- Composed The Facts of Life (1979)'s 1st season theme song.
- Remained on good terms with Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields only after The Facts of Life (1979) ended. During the run of the show, however, she felt that the girls were "politely distant" with her. It was almost a decade that she knew the reason why. McKeon confided in her that the girls thought of her more as a boss, rather than a colleague. In reality, Charlotte was a hired-hand like they were and had nothing to do with the network and producers' decision to fire the six cast members during the first season. McKeon asked her to guest-star on her show Burning Bed (1995) to which she agreed.
- Discovered young Mindy Cohn for The Facts of Life (1979) show while Rae and the TV show were at an all-girls school preparing for research and casting. Rae was instrumental in getting young student Cohn cast.
- Rae divorced her husband, composer John Strauss, before starting Diff'rent Strokes (1978). Her youngest son, Larry Strauss, is a South Central Los Angeles school teacher and a writer. He helped write her memoir, "The Facts of My Life" (2015), revealing the reason her marriage ended in divorce was because her husband came out as bisexual and wanted to have an open marriage. She didn't want that kind of marriage but remained friends with him and his partner, artist Lionel Friedman, until both men died.
- Rae's elder son Andy was autistic. She knew something was wrong since he was a baby and kept taking him to doctors who told her that she was worrying over nothing. Eventually, a doctor who diagnosed childhood cognitive disabilities told her that her son was autistic. She thought he said "artistic" and was relieved. Then, he wrote out the word "autistic" and explained to her Andy's condition and that if he didn't improve by age six, he would have to be institutionalized. She was devastated. But she and her husband helped Andy as much as they could, and when he grew up, he had a girlfriend Rhonda, who was also challenged, but more-functioning than him. Her mother Edna was warm, caring, and wise, and became fast friends with Charlotte. When it came time to giving Mrs. Garrett's first name on The Facts of Life (1979) , she insisted to the writers the character be named Edna, because she wanted her character to have the same qualities. When she told the real Edna about it, she was very flattered and honored. Andy died in 1999, predeceasing both of his parents.
- First met Bea Arthur in a revival of the play "Bertolt Brecht"; they later co-starred Off-Broadway in the milestone production of "The Threepenny Opera", starring Lotte Lenya. Rae and Arthur remained lifelong friends until Arthur's death in 2009.
- Left The Facts of Life (1979), at the beginning of the eighth season, because she felt her character was repeating herself. After she tried to reduced her role, the producers and NBC were against her decision of her departure, so she was being replaced by Cloris Leachman, who stayed on the show until the show's cancellation in 1988.
- After her role on Ricki and the Flash (2015), she retired from acting at age 89.
- Enjoyed golfing, dancing, dining, collecting photo albums, spending time with her family, listening to opera, taking care of people (especially her son) with disabilities, singing and sewing.
- She played the same character (Edna Garrett) on three different series: Diff'rent Strokes (1978), The Facts of Life (1979) and Hello, Larry (1979).
- Created the Natalie Green character for her future The Facts of Life (1979) co-star, Mindy Cohn, named after one of Charlotte's best friends, back in high school.
- Before she was a successful actress, Rae worked in radio and television in Chicago. She dropped Lubotsky as her professional surname after a radio personality told her that her last name wouldn't cut it. Her father briefly took mild umbrage at this but accepted her decision.
- The middle daughter of three musical girls born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Esther Ottenstein (a childhood friend of Golda Meir) and Meyer Lubotsky (a retail tire business owner), Rae's older sister Beverly, was an opera singer who died of pancreatic cancer in 1998, and her younger sister, Mimi, is a musician and composer.
- She worked with George Clooney, Helen Hunt, and Molly Ringwald on The Facts of Life (1979) before they went on have successful film careers.
- Celebrated her 85th birthday in 2011, with the rest of her The Facts of Life (1979) cast at the TV Land Awards. On that day, both of her former co-stars, Nancy McKeon and Kim Fields, gave speeches respectively, in honor of her birthday.
- Her ex-husband John Strauss served as musical composer of Car 54, Where Are You? (1961), in which she co-starred.
- Attended the 100th birthday of her friend, acclaimed actor Norman Lloyd, on November 9, 2014, in Los Angeles.
- Had missed numerous episodes of The Facts of Life (1979), midway through the sixth and seventh seasons, due to her serious health problems.
- Named the Andy Moffett character (played by Mackenzie Astin) in The Facts of Life (1979) after her own real-life son, Andy, who was autistic.
