{"id":46074,"date":"2025-02-16T05:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T05:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=46074"},"modified":"2025-02-16T05:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T05:28:02","slug":"this-80s-teen-star-left-hollywood-for-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=46074","title":{"rendered":"This \u201980s Teen Star Left Hollywood for a\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-563-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-563-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-563-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-563-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-563.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This veteran actress never planned on a Hollywood career, but a chance role on a hit TV show changed her life forever. Now in her late fifties, she\u2019s overcome incredible challenges and is thriving. Here\u2019s a glimpse into her inspiring journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Famed for her role as Natalie Green on \u201cThe Facts of Life\u201d (1979\u20131988), she was discovered as a teenager. Reflecting on her early years, she once wrote, \u201cIf you had asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I probably would\u2019ve said a doctor.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her acting career began unexpectedly when, at 13, she was called out of class to meet TV producers working on a sitcom set in an all-girls school. Charlotte Rae, the show\u2019s lead, found her \u201cirresistible, charming, and hilarious\u201d and suggested creating a role just for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decades later, her world turned upside down in 2012 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After enduring a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation, she chose to leave Hollywood for a quieter life in the countryside, finding solace with close friends. Now cancer-free, she\u2019s embracing life with renewed strength and optimism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=46053\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This veteran actress never planned on a Hollywood career, but a chance role on a hit TV show changed her life forever. Now in her late fifties,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46076,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46074\/revisions\/46076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}