Pam Dawber

She is married to actor Mark Harmon. Until their divorce in 1976, she was married to composer John Strauss, with whom she has one son. She was also featured as Mabel, in a Los Angeles Civic Light Opera production (based on the Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival production) of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. A respected stage actress who appeared in early seasons of Sesame Street and in a number of films, Rae first gained widespread fame in the 1961-1963 sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? as the memorable Silvia Schnauser. She also parodied her role on classic sitcoms with John Ritter in the 1992 movie Stay Tuned. The second of three daughters, she attended 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. She also starred in her own series as Samantha Russell on My Sister Sam, which ran on CBS from 1986 to 1988. Charlotte Rae, born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1926, is an American actress and singer best known today for her portrayal of Edna Garrett, a character she originated on the 1978-1986 sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and continued in her own spinoff, The Facts of Life, which ran from 1979 through 1988.

Her character was very popular as she was the comedic foil and eventual love interest for Robin Williams' character, Mork from the planet Ork. She is most known for her role as Mindy McConnell on the television series Mork & Mindy, which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1982. Pam Dawber (born October 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor.