S30E23: Charlotte Rae, TV's Mrs. Garrett

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

By the time Charlotte Rae earned her (second) Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life in 1982, she was already decades into a career that had yielded two Tony nominations and a 1970s-era Emmy nomination as well. But a lot of things had happened on the way to Edna Garrett, including a long marriage - and a quick divorce. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. My name is Stacy.
0:08.7	Thanks for joining us, everyone, for today's ride of Marital Misadventure. It is Alicia here, and I am thrilled today to take the good and take the bad in this trashy divorce story of Charlotte Ray.
0:23.7	Mrs. Garrett in our hearts always.
0:26.0	Sure.
0:26.7	Before we begin, today is trashy tale.
0:29.7	I do have a magic mirror here.
0:31.2	Stacey, whose names are in the magic mirror this week.
0:34.7	Thank you so much for joining us at patreon.com slash trashy divorces.
0:39.5	Lou, Julie B., Suzanne, Mary Catherine S., Amanda R., Kara B., Wendy S., Trisha, Jelly Bean, Only Dogs.
0:51.2	And our newest super supporter, Cass.
0:59.2	Y'all, we are so grateful to all you new folks over on Patreon, getting ad-free episodes, early episodes, dumpster dives, spider webs, and so much more.
1:05.1	Huge thanks to y'all new folks.
1:06.8	Huge thanks to sustaining supporters as well.
1:09.7	We can't tell you how much we appreciate you supporting us over on supporters as well. We can't tell you how much.
1:10.9	We appreciate you supporting us over on Patreon as well as tuning in today.
1:17.7	All right, Alicia, if we're going to get to this overnight sensation who took decades of time through her career to get there, what do we got to do?
1:25.6	Go, go, go.
1:43.5	Music rear to get there. What do we got to do? Go, go, go. Oh, I love this story so much. I'm so excited to talk with y'all about Charlotte Ray today.
1:44.4	Mrs. Garrett? Mrs. Garrett.
1:45.1	Who doesn't love Mrs. Garrett?
1:46.4	Who doesn't love Mrs. Garrett?
1:47.8	Everybody loves Mrs. Garrett.
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