Mindy Cohn is an American actress, comedian and comedian, best known for her role as Natalie Green on the sitcom “The Facts of Life” and voiced by fans of the animated franchise “Scooby-Doo” (2002- 2006), would recognize himself in Velma.
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Early life and family
Mindy Cohn was born Melinda Heather Cohn on May 20, 1966 in Los Angeles, California to Nat and Ina Cohn, a real estate attorney. She belongs to a Jewish family. No other information is available about his family and growing up years.
Education background
She attended Westlake School in Holmby Hills, California. There is no information on where she enrolled in high school. She earned a degree in cultural anthropology from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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Career
First steps
“The Facts of Life”
Cohn had a great start to his career, landing the role of Natalie Green on the NBC television series, “The Facts of Life.” She was then only 13 years old. Apparently, actress and character comedian, Charlotte Ray Lubotsky, discovered her when Charlotte and the show’s producers went to Westlake School in Holmby Hills to do research for the show. “The Facts of Life” was a spin-off from another TV series “Diff’rent Strokes”, where Charlotte Rae played the role of Mrs. Edna Garrett, the Drummonds’ first housekeeper, and who would play the same character but as the stay-at-home mom at Eastland School, a boarding school for girls, in the new series.
Mindy said Charlotte lobbied for her and asked producers to create a role for her. It seemed that in addition to being “hilarious and irrepressible”, Mindy reminded Charlotte of her best friend, Natalie.
Reception
The sitcom first aired on August 24, 1979 and ran for nine seasons (1979-1987) with 201 episodes. It was the lowest rated NBC series during the first season and was put on hiatus. Significant changes were made to Season 2, which paid off as it received high ratings on its new time slot, peaking at 27.4 ratings in January 1981, making it the fourth highest rated scripted series. on NBC. Then, with its third season, it became NBC’s No. 2 overall series and its highest-rated comedy series.
He continued his successful run throughout the rest of the seasons. NBC planned to renew the show for a tenth season but Mindy Cohn and fellow cast member Nancy McKeon decided to leave after the ninth season. With the success of the series, it was also broadcast in other countries like Canada, Brazil and France.
Mindy was also part of three two-hour TV movies made, namely “The Facts of Life Goes to Paris” (1982), “The Facts of Life Down Under” (1987) and “The Facts of Life Reunion” (2001) .
Additional success
She appeared as her character, Natalie Green, in two episodes of “Diff’rent Strokes”.
Mindy also got to play other characters when she starred in an episode or two of other popular TV series such as NBC’s “Double Trouble” (1985) and “21 Jump Street” (1987-1988) on Fox Network. . His feature debut was in 1986 in the fantasy comedy-drama, “The Boy Who Could Fly”, but it did not do well at the box office and received a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
After “The Facts of Life”, she continued to guest-star on various television series such as “Charles in Charge” (1988) with Scott Baio and “Suddenly Susan” (1999) with Brooke Shields. She was also part of the main cast as Maureen Tucker in NBC’s “The Second Half” (1993-1994) and as Maggie, the cook, in The WB’s “The Help” (2004). However, both of these series only lasted one season.
In addition to making television films, she also directed a dozen feature films from 1986 to 2020, including the black comedy “Sex and Death 101”, in 1987 with Wynona Ryder and Simon Baker; the romantic comedy “Violet Tendencies” in 2010; and “A nice girl like you”, in 2020.
voice work
In 1999, she was a voice actress in 13 episodes of “The Chimp Channel” (TCC), which was based on the “Monkey-ed Movies”, and featured parodies of popular TV programs, movies, commercials and personalities. as well as behind-the-scenes antics. The show used orangutans and chimpanzees wearing costumes voiced by human actors.
Mindy was the voice actor for Candy Yuponce, TCC’s makeup artist. The series received negative reviews from critics and only lasted one season.
“The Children of Room 402” was his next job as a voice actor. It was a Canadian-American animated series based on the children’s book “Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402”. It aired in 1999 on Fox Family Channel in the United States and in 2000 on Teletoon in Canada. One of the main characters, Nancy Francis, was voiced by Cohn in 34 out of 52 episodes over two seasons.
scooby-doo
Mindy was Velma’s voice actor in the hugely popular animated crime comedy series “What’s New, Scooby-Doo?” (2002-2006), produced by Warner Bros. Animation for WB Kids.
The story revolves around Scooby-Doo and his companions, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers, as they solve mysteries in various locations using modern technology. The series was the modernized version of “Scooby-Doo, where are you!” by Hanna Barbera. which premiered in 1969. It ran for three seasons with 42 episodes. “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated” aired for two seasons (2010-2013) with 52 episodes. There were also 18 live-to-video Scooby-Doo movies and six live-to-video shorts released from 2004 to 2015. His voice was also featured in five Scooby-Doo video games released from 2004 to 2010.
As a voice actress, she was also in an episode of the animated series “Dexter’s Laboratory” as the librarian and “Kim Possible” as Mrs. Whisp in 2003. Interestingly, she was in “Family Guy” as Natalie Green in 2006; she was in “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” as Velma Dinkley in 2011.
Private life
Mindy is single at 53 and has no children. There is no news of him dating anyone. She keeps her personal life private. She currently lives in her home in Beverly Hills.
battle against cancer
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. According to a People Magazine article in 2017, as Mindy was walking around her neighborhood in Los Angeles, she suddenly felt so tired and had to text her friend , Helen Hunt, to come and help him. It was Hunt who first took her to the doctor.
She underwent a biopsy after a CT scan showed something in her breast and it turned out she had breast cancer. At first she opted to have a lumpectomy, but the cancer had metastasized and spread to her lymph nodes. So she took a year off and underwent a radical double mastectomy. She also underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She kept her battle with cancer a secret for five years. Mindy stayed with her friends, Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, who are known for their reality show, “The Fabulous Beekman Boys”, at their 60-acre ranch during this difficult time. She said it was hard to go through this on her own and added, “It was bad enough putting my parents through this; I’m glad I didn’t put a partner through this too. She was in remission in 2017 and returned to work.
— Mindy Cohn (@MindyCohn) May 26, 2020
Interesting facts and rumors
- Mindy and her acting mentor, Charlotte, maintained their friendship after the TV series “The Facts of Life” ended.
- She was ranked 43rd to VH1’s list of the 100 Biggest Child Stars.
- She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her work in “What’s New, Scooby-Doo.”
- In 2016, she was one of the contestants for Season 9: Fame, Issue 2 of “The Worst Cooks in America.”
- She is a strong supporter of the LGBT community.
- Mindy is said to be good friends with American actor, James Haven, and met Angelina Jolie through him as he was her older brother. She is the godmother of two of the children of Angelina and Brad Pitt and would have even received a diamond ring to thank her. Asked about it, she had only this to say: “This story seems to be circulating. I’m just not talking about any of that.
- After surviving cancer, she became a founding member of the weSpark Cancer Support Center and sits on its board of directors.
Appearance
Mindy has a voluptuous figure and is 1.5m (5ft 1in) tall. She has brown hair.
Net value
According to sources, Mindy Cohn has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
