’The Facts of Life’ Star Charlotte Rae Dies At 92

Charlotte Rae who played the housekeeper Mrs Garrett on the groundbreaking ’70s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” and its spin-off show The Facts of Life, passed away at the age of 92.  The actor died at her Los Angeles home on Sunday with her family at her side. Last year Rae was diagnosed with bone cancer.

But her death followed a series of illnesses, including several cancers and a history of heart failure, her son, Larry Strauss, said. Rae found her greatest success in sitcoms, beginning in the early years of television. She was known to millions of Americans as Edna Garrett, a part she played on two shows: “Diff’rent Strokes”, where she was the housekeeper to three children, one played by Gary Coleman, and “The Facts of Life”, a spinoff in which she looked after a group of teenage girls at a private school.

Moreover, her first television success came in the early 1960s with the sitcom “Car 54, Where Are You?”.  She played Sylvia Schnauser, the wife of an irascible police officer played by Al Lewis. Other than this, She appeared on many other shows, including “The Phil Silvers Show,” “The Defenders,” “Barney Miller” and “Good Times”. Well, she will always be remembered in our prayers. 

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Source: static.timesofisrael.com