Ann Dowd tells Jimmy Kimmel she was scared to play Mrs. Garrett on LIFOASA

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The Emmy-winning actress says she had to give herself a pep talk for last month's Kimmel-produced re-creations of episodes of Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Thanks for sharing!

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

[RetroGuy2000]

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.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

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

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

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?

[80s Dude]

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.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

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

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

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

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

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

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

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

Thanks, amico

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

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

Thanks, amico

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

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!

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

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

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

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.