Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae (born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky on April 22 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress and singer best known today for her portrayal of Edna Garrett, a character she originated on the sitcom Diff'rent St

Charlotte Rae (born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky on April 22 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress and singer best known today for her portrayal of Edna Garrett, a character she originated on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and continued in her own spinoff, The Facts of Life, on which she appeared from 1979 through 1986.

The second of three daughters, she flunked out of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, the same school as Cloris Leachman, the actress who replaced her for the last years of The Facts of Life's run.