A spokesman for Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and caring housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom 맥스카지노�The Facts of Life,맥스카지노� says the actress has died. She was 92.Rae died at her Los Angeles home Sunday with her family at her side, said her publicist, Harlan Boll. A cause of death was not immediately available, but Rae was diagnosed last year with bone cancer after beating pancreatic cancer, Boll said.She originated the character of Edna Garrett in 1978 during the first season of NBC맥스카지노�s comedy 맥스카지노�Diff맥스카지노�rent Strokes,맥스카지노� then took Mrs. Garrett with her for the spinoff 맥스카지노�The Facts of Life,맥스카지노� which premiered the following season. Initially set at a girls맥스카지노� boarding school, that NBC series ran for nine seasons, though Rae left after its seventh year.The 맥스카지노�Facts맥스카지노� role came to Rae after years of theater and television performances. She earned an Emmy nomination for the part, and she was a two-time Tony nominee for her work on Broadway.Her last feature film credit was 맥스카지노�Ricki and the Flash맥스카지노� with Meryl Streep in 2015. That same year she released her autobiography 맥스카지노�The Facts of My Life,맥스카지노� co-written by her son Larry Strauss.Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields, who played members of Mrs. Garrett맥스카지노�s brood, recalled her lovingly.맥스카지노�She was my champion, a teacher, a proud example of the tenacity and perseverance needed to live as a creative, along with your talent and gifts. i love you char,맥스카지노� Cohn, who played Natalie, posted on Instagram.맥스카지노�Sorry, no words at the moment just love and tears... and yeah, smiles,맥스카지노� tweeted Fields, who portrayed Tootie.Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald tweeted: 맥스카지노�She was so sweet, funny, wise, lovely, and brilliant. She will be so missed. Rest In Peace Sweet Charlotte Rae.맥스카지노�Todd Bridges, who was on 맥스카지노�Diff맥스카지노�rent Strokes,맥스카지노� said on Twitter that she was beloved by all her colleagues and that the show 맥스카지노�would not have been the same without you.맥스카지노�Edna Garrett provided kind if sometimes wry counsel to her 맥스카지노�Facts of Life맥스카지노� charges (which, besides Cohn and Fields, included Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon and Molly Ringwald) on a series that was praised for dealing with such sensitive issues of teenhood as sex, drug use, eating disorders and peer pressure.맥스카지노�I wanted to bring in as much humanity as possible, as well as the humor,맥스카지노� Rae told The Associated Press early in the show맥스카지노�s run. 맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t want her to be Polly Perfect, because she must have human failings and make mistakes.맥스카지노�Her own life was marked by tragedy, Rae told the AP in a 2015 interview. She said the 맥스카지노�most devastating thing맥스카지노� she faced was her son Andy Strauss맥스카지노� diagnosis of autism at a time when there was far less understanding of or attention to the disorder. Andy died in his mid-40s of a heart attack in 1999.Born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, on April 22, 1926, she had studied drama at Northwestern University, then moved to New York where, despite early plans to be a 맥스카지노�serious맥스카지노� actress, she quickly found work doing satirical sketches in Greenwich Village clubs.It was there that Broadway producers, who frequented such bistros, discovered her, leading to her first Broadway musical, called 맥스카지노�Three Wishes for Jamie,맥스카지노� in 1952. A few years later, she originated the role of Mammy Yokum in the Broadway musical 맥스카지노�Li맥스카지노�l Abner.맥스카지노�Rae made numerous TV appearances in 1950s drama anthologies including 맥스카지노�The U.S. Steel Hour,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Playhouse 90" and 맥스카지노�Armstrong Circle Theater,맥스카지노� sharing the black-and-white screen with such actors as Zero Mostel, Art Carney and Gertrude Berg.In 1961 she became a semi-regular on the New York-based cop sitcom 맥스카지노�Car 54, Where Are You?맥스카지노� as the wife of the NYPD officer played by future 맥스카지노�Munsters맥스카지노� grandpa Al Lewis.She received Tony nominations in 1966 for 맥스카지노�Pickwick맥스카지노� and in 1969 for 맥스카지노�Morning, Noon and Night.맥스카지노�In the early 1970s, Rae moved to Los Angeles with her then-husband, composer and music editor John Strauss, and their sons Andy and Larry. There she was cast in the short-lived Norman Lear sitcom 맥스카지노�Hot L Baltimore맥스카지노� and a similarly unsuccessful variety show hosted by Rich Little before scoring 맥스카지노�Diff맥스카지노�rent Strokes,맥스카지노� on which Mrs. Garrett was the family맥스카지노�s housekeeper.Rae stayed busy with film and stage appearances, including 1971맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�Bananas맥스카지노� from Woody Allen and 1979맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�Hair.맥스카지노� Other credits included the 2008 comedy 맥스카지노�You Don맥스카지노�t Mess with the Zohan맥스카지노� and the 2012 thriller 맥스카지노�Love Sick Love.맥스카지노�In 2005, at age 79, she appeared in a new comedy, 맥스카지노�Leading Ladies,맥스카지노� at Ford맥스카지노�s Theater in Washington.In 2013, Rae went public with an account of why her marriage to Strauss had ended in the mid-1970s after a quarter-century. She said he disclosed to her he was bisexual and wanted an open marriage. Strauss died in 2011.In addition to son Larry, she is survived by sister Miriam Guten and three grandchildren.Services were pending, Boll said.