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Actor Van Johnson, who was a friend of Fields, was said to have remarked, "When Totie lost weight, she wasn't funny anymore." Nevertheless, in 1978, during the last year of her life, Fields was voted "Entertainer of the Year" and "Female Comedy Star of the Year" by the American Guild of Variety Artists .
Jun 30, 2021 · A TRAGIC END. In April 1978, Fields filed a $2 million lawsuit against the seven physicians and St. Joseph Hospital where her cosmetic procedure was performed. Sadly, the case was not finalized before Fields passed away in August 1978 from an apparent heart failure. She was only 48 at the time.
- Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett. Charlotte Rae played housemother Edna Garrett, the character who tied the spin-off to Diff'rent Strokes, on The Facts of Life until season 8, when Cloris Leachman was cast as her character's sister.
- Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green. As student Natalie Green, Mindy Cohn was an early role model for body positivity. Today, she's an LGBTQ rights advocate and is recognized by a whole new generation for voicing Velma on the Scooby-Doo cartoons.
- Kim Fields as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey. Playing Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey, Kim Fields made braces cool — and got into plenty of trou-ble with her penchant for gossip.
- Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner. Lisa Whelchel first appeared on two episodes of Diff'rent Strokes as the preppy and snobby Blair Warner and later reprised the role on The Facts of Life from 1979-88.
Oct 28, 2023 · Over the course of nearly a decade, we saw the girls grow up, and we were with them through, as the theme song so catchily put it, the good and the bad. The Facts of Life cast (clockwise from top ...
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- Charlotte Rae (Edna Garrett) Charlotte Rae, who played housekeeper Edna Garrett in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, suggested the spin-off, as Mrs. Garrett left her duties with the Drummond family to take charge of the young ladies at Eastland Academy.
- Kim Fields (Tootie Ramsey) Kim Fields played the lovable Tootie on The Facts of Life, the youngest student at Eastland Academy. Fields already had other acting credits to her name by the time she booked the sitcom, including playing Janet Jackson's best friend Kim on Good Times and having already played Tootie (Arnold Jackson's girlfriend) on Diff'rent Strokes.
- Lisa Whelchel (Blair Warner) Lisa Whelchel got her start in the entertainment industry as part of The New Mickey Mouse Club, appearing on the show from 1977 to 1978.
- Nancy McKeon (Jo Polniaczek) Nancy McKeon started out working on soap operas, including Another World and The Secret Storm. She joined the cast of The Facts of Life during the show's sophomore season as transfer student Jo Polniaczek.
Jul 8, 2022 · By Karen Fratti Jul 08, 2022. Kim Fields is best known to many who grew up in the 1970s and '80s as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey, her character on The Facts Of Life. (She also showed up as Tootie in the show The Facts of Life was spun-off from, Diff'rent Strokes.) While Tootie was 12 in the first season of The Facts of Life, Fields was just nine ...
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1 Video. 3 Photos. Totie Fields was born on 7 May 1927 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for That's Life (1968), Medical Center (1969) and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967). She was married to George William Johnston. She died on 2 August 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Born May 7, 1927.
