taylor danielle spreitler played blair warner on the facts of life.
who played blair warner on the facts of life?
taylor danielle spreitler
lisa diane whelchel (born may 29, 1963) is an american actress, singer, songwriter, author, and public speaker. she is known for her appearances as a mouseketeer on "the new mickey mouse club" and her nine-year role as the preppy and wealthy blair warner on "the facts of life". in 1984, she was nominated for a grammy award for best inspirational performance for her contemporary christian album, "all because of you". since 2009, she has been a regular speaker with women of faith christian conferences. in 2012, whelchel participated as a contestant on the cbs competitive reality series "" and tied for second place. she was also voted fan favorite and was awarded $100,000.
lisa whelchel
a spin-off of "diff'rent strokes", the series featured the drummonds' former housekeeper edna garrett (charlotte rae) becoming the housemother of a dormitory at eastland school, a private all-girls school. the girls in her care included spoiled rich girl blair warner (lisa whelchel); the youngest, gossipy dorothy "tootie" ramsey (kim fields) and impressionable natalie green (mindy cohn). the pilot for the show was originally aired as the last episode of the first season of "diff'rent strokes" and was called "the girls' school (a.k.a. garrett's girls)." the plot line for the pilot had kimberly drummond (dana plato) requesting that mrs. garrett help her sew costumes for a student play at east lake school for girls, the school kimberly attended in upstate new york, as her dorm's housemother had recently quit. mrs. garrett agrees to help, puts on a successful play and also solves a problem for nancy. mrs. garrett is asked to stay on as the new housemother but states she would rather remain working for the drummonds at the end of the pilot. following the pilot, the name of the school was changed to eastland and characters were replaced, with natalie, cindy (julie anne haddock) and mr. bradley becoming part of the main group featured. although kimberly drummond is featured as a student at east lake, her character did not cross over to the spinoff series with mrs. garrett. in the show's first season, episodes focus on the troubles of seven girls, with the action usually set in a large, wood-paneled common room of a girls' dormitory. also appearing was the school's headmaster, mr. steven bradley (john lawlor) and miss emily mahoney (jenny o'hara), an eastland teacher who was dropped after the first four episodes. early episodes of the show typically revolve around a central morality-based or "lesson teaching" theme. the show's pilot episode plot included a story line in which blair warner insinuates that her schoolmate cindy webster is a lesbian, because she is a tomboy and frequently shows affection for other girls. other season one episodes deal with issues including drug use, sex, eating disorders, parental relationships and peer pressure.
the facts of life (tv series)