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Blair Warner was a fictional character on the sitcom The Facts of Life. Blair was played by Lisa Whelchel. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Facts of Life was a sitcom which ran on the NBC network from 1979 to 1988. ... Lisa Whelchel, as Blair Warner on The Facts of Life. ...


At the beginning of the series, Blair was played as very rebellious. She was seen smoking cigarettes and had many boyfriends, unlike a lot of the other girls she shared a house with. When the show was retooled in 1980, all instances of Blair's rebellion were dropped and she was rewritten as an unashamedly spoiled "Daddy's girl," whose business alone could have kept Bloomingdale's and Neiman Marcus afloat. In the 1980s, sales figures for the Neiman Marcus chain of department stores skyrocketed, thanks to the publicity Blair gave the store. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Bloomingdales is an upscale department store owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the owner of Macys. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...


Blair's parents were divorced, and although she didn't usually show it, Blair wished that she had a nuclear family like all of her friends. Late in life, her mother remarried and gave birth to a baby girl. Blair had misgivings about her mother's pregnancy but fell in love with the baby as soon as she laid eyes on it.


Another secret Blair kept from her friends was that her cousin Geri had cerebral palsy. Mrs. Garrett confronted her and told her the importance of loving your family — no matter what others may think of them — and Blair tearfully repented and introduced Geri to her friends. Cerebral palsy or CP is a group of permanent disorders associated with developmental brain injuries that occur during fetal development, birth, or shortly after birth. ... Mrs. ...


Blair attended Eastland Academy and, upon graduating in 1983, attended nearby Langley College. She worked with Mrs. Garrett at Edna's Edibles and, later, Over Our Heads. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Blair Warner was a fictional character on the sitcom The Facts of Life.
Blair's parents were divorced, and although she didn't usually show it, Blair wished that she had a nuclear family like all of her friends.
Blair had misgivings about her mother's pregnancy but fell in love with the baby as soon as she laid eyes on it.
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