Cindy Williams
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Cynthia Jane Williams was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcoms Happy Days, and Laverne & Shirley. She also appeared in American Graffiti, The
Williams as Shirley Feeney in 1976
Williams in 2017
Penny Marshall
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Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer. She starred as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983, and received three nominations
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…the role of Princess Leia, but Leia was ultimately played by Carrie Fisher because Lucas wished to cast unknowns, as in American Graffiti. Williams met Penny Marshall, first on a double date, and later at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope company. The company hired them as comedy writers, because "they wanted two women…
Publicity photo for Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Marshall (right) with Cindy Williams in a publicity photo for Laverne & Shirley, 1976
Marshall at the 1988 Emmy Awards