Nancy McKeon

Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury New York to Don and Barbara McKeon began modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalog at the age of two and she and her brother did over sixtyfive commercials in seven years She appeared briefly on the soap operas The Secret Storm 1954 and Another World 1964 When her brother Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series Alice 1976 the family moved to Los Angeles Her first real acting break came when she did the shortlived TV series Stone 1979 and guested on Starsky and Hutch 1975 The producers of The Facts of Life 1979 were so impressed by Nancys performance as the streetwise girl in a pilot called Dusty they decided to sign her to play Jo on The Facts of Life Nancy has starred in the television movies High School USA 1983 TV Poison Ivy This Child Is Mine 1985 TV and Firefighter 1986 TV She provided the voices for animated shows like ABC Weekend Specials Puppys Great Adventure 1979