She was seen smoking cigarettes, drinking beer and enjoying great popularity with boys unlike many of her classmates, she was looking to lose her virginity. She was 14 in the series' pilot episode an episode in the 1985–1986 season centered on her 21st birthday.Īt the series' beginning in 1979, Blair was portrayed as a very rich and very rebellious girl from a blue blood background.
Carlton Blair (maternal grandfather deceased)īlair Warner was played by Lisa Whelchel. Monica Warner Eloise Hoffdale, née Blair (mother) Garrett also appears on the Hello, Larry episode "The Trip", the first of three crossovers between the shows Diff'rent Strokes and Hello, Larry. It's revealed that she was in a romantic relationship with a ship captain. Garrett reunited with the three girls (Blair, Natalie and Tootie) at a hotel owned by Blair and which was run by Mrs.
#The facts of life movie
However, in the reunion movie that aired in 2001, Mrs. Edna was replaced by her sister, Beverly Ann Stickle ( Cloris Leachman). Bruce Gaines ( Robert Mandan), rejoined the Peace Corps to work in eastern Africa (Charlotte Rae's contract had expired and she did not want to continue with the series). She is also against censorship, such as book banning. She also fires George, when he falls behind on his work constructing "Over Our Heads" but they later make up. She hires them back the next day when the girls promise her that they will be more responsible at their jobs. In one episode, she actually fires them from "Edna's Edibles" when their irresponsible behavior ends up costing her $500 in fines after a dismal health inspection. Many times Edna would lash out at the girls when they got careless with her. At times the girls would take her for granted and forget that Edna herself had problems. Edna Garrett was a mentor to the girls at Eastland, functioning in loco parentis. Garrett and the girls equal partners in the business. In the fall of 1985, "Edna's Edibles" was extensively damaged by fire it was rebuilt as a gift shop called "Over Our Heads." Since the insurance on "Edna's Edibles" was insufficient to rebuild it by the time of the fire, the girls contributed their insurance claim checks to help rebuild, effectively making Mrs. Garrett in the shop (this time on the payroll). Garrett at Eastland and worked with her in the kitchen to pay off various restitution-related expenses (see below), moved into the living space attached to "Edna's Edibles" and continued to work for Mrs.
The girls, who had previously lived with Mrs. Raymond helped her raise funds and secure commercial space so she could open her own gourmet food shop, "Edna's Edibles", in the fall of 1983. She had two sons, a singer/songwriter/carpenter named Alex (Tom Fitzsimmons) (born 1953) and an accountant named Raymond ( Joel Brooks).
Garrett coming to town to woo her and reconcile but she was unsuccessful because Edna felt that her gambling problem would always be an obstacle. Garrett was married twice, divorced (first marriage) and widowed (second marriage) one early episode showed Mr. The producers didn’t know that in order to become a registered dietitian, she would have needed a four-year degree in Nutrition, satisfied internship requirements and passed a national exam-impossible to have accomplished in one season. At first she was merely a live-in supervisor for the girls of Eastland in the second season she became their in-house dietitian who managed the school's cafeteria. Garrett's role on The Facts of Life changed. In 1979, she took a job as house mother at the Eastland School for Girls in Peekskill, New York (Kimberly Drummond attended Eastland).
On Diff'rent Strokes, she was the housekeeper to the Drummond family in New York City after Willis and Arnold's mom Lucy (the Drummonds' original housekeeper) died.
#The facts of life series
Her exact age was never disclosed during the series but on several occasions, it was hinted or implied that she was somewhere in her fifties. Garrett was the youngest child in a large family, born and raised on a farm near Appleton, Wisconsin. G, was played by the actress Charlotte Rae from 1978 to 1986. Bruce Gaines (1986–, widowed before 2001 reunion)Įdna Ann Garrett Gaines, known as Mrs. Characters table Main cast of The Facts of Life Actorĭiff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life characterĭr.
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