Kim Fields will be receiving two high-school diplomas this spring. As Tootie on NBC's The Facts of Life, she'll be graduated from the Eastland School in May. then she'll get to do it all over again -- for real -- this June. Life and art will merger, however, when Kim's mother Chip Fields, shows up at both ceremonies. "My mother plays my mother on the show," Kim explains. "That should give us a head start on rehearsals." As for life after commencement, Tootie and Natalie will get their own apartment. What about Kim, who lives with her mother? "I don't know yet," she says. "We 're going to have a meeting [about it]."
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