{"product_id":"the-facts-of-my-life-softcover-edition-by-charlotte-rae-and-larry-strauss","title":"THE FACTS OF MY LIFE (SOFTCOVER EDITION) by Charlotte Rae and Larry Strauss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Facts of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, an American television situation comedy, \r\nbroadcast on NBC for nearly nine years, making the series one of the \r\nlongest-running of the 1980s. Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, \r\nserved as mother hen at an all-female boarding school, yet no one knew \r\nthat Charlotte’s personal story of triumph over tragedy spanned more \r\ntwists and turns than any screenwriter could ever imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCharlotte\r\n Rae’s career spans more than seventy years, from the Golden Age of \r\ntelevision to Shakespeare in the Park, the New York Cabaret scene of the\r\n late 1940s and 1950s to her hit series, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003eThe Facts of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and well beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOff\r\n stage and screen, Charlotte’s life has been one of joy and challenge, \r\nraising an autistic son, coming to terms with alcoholism, the heartache \r\nof a broken marriage, the revelation of a gay husband, and the sudden \r\nchallenge of facing middle age with financial and emotional \r\nuncertainties—a crisis she ultimately turned into the determination that\r\n brought her stardom.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003eThe Facts of My Life \u003c\/i\u003eis\r\n the first opportunity for Charlotte’s fans to explore the fascinating \r\nstory of her extraordinary life: poignant and hilarious, a story of \r\ncourage and triumph, one that speaks for a generation of women breaking \r\nbarriers, taking on challenges, overcoming personal tragedy, and paving \r\nthe way for others.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“It’s\r\n about time a book came out about one of the most talented and beloved \r\nperformers in the American theater. Charlotte is the consummate \r\nactress, comedienne,and entertainer. Her work on stage and screen is \r\nalways hilarious and somehow also gets you right in the gut. Her story \r\nis every bit as brilliant. Read it and smile.” \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003e–Carl Reiner, producer, director, and actor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“To think of Charlotte Rae is to smile. Consequently,when I began to read \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003eThe Facts of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e,I\r\n was unprepared for the emotional impact it would have on me.By the time\r\n I finished the first chapter, dealing as it does with her severely \r\ntroubled son Andy, I was in tears. As an old friend of Charlotte’s, I \r\nthought I knew her fairly well, but as I read on, I discovered that the \r\n‘facts of her life’ were constantly surprising, (as well as amusing and \r\nengrossing)! \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003e–Sheldon Harnick, composer of Fiddler on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!-- \/* Font Definitions *\/@font-face\t{font-family:Arial;\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\tmso-font-charset:0;\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}@font-face\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\tmso-font-charset:0;\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face\t{font-family:Calibri;\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\tmso-font-charset:0;\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;} \/* Style Definitions *\/p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\tmargin:0in;\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\tfont-size:12.0pt;\tfont-family:Calibri;\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\tmso-default-props:yes;\tfont-family:Calibri;\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}@page WordSection1\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\tmso-paper-source:0;}div.WordSection1\t{page:WordSection1;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCharlotte Rae Talks 'The Facts Of Life'\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Rae chats with Access about her new book, her memories of starring on \"The Facts of Life\" and working with a young George Clooney. Charlotte Rae's book \"The Facts of My Life\" is out now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ehttp:\/\/ahwd.tv\/FexOHC\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Rae Talks Family Struggles, Husband's Bisexuality\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Rae talks with Access about raising a son with autism and coping with the revelation of her husband's bisexuality. Read Charlotte Rae's book \"The Facts of My Life\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ehttp:\/\/ahwd.tv\/5DwudB\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eArticle from the Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCharlotte's interview with Peter Anthony Holder on \"The Stuph Files\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eArticle from Smashing Interviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eArticle from Where Hollywood Hides\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eArticle from Camp Kansas City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eArticle from Baltimore Out Loud\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook signing with Jerry Stiller