Facts of life cast
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The sitcom focused on the lives of a few girls and their housemother at an all-female boarding school. Speaking to PEOPLE, Fields, who portrayed Tootie on beloved series, which ran from 1979-1988, and who executive produced the Lifetime film, explained she personally asked her former co-stars and "sisters," to join her in the film. From 1979 to 1988, The Facts of Life was a primetime television staple. Sherrie played the role of Pippa McKenna on the show, an exchange student from Australia, coming to the Eastland Academy from thee Australian Koolunga Academy. Upon her return, however, she discovers the lights have gone dim in the once festive town, prompting her to reconnect with her old flame to "set their hearts and the town ablaze with light again." The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s. Sherrie Austin is an Australian born actress and singer, and was part of The Facts of Life cast the last year of its production between 19. 1 as part of the network's It's a Wonderful Lifetime programming, the film is inspired by true events and follows Emma (Fields) as she returns to her hometown, built around her family's pioneer Christmas Light Factory, two weeks before Christmas.
The Facts of Life Cast Reunites for Lifetime's Holiday Special You Light Up My Christmas