Premiering Around The Same Time Of Another Story With A Similar Plot
Dorothy was about a free-spirited former showgirl who becomes a music and theatre teacher at a snobbish east coast girls’ school, starring Broadway’s Dorothy Loudon (Annie’s original Miss Hannigan). It aired on CBS for four episodes in August 1979, one week before The Facts of Life premiered.
Premiering Around The Same Time Of Another Story With A Similar Plot
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How Nancy McKeon Got The Role
Her screen test included an emotional sequence with a phone call. Later, director John Bowab noted, “I distinctly remember asking Nancy, ‘Even though it says cry, don’t cry. I want you to hold back and make the audience cry.’ And she did. Everybody in the control room was shattered.”
How Nancy McKeon Got The Role