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Charlotte Rae
(born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky; April 22, 1926) is an American character actress of stage, comedian, singer and dancer whose career spans six decades.
Rae is known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life (in which she had the starring role from 1979–1986). She received the Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in 1982. She also appeared in two Facts of Life television movies: The Facts of Life Goes to Paris in 1982 and The Facts of Life Reunion in 2001. She voiced the character of "Nanny" in 101 Dalmatians: The Series. She also appeared as Gammy Hart in Girl Meets World.
In 2015, she returned to the silver screen in the feature film Ricki and the Flash, with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Rick Springfield. In November 2015, Charlotte released her new autobiography, The Facts of My Life, which was co-written with her son, Larry Strauss.
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One of the nicest actresses ever, humble, and still keeps in touch with the girls. Still has the Mrs. Garret personality we have grown to know and love. Shame I didn't ask her why she left in 1986 when I had the chance. *shrugs* Oh well, but seriously she hasn't changed a bit. She's just older and smaller, but same voice.
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I would think so... in so many cases the actor expresses what's already present within themselves.
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Charlotte Rae stays in character-even though it's such an old role, but in real life she is really nice and gives the kind of advice Mrs. Garret always gave the girls during The Facts of Life.
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Before her bi-series role as "Edna Garrett" she had a honey of a part as the hysterically funny "Sylvia Schnauzer" (wife of Al Lewis - the future "Grandpa" on "The Munsters, but her "Police Officer Leo Schnauzer") in "Car 54 Where Are You?".
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Thank you for the additional information!
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Charlotte Rae... She had a great personality.... a real standout!
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You got that right. Maybe you should do that actress that played Flo "Kiss my Grits" Cannot remember more than that but my mom loved that show. Charlotte was always entertaining to watch as well.
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"Kiss my grits..." Yes I remember that. That was on the show "Alice"
Polly Holliday. Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937) is an American actress who has appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom Alice, which she reprised in its short-lived spinoff, Flo.
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She was also in the original 1956 Broadway cast of "Lil' Abner", as Mammy Yokum.
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Thank you... that is interesting. She has quite a lot of stage presence!
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