Felice Schachter is a retired American actress, best known for her roles as Nancy Olson on The Facts of Life and Bernadette in the cult teen comedy Zapped!.
Early life and career Schachter was born in Queens, New York City, the daughter of Suzanne Schachter, a theatrical manager. Her parents were divorced. She has two younger sisters. Schachter's mother, the founder of Suzelle Enterprises, helped her get her start at the age of six months, when she appeared on the cover of American Baby magazine.(March 20, 1980). Felice Schachter: A Veteran at Age 16, The Hour (newspaper), Retrieved December 15, 2010 By 1982, Schachter had done over 100 TV commercials, including Ivory Snow, Pampers, Downy, Baby Alive, and Jordache Jeans.
Schachter started her show business career in 1975, appearing in an off-Broadway production of The Innocents, and later in Time Again. She later danced in productions including The Taming of the Shrew with Stuttgart Ballet, Sleeping Beauty with Bolshoi Ballet, and Nutcracker Suite with the New York City Ballet.
Television and film She started her television career on the 1976 mini-series The Adams Chronicles. She then played what would be her most notable role, Nancy, on The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1982.Scott, Vernon (UPI) (August 6, 1982). 'Facts of Life' Star Happy Facing Facts of College, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Retrieved December 15, 2010 She played the role regularly until she quit acting to pursue an education at Brown University in 1981, graduating with a B.A. in Semiotics in 1985, although she would continue to make later guest appearances on the show. Her first and only major film credit was as Bernadette in the 1982 movie Zapped!, starring opposite Scott Baio. Other television roles included Diff'rent Strokes, the soap opera Love of Life, NBC Quiz Kids, Alice, New Monkees, and Love, American Style, among others.
After she quit acting to go to school, Schachter was a radio anchor with the sports department of Brown University's WBRU in Providence, Rhode Island, and later a sports broadcaster for CBS Sports (1983–85) and PRIME (1986–87).
Production In the 1990s, she began working behind the camera, with production credits on such film and television projects as Magic Island, After The Game, the pilot for JAG, Uncle Sam, Twilight of the Golds, High Tide, Born Free, The Citizen, Waiting For The Monkeys, The Gnomes' Great Adventure, Waste Land, Jackie, Knockaround Guys and 30 Years to Life. She was the production coordinator for the series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 Just Posing Tracy Short film 1982 Zapped! Bernadette 2001 30 Years to Life Waitress In Restaurant Cameo; also line producer
+Television Year Title Role Notes 1979 Diff'rent Strokes Nancy Olson Episode: "The Girls School" 1979–81, 1986 The Facts of Life Nancy Olson 19 episodes Main cast (Season 1) Recurring role (Season 2–3) Guest star (Season 8) 1980 Alice Victoria Episode: "Here Comes Alice Cottontail" 1985 E/R Kim Episode: "Brotherly Love"
+As producer Year Title Credited as Notes 1995 JAG Assistant production coordinator 2 episodes 1996 The Twilight of the Golds Production coordinator 1996 Uncle Sam Production coordinator 1996 Born Free: A New Adventure Unit production manager TV movie 1997 High Tide Production coordinator 1 episode 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Production coordinator Also production consultant; 18 episodes 2001 30 Years to Life Line producer Also actress 2003 Anne B. Real Co-producer
+As Director Year Title Credited as Notes 1995 Magic Island Second second assistant director
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2008 TV Land Awards Favorite Character(s) Who "Went Missing" Shared with: Molly Ringwald, Julie Anne Haddock and Julie Piekarski The Facts of Life
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