That Girl — 1966–1971 · 5 seasons · 137 eps

★ 7.3

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That Girl

1966–1971 5 seasons 137 episodes

★ 7.3 (3,695 votes) Bottom 41%

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.

That Girl

1966–1971 5 seasons 137 eps

★ 7.3 (4K) Bottom 41%

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.

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#1

S3E19 8.4

My Sister's Keeper

Ann Marie does a soft drink commercial and will have her singing voice dubbed by a Sister - that looks like her sister.

#2

S5E1 8.4

Counter Proposal

Donald Hollinger finally asks Ann Marie to marry him.

#3

S2E11 8.2

Thanksgiving Comes But Once a Year, Hopefully

Ann tries to cook everybody's favorite dishes for Thanksgiving and the meal doesn't turn out as Ann would like it to.

#4 Old Man's Darling S2E30 8.2

#5 The Apartment S2E5 8.1

#6 She Never Had the Vegas Notion S4E12 8.1

#7 Anatomy of a Blunder S1E5 8.0

#8 Chef's Night Out S5E19 8.0

#9 Don't Just Do Something, Stand There S1E1 7.9

#10 Time for Arrest S1E9 7.9

▼ Lowlights

#137 S5E20 That King 6.1

Ann befriends a king who happens to be quite young.

#136 The Russians Are Staying S5E17 6.2

#135 That Señorita S5E12 6.3

#134 It's So Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House S3E24 6.5

#133 If You Were Almost the Only Man in the World S2E26 6.5

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