Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Cynthia Jane Williams (August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023) was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcoms Happy Days (1975–1979), and Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982).
Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s to early 1960s Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The characters of Laverne and Shirley appeared in five more episodes of Happy Days. In 1982 at the beginning of Laverne & Shirley ' s eighth season, Williams left the show due to her pregnancy. Marshall continued with the show, but it was canceled after that season's final episode aired in May 1983.
Cindy Williams, who starred alongside Penny Marshall on the hit ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died at the age of 75. “The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought ...
Cindy Williams dishes to ET about her new tell-all, Shirley, I Jest!: A Storied Life, which covers everything from her time on "Laverne & Shirley" to her love life. Cindy and her partner in crime ...
Cindy Williams, who starred as Shirley to Penny Marshall's Laverne on "Laverne & Shirley," had an up-and-down relationship with her co-star.
The following year, Garrett was performing her one-woman show Betty Garrett and Other Songs in Westwood, California when she was offered the role of landlady Edna Babish in Laverne & Shirley. The character was a five-time divorcée who eventually married Laverne's father Frank.
After a breakout in "American Graffiti," Williams's became a bona fide star in 1975 following her scene-stealing role alongside Penny Marshall on "Happy Days."