In 1980, Geri Jewell was cast to play Lisa Welchel’s cousin on The Facts of Life. Now, 44 years later, the two actresses are still friends, so much so that they spent Friday together.
Blair Warner wrote this about their day together, “We aren’t technically family but since we played one on TV (Cousin Geri) and we’ve known each other for almost a half a century, it sure feels like it! So good to catch up with the funny and wise and deep and talented, Geri Jewell! ”
I always say that the shows that last in syndication are the ones where the casts get along. That is why we are still watching their sitcoms.
Now, let’s talk about how great they look. It is like no time has passed.
Before Lisa Whelchel was able to talk to her roommates on The Facts of Life, she was talking for a dummy on The Mickey Mouse Club. How cute was the 14-year-old in that 1977 episode?
Did you know that Molly Ringwald was on the first season of The Facts of Life in 1979? She was, and unfortunately, she was not asked to come back for season 2.
Over the weekend, she reunited with her co-star Mindy Cohn at the Rhode Island Comic Con in Providence. And we found out what an Eastland School for Girls reunion would look like!
Don’t Molly, 55, and Natalie, I mean Cohn, 57, look fabulous? So much so that I wish we could get a Facts of Life sequel with them starring in it!
Back in the ’70s and ’80s, boys were enjoying watching The Facts of Life, The Carol Burnett Show, and The Jeffersons. However, they never saw Mindy “Natalie” Cohn, Vicki “Mama” Lawrence, and Marla “Florence” Gibbs together.
Over the weekend, a few of them had their wet dream become a reality because the three actresses attended Fanboy Expo in Knoxville, Tennessee, and we got this photo!
Don’t the three of them look fabulous? They look even better now than they did then. Don’t you agree?
