A spokesman for Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and caring housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Facts of Life,바카라 게임 웹사이트� says the actress has died. She was 92.Rae died at her Los Angeles home Sunday with her family at her side, said her publicist, Harlan Boll. A cause of death was not immediately available, but Rae was diagnosed last year with bone cancer after beating pancreatic cancer, Boll said.She originated the character of Edna Garrett in 1978 during the first season of NBC바카라 게임 웹사이트�s comedy 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Diff바카라 게임 웹사이트�rent Strokes,바카라 게임 웹사이트� then took Mrs. Garrett with her for the spinoff 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Facts of Life,바카라 게임 웹사이트� which premiered the following season. Initially set at a girls바카라 게임 웹사이트� boarding school, that NBC series ran for nine seasons, though Rae left after its seventh year.The 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Facts바카라 게임 웹사이트� role came to Rae after years of theater and television performances. She earned an Emmy nomination for the part, and she was a two-time Tony nominee for her work on Broadway.Her last feature film credit was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Ricki and the Flash바카라 게임 웹사이트� with Meryl Streep in 2015. That same year she released her autobiography 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Facts of My Life,바카라 게임 웹사이트� co-written by her son Larry Strauss.Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields, who played members of Mrs. Garrett바카라 게임 웹사이트�s brood, recalled her lovingly.바카라 게임 웹사이트�She was my champion, a teacher, a proud example of the tenacity and perseverance needed to live as a creative, along with your talent and gifts. i love you char,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohn, who played Natalie, posted on Instagram.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Sorry, no words at the moment just love and tears... and yeah, smiles,바카라 게임 웹사이트� tweeted Fields, who portrayed Tootie.Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald tweeted: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�She was so sweet, funny, wise, lovely, and brilliant. She will be so missed. Rest In Peace Sweet Charlotte Rae.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Todd Bridges, who was on 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Diff바카라 게임 웹사이트�rent Strokes,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said on Twitter that she was beloved by all her colleagues and that the show 바카라 게임 웹사이트�would not have been the same without you.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Edna Garrett provided kind if sometimes wry counsel to her 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Facts of Life바카라 게임 웹사이트� charges (which, besides Cohn and Fields, included Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon and Molly Ringwald) on a series that was praised for dealing with such sensitive issues of teenhood as sex, drug use, eating disorders and peer pressure.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I wanted to bring in as much humanity as possible, as well as the humor,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Rae told The Associated Press early in the show바카라 게임 웹사이트�s run. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t want her to be Polly Perfect, because she must have human failings and make mistakes.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Her own life was marked by tragedy, Rae told the AP in a 2015 interview. She said the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�most devastating thing바카라 게임 웹사이트� she faced was her son Andy Strauss바카라 게임 웹사이트� diagnosis of autism at a time when there was far less understanding of or attention to the disorder. Andy died in his mid-40s of a heart attack in 1999.Born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, on April 22, 1926, she had studied drama at Northwestern University, then moved to New York where, despite early plans to be a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�serious바카라 게임 웹사이트� actress, she quickly found work doing satirical sketches in Greenwich Village clubs.It was there that Broadway producers, who frequented such bistros, discovered her, leading to her first Broadway musical, called 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Three Wishes for Jamie,바카라 게임 웹사이트� in 1952. A few years later, she originated the role of Mammy Yokum in the Broadway musical 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Li바카라 게임 웹사이트�l Abner.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Rae made numerous TV appearances in 1950s drama anthologies including 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The U.S. Steel Hour,바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Playhouse 90" and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Armstrong Circle Theater,바카라 게임 웹사이트� sharing the black-and-white screen with such actors as Zero Mostel, Art Carney and Gertrude Berg.In 1961 she became a semi-regular on the New York-based cop sitcom 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Car 54, Where Are You?바카라 게임 웹사이트� as the wife of the NYPD officer played by future 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Munsters바카라 게임 웹사이트� grandpa Al Lewis.She received Tony nominations in 1966 for 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Pickwick바카라 게임 웹사이트� and in 1969 for 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Morning, Noon and Night.바카라 게임 웹사이트�In the early 1970s, Rae moved to Los Angeles with her then-husband, composer and music editor John Strauss, and their sons Andy and Larry. There she was cast in the short-lived Norman Lear sitcom 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Hot L Baltimore바카라 게임 웹사이트� and a similarly unsuccessful variety show hosted by Rich Little before scoring 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Diff바카라 게임 웹사이트�rent Strokes,바카라 게임 웹사이트� on which Mrs. Garrett was the family바카라 게임 웹사이트�s housekeeper.Rae stayed busy with film and stage appearances, including 1971바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Bananas바카라 게임 웹사이트� from Woody Allen and 1979바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Hair.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Other credits included the 2008 comedy 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You Don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t Mess with the Zohan바카라 게임 웹사이트� and the 2012 thriller 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Love Sick Love.바카라 게임 웹사이트�In 2005, at age 79, she appeared in a new comedy, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Leading Ladies,바카라 게임 웹사이트� at Ford바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Theater in Washington.In 2013, Rae went public with an account of why her marriage to Strauss had ended in the mid-1970s after a quarter-century. She said he disclosed to her he was bisexual and wanted an open marriage. Strauss died in 2011.In addition to son Larry, she is survived by sister Miriam Guten and three grandchildren.Services were pending, Boll said.