(Clockwise from left): Kim Fields as Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey, Nancy McKeon as Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek, Mindy Cohn as Natalie Letisha Sage Green, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Edna Ann Garrett, and Lisa ...

The cast of the 1980s sitcom "The Facts of Life" is reportedly getting back together for a holiday special. People Magazine says Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon and Mindy Cohn will star in ...

Nancy McKeon as Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner, Mindy Cohn as Natalie Letisha Sage Green, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Edna Ann Garrett, Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner, Kim Fields as Dorothy 'Tootie' ...

You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have... nine seasons and over 200 episodes of one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. Spun out of NBC's other wildly popular series ...

“You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life.” If you just sang along, then there’s a good chance that, like me, you grew up watching the beloved ...

LOS ANGELES — The big hair, bad clothes and pimples are gone. The girls from the 1980s TV comedy "The Facts of Life" are women now, with a new set of issues. Blair, of course, is still wealthy, ...

Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and patient housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom “The Facts of Life” during a career that encompassed many other TV roles as well as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. John Lawlor, who played Headmaster Steven Bradley in the first season ...

Charlotte Rae, best known as housekeeper Edna Garrett on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, suggested the spinoff, which saw Mrs. Garrett leaving her duties at the Drummond home to take charge of the young ...

The Facts of Life was one of the biggest breakout sitcoms of the 1980s. Rae sadly died in 2018 after being diagnosed with bone cancer. Meanwhile, several of the show's younger stars continued acting ...