For Mrs. Garret in "The Facts of Life," NBC CEO Fred Silverman chose to cast Charlotte Rae, who played Mrs. Edna Garrett from "Diff'rent Strokes." Here's why.

Charlotte Rae starred as the beloved Mrs. Edna Garrett in the hit sitcom 'The Facts of Life' Michele Corriston is the Director of Platforms Strategy of PEOPLE. She has worked at PEOPLE since 2014.

Hallmark viewers are already falling in love with the foster mother who keeps tight bonds with her adult foster children as they navigate life and love. Longtime fans of Cohn have compared Angie to ...

You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have... nine seasons and over 200 episodes of one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. Spun out of NBC's other wildly popular series ...

Charlotte Rae, best known as housekeeper Edna Garrett on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, suggested the spinoff, which saw Mrs. Garrett leaving her duties at the Drummond home to take charge of the young ...

Mindy Cohn is joining the Hallmark family! In a "full circle moment," the actress, 58, is playing Angie Hartman, the matriarch at the center of Hallmark's Hearts Around The Table. The four-movie ...