Other cast members included Charlotte Rae and Mary Jo Catlett as housekeepers for the Drummond family; Dixie Carter and Mary ...
For Mrs. Garret in "The Facts of Life," NBC CEO Fred Silverman chose to cast Charlotte Rae, who played Mrs. Edna Garrett from ...
Dana Plato starred in one of the most recognizable sitcoms of the of the 1970s and '80s: Diff’rent Strokes But amid a career reliant on comic timing, a dark tragedy took hold when Plato died at age 34 ...
Todd Bridges at the bottom left, with Charlotte Rae, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato, and, of course, Gary Coleman in a promotional image from 'Diff'rent Strokes' "The first three years, me and Gary were ...
"The first three years, me and Gary were close," Bridges said about his his costar and TV younger brother. "Tight like brothers. Just like brothers," he shared. Then trouble began. "When [Gary's] ...