And while she said that it kept spreading and coming back, she did not say where the cancer spread to. Cohn did not say what type of breast cancer she had. She is thrilled and tickled to have a co-starring role in the feature A Nice Girl Like You and excited to see what comes next! Ms. Actress Mindy Cohn, 57, is best known for her role on The Facts of Life but she privately dealt with aggressive breast cancer for five years. Today, Cohn is cancer free and feeling great! She has been on stage with the show “Celebrity Autobiography,” shot the web series “No Hooks Up Please” and had a guest spot on Bones. Cohn kept her diagnosis secret for a long time, ultimately underwent a double mastectomy, and stepped away from Hollywood to recuperate. A scan showed something in her breast and before she knew it, Cohn was being biopsied and soon diagnosed with breast cancer. She knew something was wrong and went to see her doctor. She was walking around her neighborhood and suddenly got so tired. One morning in 2012, Cohn’s life changed forever. She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 2002 to. She was the lead in the indie feature Violet Tendencies and had a reoccurring role in ABC Family’s Secret Life of the American Teenager. While continuing to have a successful voice over career, she has starred in the feature films Under the Gun, Alone with a Stranger, Swing, I Heart Huckabees, the independent feature Third Wish working alongside Betty White and the Daniel Waters, and the feature Sex & Death 101 opposite Simon Baker and Winona Ryder. 80s icon Mindy Cohn chats about her seminal role as Natalie in 'The Facts of Life' and how it changed her career before ranking the best. She also starred in the pilot Virtually Casey for the Disney Channel and continues her long standing gig with Warner Brothers as the voice of "Velma” for all animated projects in the Scooby Doo franchise, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award. Cohn starred on the WB sitcom The Help alongside Antonio Sabato, Jr. ![]() She returned to television as “Mo Tucker” in the NBC series, The Second Half, starring John Mendoza, Wayne Knight and Jessica Lundy. Cohn received a Dramalogue Award for her performance in a production of “Catholic School Girls” at the Globe Playhouse in Los Angeles. She continues to study at the BGB Studio with Steve Braun. During this time, she studied improvisation and scene work with Gary Austin and Larry Moss. Cohn took a hiatus from her career to attend university, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and a Masters in Education. She went on to make her feature film debut in The Boy Who Could Fly, which co-starred Colleen Dewhurst, Fred Gwynne and Fred Savage. The illustrious cast included Eileen Heckart, Stockard Channing, Robert Klein, Peter Riegart, and Dinah Manoff. Cohn appeared in her first professional stage performance in “Table Settings,” written and directed by James Lapine and filmed for HBO Television. ![]() Cohn played “Rose Jenko” in Fox’s 21 Jump Street. Concurrently, with her role in Facts, Ms.
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