Is nancy mckeon gay

If you're of a certain age, or just an aficionado of classic ’80s television, then you know Blair, Jo, Natalie and Tootie aren’t AfterEllen’s newest bloggers. We wish. They are, of course, the girls from The Facts of Life… The Facts of Life. (I’m physically unable to say the title just once. Damn you, catchy theme song!)

The ’80s were a very excellent decade for all-female ensemble sitcoms. The Golden Girls and Designing Women both ran for seven hilarious seasons. And The Proof of Life lasted an unbelievable nine. Nine years for a show starring only young women. Grab that, Remington Steele.

During its run, the cast of Facts included Cloris Leachman, Molly Ringwald, Jami Gertz, and some dude named George Clooney. Then, television history was made when Geri Jewell was added to the cast as Blair’s cousin, also named Geri. “Cousin Geri” marked the first time an actor with cerebral palsy was featured on a TV series.

Jewell went on to appear in the HBO series, Deadwood, hone her stand-up comedy execute, come out as a lesbian, and just recently published her second autobiography.

(This interview was originally published in AfterEllen and written by Dara Nai)

Why

For some reasons that are not relevant but I'm glad to share if anyone is interested, I showed up at work this morning with my Facts of Animation Seasons 1 and 2 DVDs in my backpack. I believe that this shows how very awesome I am, so I showed them to a coworker of similar age, who I thought might be entertained that I was carrying them around. She was, and we had a bit of a chat about the show.  Some other coworkers overheard and, also thinking that the performance is awesome, linked in. It instantly became apparent that if you hold a vague memory of the reveal, I can assist fill in details, and if you have a doubt about the display, I can retort it. One high-ranking official in our office said, "Hey, did Nancy McKeon ever come out?"


As I acknowledged in a previous post,the speculation regarding Jo's sexuality is nothing new, and I suppose it's not surprising for someone to extend that speculation to the actress portraying Jo. Nevertheless, I was quite taken aback by the interrogate. It certainly implies that it's a fact known to the asker that Nancy McKeon is gay, and that's problematic unto itself. We're not talking about a comment from a member of the potentially ignorant masses here. We'

An Open Letter To Nancy McKeon (aka, Jo Polniaczek)

Dear Nancy McKeon,

My name is Rhea Butcher. I am a 31 year old woman loving woman woman living in Los Angeles, who does stand up comedy. You probably don't know me but you made a huge impact on my experience. I grew up in Akron, Ohio. It is a modestly sized city/town that was once known for it's rubber factories (made popular recently by the rock band The Black Keys) though it never quite recovered from the 70's-80's manufacturing recession, into which I was born. These days, it's mostly known as the town that LeBron James and The Black Keys left. I was an only youth and an only child that grew up in the early days of cable, when syndication was just starting to get it's legs. At age 5, I was already a large fan of Soap and Three's Company.

Since I lived in the same residence as my grandparents as a kid, we had tons of cable before cable was as ubiquitous it is today. One of my favorite channels was USA, mainly because they played tv shows I'd never heard of before. One of those shows that I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with was your present, "The Facts Of Life". There were not a lot of tv shows

Nancy McKeon

(1966-)

Who Is Nancy McKeon?

Nancy McKeon is an actress whose big break came in 1980 when she was cast as Jo Polnaiczek in The Evidence of Life, a strike sitcom about a girls boarding school. The present lasted for eight years. Afterward, McKeon continued to act in TV shows like The Division and Sonny with a Chance.

Early Life

McKeon was born on April 4, 1966, in Westbury, New York. The daughter of a tour agent, McKeon and her brother, Philip, grew up in the entertainment industry. McKeon started making commercials at the age of 2, followed by guest appearances on such soap operas as Another World, before moving to California in the mid-1970s.

McKeon and her family relocated to Los Angeles for her brother's career. He had landed a leading role in the sitcom Alice starring Linda Lavin. Lavin played the title ethics, a widowed single mother who works as a waitress in a diner. Philip McKeon played her son, Tommy. While her brother starred in a hit comedy, McKeon landed guest spots on such shows as Starsky and Hutch and The Cherish Boat.

'Facts of Life' and Early Career

In 1980, McKeon had a supporting role on the short-lived police drama Stone, pla