

The first two installments of Sony Pictures Television’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience re-created episodes of Lear classics All in the Family and its spinoff The Jeffersons in spring 2019, and a different All in the Family episode was remade along with another of its groundbreaking spinoffs, Good Times, that winter. Charlotte Rae played housemother Edna Garrett, the character who tied the spin-off to Diff'rent Strokes, on The Facts of Life until season 8, when Cloris Leachman. Garrett character was the link between the two sitcoms - Mindy Cohn, Kim Fields, Nancy McKeon and Lisa Whelclel.Ĭharlotte Rae Dies: House Mother On ‘The Facts Of Life’ Was 92

Facts' success has been so unexpected that scions of Hollywood are still taken aback. Its evolving main cast included Rae - whose Mrs. Garrett's store was gutted by fire in the season seven. The Facts of Life debuted in 1979 on NBC and ran to 1988. All four stars join the previously announced Diffrent Strokes cast members, which include John Lithgow (Mr. “Other than with my family, there’s no place I’d rather be in my 100th year than on a soundstage at Sony with these glorious actors reliving what our company had produced all those years ago and sharing it with the millions of viewers who could use a little laughter,” Lear said.įormer Child Stars From ‘The Facts Of Life’& Other Shows Gather For ‘Stars In The House’ĭiff’rent Strokes aired on NBC from 1978-85 then one more season on ABC and starred Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato and Charlotte Rae. By now, original The Facts of Life cast members Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn, and Kim Fields have mastered learning the facts of life.

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