The Facts of Life
You take the good, you take the bad...
Created by Dick Clair, Norman Lear, Jenna McMahon
On NBC
A warm, optimistic sitcom about a housemother guiding teenage girls through coming-of-age challenges in a boarding school setting, built on reassurance and life lessons.
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
Essence
Ensemble
Charlotte Rae
Edna Garrett
Cloris Leachman
Beverly Ann Stickle
Lisa Whelchel
Blair Warner
Kim Fields
Tootie Ramsey
Mindy Cohn
Natalie Green
Jenny O'Hara
Miss Emily Mahoney
Nancy McKeon
Joanne Jo Polniaczek
John Lawlor
Steven Bradley
Mackenzie Astin
Andy Moffett
Felice Schachter
Nancy Olson
Molly Ringwald
Molly Parker
Sherrié Austin
Pippa McKenna
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