Seasons(8) / Episodes(178)
Plots(1)
Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) first graced America's televisions screens as Richie and Fonzie's cheap and easy dates on an episode of HAPPY DAYS. Before long, their spinoff show LAVERNE & SHIRLEY would go on to match, and arguably surpass, its parent show's success with the winsome comic adventures of its two spunky heroines. Sharing a basement apartment in Milwaukee and working as bottlecappers at Shotz Brewery, the blue-collar girls navigated through 1950s America with the help of an endearing assortment of oddball characters: Laverne's gruff, pizza-slinging father Frank DeFazio (Phil Foster); goodhearted landlady Edna Babish (Betty Garrett); hunky dance instructor--and Shirley's sometime romantic interest--Carmine Ragusa (Eddie Mekka); and, of course, wacky greaser neighbors Lenny Kosnowksi (Michael McKean) and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggmann (David L. Lander). But most of all, the series showcased the deep and abiding friendship between brassy Laverne and sweetnatured Shirley with warmth, hilarity, and a few helpings of milk and Pepsi. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Shirley O'Hara
USA
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The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Julie Parrish
USA
Taaffe O'Connell
USA
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CHiPs (1977) (series)
Starsky and Hutch (1975) (series)
Kip Gilman
USA
Paul Kreppel
USA
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That '70s Show (1998) (series)
Step by Step (1991) (series)
ER (1994) (series)
Hollis Irving
USA
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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) (series)
Bewitched (1964) (series)
Startime (1959) (series)
Chanin Hale
USA
Best series:
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) (series)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965) (series)
Morgan Upton
USA
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Columbo (1971) (series)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972) (series)
Hawaii Five-O (1968) (series)
Vicki Lawrence
USA
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Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Great News (2017) (series)
Hamilton Camp
UK
Best series:
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995) (series)
DuckTales (1987) (series)
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
Benny Baker
USA
Best series:
Maverick (1957) (series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (series)
Sledge Hammer! (1986) (series)
Penny Santon
USA
Best series:
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
Northern Exposure (1990) (series)
Jerry Belson
USA
Best series:
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) (series)
Bill McLean
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
Maverick (1957) (series)
Tracy Reiner
USA
Paddi Edwards
UK
Best series:
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) (series)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994) (series)
Ellen (1994) (series)
Carole Cook
USA
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Grey's Anatomy (2005) (series)
Major Crimes (2012) (series)
Starsky and Hutch (1975) (series)
Louis Nye
USA
Best series:
The Munsters (1964) (series)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) (series)
The Real Ghost Busters (1986) (series)
Deborah Harmon
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Boy Meets World (1993) (series)