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Facts of Life alumna Geri Jewell, who came out as a lesbian in her memoir last year, has landed a gig in Fox’s new show Alcatraz, according to TV Line.
Jewell, who played Blair Warner’s (Lisa Whelchel) cousin on the 80’s hit sitcom Facts of Life, will play the “eccentric sister of deputy prison warden E.B. Tiller” in 1960’s-era flashbacks on Alcatraz, TV Line reports.
Alcatraz, based on the infamous prison outside of San Francisco, is produced by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Super 8) and Elizabeth Sarnoff (Lost, Deadwood), according to Alcatraz’s website.
After a few decades out of the spotlight Jewell, a stand-up comic and actress who often made her cerebral palsy part of her routine, released her memoir I’m Walking as Straight as I Can, in which she discusses her cerebral palsy, various struggles she’s faced since her Facts of Life days and comes out publicly as a lesbian.
Alcatraz premieres Jan. 16.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
