Creator / Cindy Williams

Cynthia Jane Williams (August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023) was an American actress and producer.

She was best known for playing Shirley Feeney on Happy Days and, most famously, its Spin-Off Laverne & Shirley alongside Penny Marshall (who played Laverne DeFazio).

She passed away on January 25, 2023 at age 75 (the same age Penny Marshall was when she died) following a brief undisclosed illness.

No relation to fellow Happy Days universe actor Robin Williams.

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Filmography on TV Tropes:

Film roles

• Drive, He Said (1971): Manager's Girlfriend
• Beware! The Blob (1972): Randy's Girl
• Travels with My Aunt (1972): Tooley
• The Killing Kind (1971): Lori Davis
• American Graffiti (1973): Laurie Henderson
  • More American Graffiti (1979)
• The Conversation (1974): Ann
• Mr. Ricco (1975): Jamison
• The First Nudie Musical (1976): Rosie
• Bingo (1991): Natalie Devlin
• The Stepford Husbands (1996): Caroline Knox

TV roles

• Room 222: (3 episodes, 1969–71): Rhoda Zagor/Rita Zagor
• Nanny and the Professor (1 episode, 1971): 2nd Coed
• Getting Together (1 episode, 1971): Cathy
• Love, American Style (2 episodes, 1973): Karen Brown/Naomi Brubaker
• Hawaii Five-O (1 episode, 1974): Sue Reynolds
• Cannon (1 episode, 1974): June Bowers
• Police Story (1 episode, 1975): Joanna
• Happy Days: Shirley Feeney (5 episodes, 1975–79)
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976–82)
  • Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–82) (voice)
• Petrocelli (1 epsiode, 1976): Carol Janssen
• Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 1977): Velocity/Herself
• CHiPs (2 episodes, 1979–80): Herself
• The Disney Sunday Movie (2 episodes, 1986): Lisa Burke/Heather Drew
• Getting By: Cathy Hale (1993–94)
• Lois & Clark (1 episode, 1994): Wandamae
• The Magic School Bus (1 episode, 1995): Gerri Poveri (voice)
• Touched by an Angel (1 episode, 1996): Claire
• Son of the Beach (1 episode, 2001): Bobbi
• The Brothers García (1 episode, 2001): Mrs. Barbacoa
• 7th Heaven (1 episode, 2002): Vice Principal Val
• Less Than Perfect (1 episode, 2002): Joan Casey
• 8 Simple Rules (2 episodes, 2003): Mary Ellen Doyle
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode, 2004): Nora Hodges
• Girlfriends (2000) (2 episodes, 2004–05): Lisa James
• Shorty McShorts' Shorts (1 episode, 2007) (voice)
• Drive (3 episodes, 2007): House Mother
• Are We There Yet? (1 episode, 2012): Erin, Martin's Mum
• Sam & Cat (1 episode, 2013): Janice Dobbins
• The Odd Couple (1 episode, 2016): Vivian

Podcast roles

• The Pack Podcast (1 episode, 2020): Luann

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