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<a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">Lisa Diane Whelchel</a> is an American <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">actress</a>, singer, musician, novelist, and public speaker best known for her performances as a Mouseketeer on The New Mickey Mouse Club and her nine-year role preppy and wealthy Blair Warner on The Facts of Life. She was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1984 for her contemporary Christian album All Because of You, for which Whelchel received a nomination for Best Inspirational Performance. Since 2009, she has been a regular <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">speaker</a> at Christian conferences for women called Women of Faith. As a participant on the CBS competitive reality series Survivor: Philippines in 2012, Welchel finished tied for second place. She was also chosen as a fan favorite, and she received a $100,000 prize.

<h2>Background</h2>

Lisa Whelchel was born on May 29, 1963, in Littlefield, Texas. Whelchel is the <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">daughter</a> of Virginia "Genny," a real estate agent, and James "Jimmy" Whelchel Sr., a retired electrical contractor. The divorce between her parents occurred in 1981, and her mother afterward married Roy Coleman in 1983. Lisa Whelchel is the elder <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">sister</a> of James "Cody" Whelchel Jr. and the elder half-sister of Casey Justice Coleman. Lisa is the <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">mother</a> of Casey Justice Coleman and the grandmother of Casey Justice Whelchel. Aside from that, she has a nephew named Chasin (Cody's son). Lisa and Cody were raised for most of their childhood in Fort Worth, Texas, and Lisa graduated from Liberty Christian Academy in Argyle, Texas, in the class of 1980, where they met.

As a young child, Whelchel converted to Christianity and has since dedicated her life to the Christian beliefs she has learned in Church.

<h2>Relationships</h2>

Shortly after The Facts of Life ended, she was encouraged by her father to marry Steve, who was one of the pastors at her Church. After she married him, they lived in Sherman Oaks, CA, before moving to Lantana, Texas, in 2006.

Her husband was an Associate Pastor at the Church On the Way in Van Nuys, California. They had three children together, but they got divorced in 2012. She is still friends with her former husband, and they often go to dinner and movies together. They also spend time together during most of the holidays and birthdays of their children.

<h2>Acting Career</h2>

At age 12, Whelchel was recruited in Texas by talent scouts looking for children interested in working with Disney Studios as a Mouseketeer on The New Mickey Mouse Club. She moved to California the next year and appeared on the show in syndication from 1977 to 1978.

She spent nine years on The Facts of Life, where she played a wealthy and preppy girl named Blair Warner. As a cast member of The Facts of Life, Whelchel once refused a storyline that would have made her character the first among the four main young women on the show to lose her virginity. Whelchel refused because of her Christian convictions, and the storyline was rewritten for the character of "Natalie," portrayed by <a href="/biography/mindy-cohn">Mindy Cohn</a>. Whelchel appeared in every episode of the series except that one.

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In 2001, Whelchel reprised her role as Blair Warner for the made-for-television movie, The Facts of Life Reunion. On March 7, 2004, Whelchel was reunited with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Rae">Charlotte Rae</a> to perform The Facts of Life theme song at the 2nd Annual TV Land Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood. In Spring 2006, she appeared with two of her Facts of Life co-stars on The Today Show to promote the show's DVD releases of the first and second seasons, admitting to being "really bummed out" that <a href="/biography/kim-fields">Kim Fields</a> was unable to attend. On February 1, 2007, Whelchel was reunited with <a href="/biography/kim-fields">Kim Fields</a> on WFAA-TV's Good Morning Texas. Fields was in Dallas to promote her appearance in the production Issues: We've All Got 'Em' when Whelchel was introduced as a surprise guest. On April 10, 2011, Whelchel and the cast of The Facts of Life, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Rae">Charlotte Rae</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_McKeon">Nancy McKeon</a>, <a href="/biography/mindy-cohn">Mindy Cohn</a>, <a href="/biography/kim-fields">Kim Fields</a>, GeriJewell and <a href="/biography/cloris-leachman">Cloris Leachman</a>, were honored with the Pop Culture Award at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center in New York City.

<h2>Other Ventures</h2>

Lisa started to sing in 1984, and she released a Christian pop album called All Because of You. The album got to number 17 on the charts of Billboard Contemporary music. She sung other songs, including Good Girl, Cover Me Lord, and Just Obey.

Lisa Whelchel has written around ten books. She has written about homeschooling, finding Jesus by developing the holiday tradition, adult friendships, child discipline, and motherhood. She was nominated to get a Gold Medallion for her book about the Child Discipline named Creative Correction.

On August 20, 2012, Whelchel was announced as a contestant on Survivor: The Philippines as a member of the Tandang tribe. She joined retired Major League Baseball <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kent">star</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kent">Jeff Kent</a> as the season's two "celebrity" contestants. She elected to keep her true identity as a former television star secret from the other contestants, many of whom were too young to have watched The Facts of Life during its original run and thus did not recognize her. However, this fact was revealed by fellow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Penner">contestant</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Penner">Jonathan Penner</a> to the jury at the final tribal council. On November 14, 2012, Whelchel announced via her Twitter account that she was suffering from West Nile Virus and had been advised by her doctor that recovery would take approximately one year. She did not specify whether she had contracted the arbovirus while in the Philippines shooting Survivor. On December 16, 2012, Whelchel made it to the Final Tribal Council, receiving one jury vote from RC Saint-Amour and tying with returning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Skupin">contestant</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Skupin">Michael Skupin</a> for runner-up. She has also voted the Sprint Player of the Season, winning $100,000 by a margin of about .07 percent against Malcolm Freberg.

The net worth of Lisa Whelchel is believed to be more than 3 million dollars. She is also an inspirational <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">speaker</a>, and she speaks at conferences and churches. She is the <a href="/biography/lisa-whelchel">founder</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother">Mom</a> time Ministries, a group of mothers who refresh and equip one another through encouragement.

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