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Nancy McKeon, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Charlotte Rae, and Lisa Whelchel in The Facts of Life (1979)

Charlotte Rae: Edna Garrett

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The Facts of Life

Charlotte Rae credited as playing...

Edna Garrett

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  • Natalie Green: [doing 'sensitive interview'] How does it feel to be rejected by the college of your choice?
  • [the girl cries]
  • Natalie Green: I'm sorry, don't feel bad. I hear the University of Anchorage is a real fun school.
  • [the girl runs away bawling]
  • Edna Garrett: Natalie!
  • Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey: How's everything going, Nat?
  • Natalie Green: Not too bad. Most of the envelopes have been fat.
  • Alexandra 'Alex' Lambarti: Fat?
  • Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey: Oh. See, Alex, if the envelope's fat, it's an acceptance. Loaded with registration forms and dorm cards.
  • Natalie Green: A skinny envelope means rejection. It is the one time when thin is not in.
  • Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey: [to Alex] But of course, you're a princess. I mean, how could you relate to rejection?
  • Alexandra 'Alex' Lambarti: It's easy. Daddy got a thin letter once. It said: "Dear Prince Frederico, we don't want you to rule us anymore. Signed, Italy."
  • Natalie Green: A whole country dumped you? That's rejection.
  • Edna Garrett: Isn't nature grand? Every spring, like clockwork, Blair sheds her old wardrobe.
  • Jo Polniaczek: I thought only snakes did that.
  • Edna Garrett: Jo, you're playing Pac-Man with my nervous system.

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