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That Girl
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.
- Created by:
- Bill Persky
- Cast:
- Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell, Lew Parker
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
Episode 1
Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman
1967-09-07 · 30mAnn is overwhelmed to find herself on stage with Ethel Merman, who chooses Ann for a walk-on part in a revival of ""Gypsy.""
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The Good Skate
1967-09-14Ann makes a valiant effort to learn to roller-skate to get a part in a soft-drink commercial.
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Black, White and Read All Over
1967-09-21Donald, the proud owner of an unpublished novel, needs cheering when he gets his twelfth rejection slip. Ann's father makes connections with a publisher for Don's book, but he reads it himself and refuses to send it in.
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To Each her Own
1967-09-28 · 30mDonald does a story on computer dating. Ann is jealous when Donald's Compudate match turns out to be attractive model, Lisa Stevens. So Ann fills out a Compudate card herself and comes up with a good-looking date also, who turns out to be a lot more like Donald than she'd care to admit!
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The Apartment
1967-10-05 · 30mAnn gets a job in telephone marketing at the same time her apartment is being painted, so Ann must borrow Donald's apartment whiel he is away to work in. Dan's friend Harry comes by unknowingly and decides to stay in the apartment as well.
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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1)
1967-10-12 · 30mAnn Marie's elation at winning a Broadway role fades when she realizes its Philadelphia opening will mean a long separation from Donald.
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The Philadelphia Story (2)
1967-10-19 · 30mDespite attention from a fellow castmate, Ann misses Donald while in Philadelphia to do a play.
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There's Nothing to Be Afreud of But Freud Himself
1967-10-26After a meeting with a famous doctor, Donald uses what he has learned to find out all out Ann's personality.
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The Collaborators
1967-11-02Ann and Donald learn that a couple that works together also fights together when they collaborate on a play about her life.
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When in Rome
1967-11-09Ann wins a part in an Italian movie, but turns it down when she discovers a nude scene.
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Thanksgiving Comes But One a Year, Hopefully
1967-11-23 · 30mThe Hollingers are upset that their son isn't coming home for Thanksgiving, and the Maries are upset that a family tradition is being broken. Trying to cook everyone's favorite dishes, Ann takes over the kitchen of a neighbor who is away. The dinner turns out to be a disaster!
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The Mailman Cometh
1967-11-30While modeling at a famous restaurant, Ann meets an agent named Seymour who gets her a date with Dick Shawn as a publicity stunt, but he doesn't know about it!
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It's a Mod, Mod World (1)
1967-12-07Ann meets a fashion photographer named Noel Prince, whom Donald dislikes. Noel wants to take her to California to do a shoot.
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It's a Mod, Mod World (2)
1967-12-14Noel falls for Ann badly. Don sees a newspaper photo of Ann and Noel being arrested for frolicking in a fountain, he's on the next plane to Los Angeles.
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'Twas the Night before Christmas, You're Under Arrest
1967-12-21 · 30mAnn purchases tickets for the Baumans from a scalper. Giving the scalper a check with her address on it and saying the tickets are for her neighbors, she fears they may be robbed (on Christmas Eve). In order to prevent a robbery, Ann and Donald remove all the valuables from the Baumans' apartment, only to be caught by the police.
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A Friend in Need
1967-12-28When Ann sprains her ankle at work, Donald comes to the rescue cooking gourmet meals and cleaning her apartment with a vengeance.
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Fur All We Know
1968-01-04A fortune hunter named Buzzy has his eyes on Ann when she wears a borrowed chinchilla stole to wear at an elite party.
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The Rivals
1968-01-11Ann takes boyfriend Donald home to spend the weekend with her parents, only to find that her father is jealous of Don and sees him as a rival.
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Sixty-Five on the Aisle
1968-01-18After Ann invites her parents to see her Broadway debut, she learns that her lines have been cut considerably. Ann asks her father to change his reservations to the following night so he can see her uncut role. She's unaware that her part was cut to accommodate a surprise theater party planned by her father.
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Call of the Wild
1968-01-25Ann becomes convinced that she has no sex appeal when she lands a part as the Creamy Soap Girl because the producer sees her as a fresh scrubbed face that no housewife could resent for her looks.
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The Other Woman
1968-02-01Lou escorts Ethel Merman just to be nice, and the publicity thinks that they are an item much to Helen's dismay.
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He and She and He
1968-02-08Donald is stunned when Ann receives a marriage proposal from British fashion photographer Noel Prince. Noel expects his answer in the morning, despite Ann's protestations that she loves Donald.
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Odpdypahimcaifss
1968-02-22Mrs. Hollister stays at Ann's apartment and finds a pair of her son's pants hanging in Ann's closet.
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Great Guy
1968-03-07Marge tells Ann that she has met the man of her dreams, but he backs out when she proposed marraige.
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The Detective Story
1968-03-14Ann gets obscene phone calls and a police chief is called to stay with her. Donald thinks that there is something going on between the two of them when he comes out of Ann's bedroom one morning.
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If You Were Almost the Only Man in the World
1968-03-21Ann is knocked out by a baseball and the doctor that treats her looks exactly like Donald.
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Just Spell the Name Right
1968-03-28Ann is pressured to hire unscrupulous press agent Eddie Edwards who promptly links her to a divorce scandal with actor Buddy Hobart in the hopes that it will boost Ann's career.
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The Beard
1968-04-11 · 30mAnn dislikes Donald's new beard and takes measures to get him to shave it off.
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The Drunkard
1968-04-18 · 30mA drunk comedian named Marty is taken in by Ann to sober up, and he thinks that they had an affair.
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Old Man's Darling
1968-04-25 · 30mAnn meets an elderly man, Andrew Washington at a party when he accidentally spills his shrimp cocktail on her new white crepe dress. He tries to make it up to her by giving her gifts, but Ann cannot accept them.
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Marlo Thomas
Ann Marie
Ted Bessell
Donald Hollinger
Lew Parker
Lew Marie
