housemother
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And then, there was Charlotte Rae, who played the wise and patient housemother Mrs. Garrett.
From Fox News ● Dec. 18, 2021
She also replaced Charlotte Rae in 1986 as the housemother to a group of female adolescents on “The Facts of Life,” staying with the NBC sitcom until its cancellation in 1988.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021
Set at an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, N.Y., the sitcom followed housemother Mrs. Garrett and her teenage charges, including streetwise Jo and prissy Blair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
My housemother found out the term of endearment "moostace"...
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2016
The housemother gave me my room number and then sent me upstairs.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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