Tootie
"Tootie was involved in many very special storylines. For example, Tootie befriended a boy named Fred who insisted that she only associate with black people, in an attempt to realize 'her true roots.' In another episode, Tootie was chosen by a photographer to model for newspaper advertisements but was instead lured into a borderline kiddie porn operation and was saved by Mrs. Garrett at the very last minute. During a trip to New York City, Tootie was almost strong-armed into prostitution before Mrs. Garrett found her and took her home. In another episode, she struggled with the race issue again when her best friend Natalie dated a relative of hers and Tootie intervened, causing conflict between Natalie and herself.
"Tootie helped Mrs. Garrett with her bakery, Edna's Edibles, after school and then worked full-time at the gift shop, Over Our Heads, after she graduated from high school in 1986.
"In the 2001 television movie The Facts of Life Reunion, Tootie, who had married longtime boyfriend Jeff with whom she'd had a daughter, was now widowed, and had become a successful talk show host under her legal first name, and asked people not to call her 'Tootie' anymore." —Wikipedia
