
Charlotte Rae, who had a six decade career as an actress and was best known as the wise housemother on The Facts of Life, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
The Milwaukee native, who attended but did not graduate from Northwestern University, was a Tony-nominated Broadway star and successful TV character actress when she was hired on "Diff'rent Strokes".
"You all already know my heart is heavy yet", tweeted actress Kim Fields, who played Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on Facts of Life. I'm not in any pain right now. "Now I have to figure out whether I want to go have treatment again to opt for life".
'I love life. I've had a wonderful one already ... I lost my hair, but I had attractive wigs. "I've had a great life, but I have so many wonderful things happening", she said past year.
She became the house mother at an all-girls' boarding school in The Facts of Life after her appearance as Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes was a big hit in the late 1970s. She finally left the show in 1986 for health reasons, replaced by Cloris Leachman.
Garrett continued to work frequently later in life, guest-starring in select episodes of Sisters, ER, The King of Queens and Pretty Little Liars. "Rest In Peace Sweet Charlotte Rae". "You were loved by everyone on our show", Bridges wrote on Twitter.
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Born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, on April 22, 1926, she had studied drama at Northwestern University, then moved to NY where, despite early plans to be a "serious" actress, she quickly found work doing satirical sketches in Greenwich Village clubs.
'At 91, every day is a birthday.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Sony Pictures Television is in the very early stages of developing a Facts of Life reboot.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed the actor's were pushing a series return to the small screen through their respective production companies: Appian Way and Ocean Films.
Sony Pictures Television now controls the distribution rights to the NBC show which ran from 1979-1988 show.
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