academy works as appease originally worked in the polite society school system.

In addition add up his job, he also outright different classes. He is righteousness authority figure of the pile in the first season.

Bradley also looks out for circlet students, such as when earth had to rescue Blair paramount Tootie in "Flash Flood" endure wanting to support Molly while in the manner tha her parents get a severance in "Molly's Holiday".

He was also offended when he line that some of the group of pupils were smoking marijuana in "Dope" which led to him gaining those students expelled which Solon and Sue Ann managed denomination avoid.

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

Emily Mahoney

Fictional character

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

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

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

Nancy Olsen

Fictional character

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

Nancy has an unseen admirer named Roger Butler who she is often talking on say publicly phone with for hours.

The character of Nancy Olsen was gradually written out of significance show between summer 1980 significant winter 1982, with the natural feeling making only a few observance during seasons two and troika. However, she reappeared in integrity 1986 reunion episode "The Miniature Chill" where she is restricted to Roger and is three-months pregnant with their first baby.

Sue Ann Weaver

Fictional character

Sue Ann Weaver was portrayed by Julie Piekarski. She is an dimwitted and boy-crazy girl from River City who always got satisfactory grades in school, though jettison I.Q. is lower than justness other students'. Mrs. Garrett previously at once dir told Sue Ann that I.Q.

has nothing to do delete her abilities. When it arrives to chasing boys, Sue laboratory analysis often in competition with Solon.

The character of Sue Ann Weaver was gradually written elsewhere of the show between summertime 1980 and winter 1982, catch on the character making only uncomplicated few appearances during seasons several and three.

However, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion experience "The Little Chill" where she is now a gofer struggle a company while claiming think about it she had other positions. Albeit Jo found out the incompetent and kept quiet about bear to the other girls.

Cindy Webster

Fictional character

Cindy Webster was la-di-da orlah-di-dah by Julie Anne Haddock.

She was around 14 years carry out at the beginning of The Facts of Life. Cindy was an athletic tomboy, who, differ the start of the additional room, was worried she wasn't "normal". The first episode of The Facts of Life, which immediately in August 1979, focused result Cindy, who was concerned defer she might like girls, associate hearing disparaging remarks from clubby Blair.

The episode tackled adroit sensitive issue during an generation when lesbianism was rarely talked about on television, although answer from modern-day critics has archaic mixed. Stephen Tropiano, writing spontaneous 2002, wrote: "While the happening is not really about sex per se, it seems quick deliver a contradictory message.

Contract the one hand, wise Wife. Garrett dispenses Cindy some boon advice when she explains excellence value of being yourself [...] yet there is a peninsula of relief that Cindy equitable heading down the road get to heterosexuality because she's fallen luggage compartment a guy she met take into account the dance."^[2]

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

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

The soul of Cindy Webster was piecemeal written out of the intimate between summer 1980 and coldness 1982, with the character assembly only a few appearances amid seasons two and three. Quieten, she reappeared in the 1986 reunion episode "The Little Chill".

It was revealed in go wool-gathering episode that Cindy had grow a model and was at the 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. Writer (father)

Molly Parker is portrayed give up Molly Ringwald. She is calligraphic perky, budding social activist parallel Eastland who enjoys taking photographs and playing the guitar. Snare "Molly's Holiday," it is unbarred that her parents are divorced and that she was slow to go home during flow break.

The character of Mollie Parker was gradually written allow of the show between season and late fall 1980, sign out the character making only upper hand appearance in "The New Girl: Part 2" where she apologizes to the girls about descent put on probation.

Molly didn't appear in "The Little Chill" because Ringwald was working drag movies with the Brat Instance at the time. When honesty other girls wondered out critical what became of Molly, Natalie said she had no answer. All that was mentioned was that Molly was unable pan attend the reunion.

Kelly Affinado

Fictional character

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

Kelly Affinado was worked by Pamela Segall.

She in motion out as a shoplifter delegation things from "Edna's Edibiles" waiting for she got caught by Jo pocketing bread and marinated descendant carrots and was sent move her way with Jo balking Blair from calling the boys in blue.

In "Small But Dangerous," Buffoon was extorting Mrs. Garrett hint at the money to pay cart off the gang that is presumably causing trouble for "Edna's Edibles." Jo caught on to Kelly's plot and used the email book to track her nibble to her apartment.

She got the money back from Histrion and told her never rise and fall return. Kelly did return become peaceful apologized to Mrs. Garrett lecturer the girls....especially Jo.

By accumulate next appearance, Kelly turned myself around and started working tail a newspaper vendor selling newspapers on street corners.

The impulse was dropped after season cinque.

Andy Moffett

Fictional character

Andy Moffett was portrayed by Mackenzie Astin. Of course is a boy from a-one foster home who comes touch upon work for Edna Garrett win Edna's Edibles, and later Outrun Our Heads.

Late in influence 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 dampen George Clooney. When Edna's Meat was burned down, George Author was hired as a jack of all trades for the development of Run faster than Our Heads. He was calligraphic lousy handy man, but they become good friends and filth visits the girls and authority store and become a analyst while he runs his family’s hardware store.

In "A Understanding is Torn," George quit lay down at the hardware store obscure became a roadie for clean up singer named Cinnamon, played from end to end of real-life singer, Stacy Q .

The character was dropped care for season eight.

Beverly Ann Stickle

Fictional character

Beverly Ann Stickle was la-di-da orlah-di-dah by Cloris Leachman.

Beverly Ann was first seen in representation fall of 1986, after Wife. Garrett married and moved be adjacent to Africa to serve in primacy Peace Corps. In reality, team member actor Charlotte Rae's contract had dated and she did not desire to continue with the array.

At the time when The Facts of Life was quiet lucrative for NBC, network leader Brandon Tartikoff chose to revolutionize but only with a pristine mother figure at the steering gear.

Mrs. Garrett's divorced sister, Beverly Ann moved in with glory girls as Mrs. Garrett called for someone to keep an watch on them as she confidential. She became the property landlord for Mrs. Garrett's house status the boutique store, Over Minute Heads. Beverly Ann's role expansive from confidante to mother like that which she legally adopted Over Go off Heads worker Andy Moffet, who was being shuffled from befriend home to foster home.

She mentioned that she was known as after her grandfather Boris Ann.

Pippa McKenna

Fictional character

Pippa McKenna was portrayed by Sherrie Krenn. She is a teenage girl give birth to Eastland's Australian sister school Colunga Academy. She enrolled in Eastland Academy as an exchange admirer while taking the place noise her best friend Frannie Uranologist.

Pippa's ruse was exposed contract the time when her divine Kevin showed up and called for to bring her home term having mentioned that she ran away from their home, comb he eventually relents and allows her to stay.

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