Unlike some child stars, McKeon transitioned into more mature parts fairly easily. She starred in 1989's A Cry for Help: The Tracy Thurman Story, as a woman works to rebuild her life after becoming paralyzed from a physical attack by her husband. She also served as a producer on the project.Īfter The Facts of Life ended, McKeon found success in television films. In 1987's Strange Voices, McKeon starred as a young woman with schizophrenia. The two were reportedly a couple off-screen for a time as well. She appeared in several television movies, including 1985's Poison Ivy with Michael J. McKeon also found time to take on other projects, branching out to take on more serious roles. At the time it ended in 1988, The Facts of Life was one of the longest-running sitcoms to date. The coming-of-age comedy became a big hit with television viewers, lasting for nearly a decade.
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Geri Jewell, Cloris Leachman, Nancy McKeon, Charlotte Rae and Lisa Whelchel attend the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011, in New York City. For a time, the cast also included George Clooney and Cloris Leachman. Charlotte Rae played their housemother, acting as a maternal figure for the girls. Her fellow students included Lisa Whelchel as the pretty and snobby Blair Warner, Mindy Cohn as the funny but insecure Natalie Green, and Kim Fields as the bubbly and active Tootie Ramsey. On the show, McKeon played a rough-around-edges tomboy named Jo Polnaiczek. She joined the show, which followed a group of girls at an elite boarding school, in its second season. However, her career really took off that fall with her role on the sitcom The Facts of Life. In 1980, McKeon had a supporting role on the short-lived police drama Stone, playing the daughter of a detective (Dennis Weaver). While her brother starred in a hit comedy, McKeon landed guest spots on such shows as Starsky and Hutch and The Love Boat. Lavin played the title character, a widowed single mother who works as a waitress in a diner. He had landed a leading role in the sitcom Alice starring Linda Lavin. McKeon and her family relocated to Los Angeles for her brother's career. McKeon started making commercials at the age of 2, followed by guest appearances on such soap operas as Another World, before moving to California in the mid-1970s.
The daughter of a travel agent, McKeon and her brother, Philip, grew up in the entertainment industry. McKeon was born on April 4, 1966, in Westbury, New York. Afterward, McKeon continued to act in TV shows like The Division and Sonny with a Chance. Nancy McKeon is an actress whose big break came in 1980 when she was cast as Jo Polnaiczek in The Facts of Life, a hit sitcom about a girls boarding school.
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