![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: April 4, 1966 in Westbury, Long Island, NY Biography:Fans of the long-running television sitcom "Facts of Life" (1979-1988) will remember "Nancy McKeon" as Jo, the tough-talking, golden-hearted girl from Brooklyn who struggled to fit in at a posh girls school, but she has been involved with television, and to some extent, feature films, since she was two years old and cast in a commercial for which her brother, "Philip McKeon" (he is 18 months older), was auditioning. After shooting the spot, McKeon became a model and even appeared in Sears catalogs. Her brother was also a successful child model. In 1978, nine-year-old McKeon and her father moved to Los Angeles -- her brother was already out there appearing on the popular sitcom "Alice" (1976-1985) -- but she would not have a successful audition until at age 12, she landed a part on "Starsky and Hutch" (1975-1979) and then a part in the television movie "Return to Fantasy Island" (1978). She joined the... Full Biography
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