Season 5 • Episode 24
LatestOn 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.
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.
Costume
Marlo's go-go boots and shift dresses are museum-worthy.
Writing
Dick Van Dyke Show veterans bringing A-game banter.
Acting
Marlo Thomas invented relatable flustered.
Creator
Bill Persky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marlo Thomas fought ABC to keep Ann unmarried, making this the first sitcom centered on a single working woman living alone. The network wanted her married by season two.
The iconic opening of Ann pointing at 'THAT GIRL' on a poster was improvised when Thomas couldn't remember her blocking. They kept it.
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