The Facts of Life

TV Series

1979–1988

TV-PG
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Drama
Comedy

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.

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Fri, 24 Aug, 1979
S1.E1Rough Housing
The series opens with the Drummonds (from Diff'rent Strokes) visiting Eastland to see Mrs. Garrett (their ex-housekeeper). They arrive right in the middle of the Harvest Queen competition and Blair is sure she's going to win. So when Cindy considers running, Blair makes some snide comments about Cindy's femininity.
4.0/10
Fri, 31 Aug, 1979
S1.E2Like Mother, Like Daughter
It's Parent's Night at Eastland and Blair's sophisticated mother arrives bringing with her, her flirtatious tendancies which prompt rumors when she becomes ""friendly"" with a married man.
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Cloris Leachman
Beverly Ann Stickle
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Lisa Whelchel
Blair Warner
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Kim Fields
Tootie Ramsey
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Mindy Cohn
Natalie Green
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Nancy McKeon
Joanne Jo Polniaczek
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Mackenzie Astin
Andy Moffett
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Sherrié Austin
Pippa McKenna

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Release date

August 24, 1979 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

TAT Communications Company
Embassy Television

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