Joanna Marie Polniaczek

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Joanna Marie Polniaczek is a tough, street-smart Bronx teenager and motorcycle enthusiast who becomes one of the main characters on the 1980s sitcom "The Facts of Life."

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instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn The Facts of Life NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre coming-of-age television
associatedWith motorcycle
characterTrait street-smart
tough
closeFriendOf Blair Warner NERFINISHED
Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey NERFINISHED
Natalie Green NERFINISHED
culturalStatus iconic 1980s TV character
familyBackground working-class
familyName Polniaczek NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1980
franchise The Facts of Life franchise NERFINISHED
friendGroup Eastland girls
from Bronx NERFINISHED
fullName Joanna Marie Polniaczek NERFINISHED
gender female
genre sitcom
givenName Joanna NERFINISHED
hairColor dark brown
hasSibling Rick Polniaczek NERFINISHED
hasStoryArc class differences and friendship
personal growth and maturity
hobby motorcycle riding
introducedInSeriesSeason season 2
languageOfCharacter English
medium television series
mentoredBy Edna Garrett NERFINISHED
nationality American
networkOfOriginalSeries NBC NERFINISHED
nickname Jo NERFINISHED
occupation student
personality independent
loyal
sarcastic
portrayedBy Nancy McKeon NERFINISHED
roleInSeries main character
seriesOriginalRunEnd 1988
seriesOriginalRunStart 1979
seriesSetting Eastland School NERFINISHED
Peekskill, New York NERFINISHED
signatureClothing leather jacket
sportsInvolvement athletics
targetAudienceOfSeries teen and family viewers

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Nancy McKeon characterRole Joanna Marie Polniaczek
this entity surface form: Jo Polniaczek
Jo Polniaczek fullName Joanna Marie Polniaczek