Nancy McKeon
It is possible that Courtney Cox was not the one who played the role of Monica Geller on the long-running comedy Friends. One of the candidates that was interested in playing the part was Nancy McKeon. Her most well-known role is that of Jo Polniaczek, which she originated in the 1980s on the television show The Facts of Life. In addition to her work on television, the actress had roles in a number of television movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Some of these movies, such as The Wrong Woman and Comfort and Joy, were broadcast on television. The most recent time we saw McKeon on Dancing with the Stars was earlier this year, when she competed in the show’s 27th season. Did you know that while McKeon was starring in The Facts of Life, she and her parents had a special audience with Pope John Paul II? If not, let me fill you in before we go on to the next leading woman.