Clooney made his directorial debut with 2002’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, about the game show host Chuck Barris, who claimed in his memoir that he also worked for the C.I.A. After leaving the long-running medical drama, he went on to starring roles in The Perfect Storm (2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and its two sequels, Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007). Throughout its nine-season run, The Facts of Life primarily followed four teenage girls at Eastland boarding school: Blair, Tootie, Natalie, and Jo. While appearing on ER, Clooney headlined such movies as Batman & Robin (1997), in which he played the caped crusader himself Out of Sight (1998), which co-starred Jennifer Lopez and marked the first time Clooney worked with the director Steven Soderbergh, his future frequent collaborator and Three Kings (1999). Doug Ross on the medical drama ER, which debuted in 1994. Edna Garrett with her caring eyes and words of wisdom. Garrett was like the godmother that everyone wished they had growing up. Clooney also appeared in single episodes of such shows as The Golden Girls and Murder, She Wrote. If you’re curious, read on as we’re giving you details on what happened to the cast of The Facts of Life. His early acting credits, in addition to The Facts of Life, included small roles on the popular sitcom Roseanne and the drama Sisters.
The very special episodes Marsh/Peters did on a regular basis. Some of these stars included Larry Wilmore, Jami Gertz, Zsa Zsa Gabor and future E.R.
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The plots became sillier and sillier, and not about 'the Facts of Life'. A lot of guest stars appeared over the course of the series and many of them were A-listers in the making. Clooney, who was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, is the son of the journalist and TV host Nick Clooney and the nephew of the well-known singer Rosemary Clooney. When Scientology Paul Haggis took over as show runner from Linda Marsh and Margie Peters, that is when the show jumped the shark.