at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City:\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/bearmanormedia.com\/documents\/CharlotteRaeBookSigningSardis1.jpg?width=700\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/bearmanormedia.com\/documents\/CharlotteRaeBookSigningSardis2.jpg?width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlotte's book signing at the Grove's Barnes \u0026amp; Noble in Los Angeles, November 2015, with family and friends:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/bearmanormedia.com\/documents\/151100-CharlotteGrove1.jpg?width=700\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/bearmanormedia.com\/documents\/151100-CharlotteGrove2.jpg?width=700\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/bearmanormedia.com\/documents\/151100-CharlotteGrove3.jpg?width=700\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/bearmanormedia.com\/documents\/151100-CharlotteGrove4.jpg?width=700\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eReview by The Feathered Quill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\"The Facts of Life\" Star Charlotte Rae Reveals How She Dealt with Her Husband Coming Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview by David Marshall James\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFrom the Associated Press: Actress Charlotte Rae tells \"The Facts of My Life\" in memoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom The Spectrum: The Facts of Charlotte Rae's Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFrom USA Today: The Facts of Charlotte Rae's Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview from Sitcoms Online\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFrom Fox News: Charlotte Rae: The advice I gave Clooney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn L.A. Wednesday? Stop By B\u0026amp;N At The Grove, Meet Charlotte Rae, Who Will Be Signing ‘The Facts Of My Life,’ DETAILS, Highlight Hollywood News\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n\u003c!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:1;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\n\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“ . . . it’s\r\nall told with a great deal of honesty, pain and grace in her recently-published\r\nmemoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Facts of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which she co-wrote with her youngest son,\r\nLarry Strauss, who is a teacher and professional writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“The book\r\noutlines in great detail her impressive career in show business, which saw her\r\ngrace the New York cabaret scene, the Broadway and regional theatre stage, the\r\nsilver screen, and of course, television (her list of acting credits at the end\r\nof the book lists nearly 50 TV show appearances, which dates back to as early\r\nas 1954).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“There are\r\nplenty of interesting anecdotes that she shares with the reader of her\r\nmulti-media career (my favorite is one period in the mid-50s, when she shuttled\r\nbetween performing in two major New York stage productions . . . Also, Rae\r\nchronicles the many personal struggles she endured throughout her career,\r\nincluding the constant concerns of getting regular acting jobs to pay the\r\nbills, her bout with alcoholism, finding out that her husband— musical composer\r\nJohn Strauss— was a homosexual, and most difficult of all, being a loving and\r\ndevoted mother to her sons, especially her oldest son Andy, who was living with\r\nan autistic disorder at a time when autism was rarely heard about or diagnosed\r\nat best, and whose volatile, violent tendencies compelled her and John to have\r\nhim committed to New York’s notorious Bellevue Hospital psychiatric ward\r\n(although when they moved to California, they found a more humane clinic for\r\nAndy, where he managed to live with his autism and enjoy a full life until his\r\nuntimely death from a heart attack in 1999 at the age of 43).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“However, the\r\nlast third of the book deals with behind-the-scenes stories of \u003ci\u003eThe Facts of\r\nLife\u003c\/i\u003e and the lead character that has made her a household name with TV\r\nviewers even more than 25 years after the show went off the air . . . ‘There\r\nare many people who grew up with me and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFacts of Life\u003c\/i\u003e. In\r\nfact, many people still think of me as Mrs. Garrett, and when they see me in\r\nperson, they want a hug from me,’ said Rae during a recent phone interview.\r\n‘The writers and producers of \u003ci\u003eThe Facts of Life\u003c\/i\u003e allowed me to make Mrs.\r\nGarrett a more loving, more human kind of character. As a result, the viewers\r\nloved Mrs. Garrett so much, that they wished their mothers were more like her.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“Rae believes\r\nthat the lasting appeal of \u003ci\u003eThe Facts of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is attributed to how it\r\ndealt with the many issues that teenagers faced back in the 80s when the show\r\nfirst aired, and still face today. ‘The show did a great job portraying the\r\nissues that kids go through, as well as the many struggles and joys of life,\r\nand even parents watched it with their children, which I find was a tremendous\r\nasset of the show,’ she said.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Facts\r\nof My Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a very entertaining, frank memoir of a veteran actress with\r\nalmost 70 years worth of stage, movie and TV credits to her name, and has the\r\nenviable position of being forever associated with one of the most recognized\r\nmother figure characters on television. 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