https://www.avclub.com/ann-dowd-tells-jimmy-kimmel-that-channeling-mrs-garret-1848343564

The Emmy-winning actress says she had to give herself a pep talk for last month's Kimmel-produced re-creations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Front_of_a_Studio_Audience) of episodes of Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.

Thanks for sharing! :wave:

Charlotte Rae was and will always be Mrs. Edna Garrett, nobody could replace her :lol: Anyway, Ann did a wonderful job with the part. I mean, she worked on two episodes produced during the same night :lol:

Ann Dowd did an okay job as Mrs. Garrett. The side-by-side clips, though, reveal the fact that Ann Dowd played the role as Southern. Mrs. Garrett, however, was from Wisconsin. The accent was very off. She still did well in the role, but I don't know why someone didn't give her better direction.

Ann Dowd did an okay job as Mrs. Garrett. The side-by-side clips, though, reveal the fact that Ann Dowd played the role as Southern. Mrs. Garrett, however, was from Wisconsin. The accent was very off. She still did well in the role, but I don't know why someone didn't give her better direction.

I agree, the accent was totally different. But she was good after all

I agree, the accent was totally different. But she was good after all

You could hear the difference in the accent? I'm impressed, ITA!

She still was quite good in the role... but I don't understand her decision to "go southern". Didn't she know Edna was from Appleton, Wisconsin?

Ann Dowd was born in central Massashusetts. Not sure why she would do a southern accent. It sounded like Aunt Bee. People from central Mass usually don't have Boston accents either unless they are transplants.

You could hear the difference in the accent? I'm impressed, ITA!

I heard a little difference from Mrs. Garrett's "original accent" :lol:

I heard a little difference from Mrs. Garrett's "original accent" :lol:

I'm so impressed! I never would have heard the difference between, say, a Sicilian and a Tuscany accent! Bravissimo!

I'm so impressed! I never would have heard the difference between, say, a Sicilian and a Tuscany accent! Bravissimo!

Thanks, amico :wave:

I note the accent is different but I don't know the State of every accent :lol:

Thanks, amico :wave:

I note the accent is different but I don't know the State of every accent :lol:

No, we don't either. It's probably pretty easy for us to pick out a Boston accent from New York accent, and a Georgia accent from a Minnesota accent... but I couldn't tell, say, Washington State from California. Mississippi's accent sounds just like Alabama's accent, to me!

No, we don't either. It's probably pretty easy for us to pick out a Boston accent from New York accent, and a Georgia accent from a Minnesota accent... but I couldn't tell, say, Washington State from California. Mississippi's accent sounds just like Alabama's accent, to me!

Really? I have relatives in Florida and Michigan and their accent is different from the other, as much as I can tell

Really? I have relatives in Florida and Michigan and their accent is different from the other, as much as I can tell

Florida and Michigan, sure: different accents. But North Carolina and South Carolina? I hear no difference.