The Facts of Life (1979)
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The Facts of Life (1979)
Plot.
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Cloris Leachman
Beverly Ann Stickle
Charlotte Rae
Edna Garrett
Lisa Whelchel
Blair Warner
Kim Fields
Tootie Ramsey
Mindy Cohn
Natalie Green
Nancy McKeon
Joanne Jo Polniaczek
Mackenzie Astin
Andy Moffett
Norman Lear
Creator
Jenny O'Hara
Miss Emily Mahoney
Sherrié Austin
Pippa McKenna
Dick Clair
Creator
George Clooney
George Burnett
Jenna McMahon
Creator
John Lawlor
Steven Bradley
Molly Ringwald
Molly Parker
Julie Piekarski
Sue Ann Weaver
Julie Anne Haddock
Cindy Webster
Felice Schachter
Nancy Olson
Pamela Adlon
Kelly Affinado
Howard Leeds
Writer
Asaad Kelada
Director
Jim Drake
Director
Alejandro Rey
Director
Mark W. Travis
Director
Steven Robman
Director
Linda Day
Director
Gary Shimokawa
Director
Linda Marsh
Producer / Writer
Debra Rubinstein
Casting Director
Margie Peters
Producer / Writer
Jerry Mayer
Writer
Paul Haggis
Writer
Michael Maurer
Writer
Michael Poryes
Writer
Andy Borowitz
Writer
Jane Anderson
Writer
Lawrence H. Levy
Writer
Bob Bendetson
Writer
Martin Ragaway
Writer
Bob Colleary
Writer
Peter Noah
Writer
Bob Brush
Writer
Susan Beavers
Writer
Howard Meyers
Writer
David Chambers
Writer
Michael Weinberger
Writer
Mitch Markowitz
Writer
Jake Weinberger
Writer
Alan Spencer
Writer
Nicolas Coster
David Warner
Roger Perry
Charles Perry
Jimmy Baron
Greg
Paul Provenza
Casey Clark
Alex Rocco
Charlie Polniaczek
Robert Romanus
Snake
Jami Gertz
Boots St. Clair
Bruce Glover
Convict #3
Loren Lester
Roy
Marj Dusay
Monica Warner
Clark Brandon
Eddie Brennan
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Matt
Peter Nelson
William Ogden Smith IV
Starr Andreeff
Melissa
Geri Jewell
Geri Tyler
Scott Bryce
Rick Bonner
Todd Susman
Assistant Warden Yeager
Michael Milhoan
Convict #2
Mayim Bialik
Jennifer Cole
Elmarie Wendel
Jackie
Laura Summer
Emily
JoAnn Willette
Didi
Lisa Freeman
Sally
Greg Bradford
Steve
Tom Fitzsimmons
Alex Garrett
Shawn Stevens
Bob Perkins
Betty Kean
Louise Le Beau
Jim West
Boyfriend
Todd Hallowell
Jeff Williams / Zack Peters
Joyce Bulifant
Margaret
Dinah Lacey
Jenny
Jimmy Baio
David Ackroyd
Ian Wolfe
Nancy Everhard
David Wallace
Meredith Scott Lynn
Norman Burton
Holly Gagnier
David Coburn
Robert Hooks
Norman Alden
Taliesin Jaffe
Elliott Reid
Richard Stahl
Peter Parros
John Mengatti
Nehemiah Persoff
Patrick Thomas O'Brien
Crispin Glover
Kenneth Mars
Twyla Littleton
John Kassir
William Pierson
Armin Shimerman
John Astin
Bruce Solomon
Thomas Hill
Thomas F. Wilson
Fred Holliday
Jermaine Jackson
Takayo Fischer
Danny Dayton
Penelope Ann Miller
Nicky Katt
Timothy Stack
Charlie Dell
Elizabeth Keifer
Tony Longo
John D. LeMay
Elizabeth Kerr
Arthur Malet
Andrew Cassese
Cathleen Cordell
Jim McCawley
Georgia Schmidt
Larry Poindexter
Stuart Fratkin
Troy Evans
Alexa Kenin
Gary Hudson
Philip Charles MacKenzie
Donnelly Rhodes
Bunny Summers
William Windom
Ralph Manza
Barbara Stock
Ernie Sabella
Moon Unit Zappa
Dean Cameron
Bobby Rydell
Robert Phalen
Tom Eplin
Jason Bernard
Peter Michael Goetz
James Staley
Irene Tedrow
Richard Dean Anderson
Joan Freeman
Dick O'Neill
John P. Navin, Jr.
Sam Behrens
Kristoffer Tabori
Peter Marc Jacobson
Lilyan Chauvin
Steve Susskind
Dana Plato
Juliette Lewis
Suzanne Krull
Sheldon Leonard
Frank Aletter
Evelyn Guerrero
Tuesday Knight
Chuck McCann
Nancy Lenehan
Fritzi Burr
Gary Lee Davis
Dick Van Patten
Bumper Robinson
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 24, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons9
Episodes201
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Filming LocationsSunset Gower Studios, United States
Genres
Wiki.
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. The series focuses on Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), as she becomes a housemother (and from the second season onward, a dietitian as well) at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
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