Series Description

The Facts Of Life TV show was a 30 minute situation comedy series on NBC about the lives of teenage girls at a boarding school. Just about every topic you'd expect was covered in one episode or another. At what age is makeup or dating appropriate? Jealousy and fights occur but so do many good times! At every turn in their turbulant teenage lives, the lovable Mrs. Garret (their housemother) was there to guide them through the rough times and support them during the good ones!

Facts Of Life Cast

Charlotte Rae .... Edna Garrett
Lisa Whelchel .... Blair Warner
Nancy McKeon .... Jo Polniaczek
Mindy Cohn .... Natalie Green
Kim Fields .... Tootie Ramsey
Felice Schacter .... Nancy Olsen
Julie Ann Haddock .... Cindy Webster
Molly Ringwald .... Molly Parker
Julie Piekarski .... Sue Ann Weaver
Cloris Leachman .... Beverly Ann Stickle
George Clooney .... George Burnett
MacKenzie Astin .... Andy Moffet

Facts Of Life Trivia:

The Facts of Life TV show was a "spin-off" of the 1978 series, "Diff'rent Strokes". On that series, Charlotte Rae played the role of the Drummond's housekeeper.

Cloris Leachman was the first actress to wim five Emmy Awards all in different categories. She won the title of "Miss Chicago" in the 1946 Miss America competition. She is perhaps best known for her role of "Phyllis Lyndstrom" on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)". That series also "spin-off series" of its own titled, "Phyllis" 0n which Cloris starred for two seasons.

The Facts Of Life was the longest running TV show with an all female main cast.

Charlotte Rae's nickname is "Maude". She starred in the original run of the Broadway musical, "Lil' Abner" in the role of "Mammy Yokum.

Kim Fields was only 9 years old when she portrayed "Tootie" (who was supposed to be 12 years old) on the series. In order to make her appear older, during the first season of the Facts Of Life, she wore roller skates to increase her height on camera.

Actor Alan Thicke wrote the theme song for the Facts of Life and "Diff'rent Strokes" but not for his own series, "Growing Pains".

Lisa Whelchel got her big break when she was selected to be a "Mouseketeer" on the "Mickey Mouse Club" TV show. She sponsored several Mouseketeer reunions for former Cast. Her daughter appeared as an extra on the "Facts of Life Reunion" TV movie that aired on ABC in 2001.

Kim Fields was the first female, minority child star. She is also a graduate of Pepperdine University with a degree in communications.

Nancy McKeon got her start in show business at the age of two by modelling baby clothes in the Sears catalog. She and her brother did more than 65 commercials! She decided to not take part in the Facts of Life reunion movie. Like many others, she felt that reunion shows just don't live up to one's memories of the series and since she won't watch such TV shows, she wouldn't appear in one either.

Theme Song

Title: "The Facts of Life"

By: "Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring and Al Burton"

You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

There's a time you got to go and show
You're growin' now you know about
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

When the world never seems
to be livin up to your dreams
And suddenly you're finding out
the Facts of Life are all about you, you.

It takes a lot to get 'em right
When you're learning the Facts of Life (Learning the Facts of Life)
Learning the Facts of Life (Learning the Facts of Life)
Learning the Facts of Life.