LOS ANGELES -- In "The Facts of Life," Charlotte Rae played the unflappable Mrs. Garrett, a girls' school housemother who guided her charges through crises and comedy. Rae said she implored the show's ...

Not only was the raven-haired actress’s character a beloved mentor and confidant to the other characters on The Facts of Life, but Rae became just that to cast members and fans alike. If you grew up ...

Charlotte Rae, the actress who played housekeeper-turned-den-mother Mrs. Garrett on both Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life, has died. She was 92. As CNN reports, the sitcom star’s son, Larry ...

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LOS ANGELES, Ca. — The actress who played a wise and patient house-mother on “The Facts of Life” has died, surrounded by family. Charlotte Rae was 92 years old. She died in her Los Angeles home ...

*Charlotte Rae, best known for her role as Mrs. Garrett on “Facts of Life” and “Different Strokes,” has been diagnosed with bone cancer at age 91. “Last Monday, I found out I have bone cancer,” the ...

(Reuters) - Charlotte Rae, the actress, singer and comedienne who won acclaim on Broadway and was best known for her starring role as a girls boarding school housemother on U.S. television's "The ...

Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and patient housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom "The Facts of Life" during a career that encompassed many other TV roles as well as ...

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Charlotte Rae, the redheaded comedian beloved as the good-natured housemother Mrs. Garrett on TV's "Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes," has died at 92. Rae's spokesman Harlan Boll told USA TODAY ...