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That Girl(TV show/series, 1966-1971)

FSK: 6+ years
| 25min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 137 episodes

That GirlRating: 3.1/5 (with 12 votes)
That Girl is an American TV series sitcom that ran on ABC from September 8, 1966, to March 19, 1971. It starred Marlo Thomas as the title character, Ann Marie, an aspiring (but only sporadically employed) 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. It was one of the first sitcoms to focus on an unmarried woman who was not a domestic or living with her parents, a forerunner of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. 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 and Ruth Buzzi 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 (which Thomas' fathe... ()
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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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That Girl Seasons and Episodes

09/25/1970Season 5 - 24 episodes
#1 | 09/25/1970Counter Proposal
After four years of dating, Donald finally asks Ann to marry him and presents her with an engagement ring - which he was talked into buying second-hand by a co-worker against his better judgement.
#2 | 10/02/1970Donald, Sandi, and Harry and Snoopy
Donald's sister Sandi has a passion for an actor, and he wants Ann to check up on him to see if he's a good man. The actor finds out what's going on and makes moves on Ann to teach her a lesson.
#3 | 10/09/1970I Ain't Got Nobody
A nude picture of Ann is plastered in a ""Playpen"" magazine, which jeopardizes her chance of being on a kiddie show.
#4 | 10/16/1970No Man is Manhattan Island
On a game show, Ann is asked to find out about her neighbors. No one wants to speak up, so Ann throws a party to invite everyone until her purse gets stolen.
#5 | 10/23/1970Rattle of a Single Girl
Ann and Donald go to a pre-nuptial counselor to weed out their non-existent problems.
#6 | 10/30/1970There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis (1)
Ann learns that killing two birds with one stone is almost too much when she goes to St. Louis with Donald to meet his parents and to star in a play. She is convinced that Don's mother hates her and decides that she might be able to turn it around if she were to have a larger, starring role in the play instead of her more modest part.
#7 | 11/06/1970There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis (2)
In St. Louis to appear in a play and meet Donald's parents, Ann once again finds that nothing is ever easy.
#8 | 11/13/1970That Cake
Ann lands the presitgious title of ""Miss New York has Everything"" and does a TV promotion for the city in which she bakes a fruit topped cheesecake using all New York ingredients. While baking the cake, Ann loses her ring in the cake batter, and to make matters worse, the cake has been shipped to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller's house for a state dinner. After all the trouble they went to, Ann finds out that her ring wasn't even in the governor's cake!
#9 | 11/20/1970That Girl's Daddy
Lou feels as though he is getting too old, and Ann introduces him to Jeanie, who makes him feel more younger. Ann thinks that he is going to leave her mother when actually he wants to please her.
#10 | 11/27/1970Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off
Ann is hired by a rival magazine because they think that Donald is going to help her out now that they are engaged.
#11 | 12/04/1970Super Reporter
Don is stuck in a ""super Don"" costume when his friends steal his clothes and forget to give them back to him. All before he is to accept an Humanitarian award from the deputy mayor!
#12 | 12/11/1970That Senorita
Ann gets a lesson in minorities when a sketch that she is in is very offensive to Mexicans.
#13 | 12/18/1970An Uncle Herbert for All Seasons
Uncle Herbert is turning Ann and Donald's world upside down when he makes bogus get-rich-quick schemes.
#14 | 01/01/1971That Script
Ann wants film rights to a novel, but the author will not sell. He changes his mind when he sees Ann, and how much she resembles his late wife. His new wife tells Ann that her husband can't write anymore and Ann turns down the movie out of respect for him.
#15 | 01/08/1971Those Friars
Ann's late Uncle Harry wills her an old trunk filled with bits and pieces of his career in vaudeville. Ann is doubly surprised when stars Milton Berle and Danny Thomaspay a visit to her apartment and try to buy the old trunk.
#16 | 01/15/1971A Limited Engagement
Donald breaks off his engagement to Ann because of cold feet.
#17 | 01/29/1971The Russians are Staying
Ann makes friends with a Russian named Nicholai who is a con man sponging off her.
#18 | 02/05/1971That Shoplifter
#19 | 02/12/1971Chef's Night Out
Ann and Donald try to run Lou's restaurant by themselves when the staff comes down with a virus.
#20 | 02/19/1971That King
Ann makes friends with a king, who turns out to be a kid!
#21 | 02/26/1971Stag Party
Donald's friends throw him a stag party - which almost costs him his engagement to Ann.
#22 | 03/05/1971Two For the Money
Ann gets a modeling assignment at Belmont Race Track and when Don's friends realize there's a horse running named for her, they see it as a ""sign"" and send her with the money to place a bet for them. She loses the ticket at the wrong time!
#23 | 03/12/1971Soot Yourself
As a member of an ecology-minded group, Ann is assigned to picket in front of the Newsview Magazine building where Donald works. Donald tries to make amends by inviting his boss to Ann's house for dinner.
#24 | 03/19/1971The Elevated Woman
On their way to the Women's Liberation meeting, which Donald reluctantly agrees to visit, Ann and Donald become trapped in a stuck elevator. While they await to be rescued, they look back on their favorite moments together.
09/18/1969Season 4 - 26 episodes
09/26/1968Season 3 - 26 episodes
09/07/1967Season 2 - 30 episodes
09/08/1966Season 1 - 31 episodes
?Specials - 3 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/08/1966
Last episode released on: 03/19/1971
Creator: Bill Persky
Producer: Marlo Thomas
Composer: Warren Barker

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