- Was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer early, because she was screened for it. She was the only one in her family diagnosed with this almost always lethal disease to be treated successfully, with surgery and chemotherapy. After her elder sister Beverly died of the disease, she was asked to move back to Milwaukee to share her family's story at a local awareness program. After her own diagnosis, she joined the Pan Can Action Network and Aurora Healthcare to encourage people that pancreatic cancer risk factors and in-particular the importance of detailed testing for those with a family history of pancreatic cancer.
- Rae's classmates at Northwestern University included Cloris Leachman, Paul Lynde, Charlton Heston, Martha Hyer, Patricia Neal and Agnes Nixon. Because they were seated alphabetically and her last name was Lubotsky, she & Lynde were seated next to each other. Rae joined the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. She appeared in Northwestern's annual student theater extravaganza, "The Waa-Mu Show", but left without graduating in order to pursue her career.
- Rae got the role of Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes (1978), because Norman Lear had been friends with her years before. This led her to starring in The Facts of Life (1979), the year later, which she stayed on the show from 1979 to 1986. She was 53 years old when The Facts of Life (1979) began.
- Attended the funeral of her lifelong friend and old classmate Paul Lynde, when the actor/comedian passed away in 1982. Rae also guest-starred with Lynde on both shows: The Paul Lynde Show (1972) and The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965).
- Starred in "Pippin" at the New Jersey Paper Mill Playhouse.
- Used to be a spokesperson for Mr. Muscle oven cleaner and Charmin toilet paper in the 1970s.
- She dropped Lubotsky as her professional surname after a radio personality told her that her last name wouldn't cut it. Her father briefly took mild umbrage at this but accepted her decision.
- Attended the 90th birthday party of longtime friend Carol Channing, on 21 February 2011.
- Knew Jeffrey Hunter through their work in local theater as teenagers.
- Her popularity on Diff'rent Strokes (1978) led her to doing a sequel The Facts of Life (1979), playing the lead character of Edna Garrett.
- Referred to Conrad Bain as her big brother.
- After Vanguard Records went out of business, she tracked down the recording rights of the company, and in the 1970s, Rae bought back the album, for $5,000.
- Was inspired by Gloria Steinem.
- Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1966, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "Pickwick" (based on the Charles Dickens work), and in 1969, as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "Morning, Noon, and Night".
- Before she was a successful actress, she used to work at nearly every nightclub for unfamiliar singers in New York City.
- Met Norman Lear on an episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950).
- Met Shirley Jones on an episode of The Partridge Family (1970). The two began a lifelong friendship.
- Diagnosed with bone cancer on April 27, 2017, just 5 days after her 91st birthday, Rae died on August 5, 2018 aged 92, one week before the death of singer Aretha Franklin. She was survived, immediately by her son, three grandchildren, and her younger sister, Mimi, who lives in Dallas.
- Created the "Beverly Ann Stickle" character for her future The Facts of Life (1979) co-star, Cloris Leachman, named for Rae's elder sister, an opera singer. Rae and Leachman (who was only 8 days younger) both attended Northwestern University at the same time.
- Was a longtime friend of the late Charles Nelson Reilly. They both guest-starred on a 2-part episode of The Love Boat (1977).
- Created the role of Mammy Yokum in the Broadway musical "Lil' Abner".
- In 2009, she was diagnosed with a cyst on her pancreas. In 2010, the cyst had grown by the date of her surgery. Afterwards, she underwent chemotherapy.
- Released her only album in 1955 that was reissued in 2006, called "Songs I Taught My Mother.".
- Rae was cremated. Her ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean at Point Dume State Beach.
- Rae's family moved from the city of Milwaukee to the nearby village of Shorewood (Milwaukee County) in 1936. She attended the local high school, Shorewood High School, graduating in 1944.
- Had attended the James Stewart Centennial Tribute at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, which was hosted by Robert Wagner. Among the attendees are: Shirley Jones, Ann Rutherford, Cora Sue Collins and Stewart's daughter, Kelly Stewart. [12 June 2008].
- At one point, she wanted to be a dramatic actress, when eventually, she ended up being a comedienne, all because of her stand-up comedy routines.
- Rae contributed annually to the Saban Clinic in Los Angeles, where she was discovered by Bernie and Mimi West. The clinic was opened in 1967 as the Los Angeles Free Clinic. In 2008, Cheryl and Haim Saban donated $10 million and the clinic was renamed.
- Edna Garrett, Rae's character on The Facts of Life (1979), was born on a farm in Wisconsin, as was Rae. Garrett was also a Democrat as was Rae.
- Each summer, while she was in college, she also appeared in summer stock.
- At 16, she was an apprentice with the Port Players, a professional theater company that came for the summer to Milwaukee, with several established actors.
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