TV series
The Facts of Life
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1979-08-24
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 9 seasons
- Episodes
- 201 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- TAT Communications Company, Embassy Television
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner
- Kim Fields as Tootie Ramsey
- Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green
- Nancy McKeon as Joanne Jo Polniaczek
- Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett
- Mackenzie Astin as Andy Moffett
- Cloris Leachman as Beverly Ann Stickle
- Pamela Adlon as Kelly Affinado
- Sherrié Austin as Pippa McKenna
- George Clooney as George Burnett
- Felice Schachter as Nancy Olson
- Julie Piekarski as Sue Ann Weaver
Creators and crew
- Dick Clair - Creator
- Norman Lear - Creator
- Jenna McMahon - Creator
- Linda Marsh - Producer
- Margie Peters - Producer
- Asaad Kelada - Director
Seasons
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