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That Girl

  • TV-PG
  • 1966–1971
  • 5 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 6.2

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.

Episodes

30 episodes
  1. 1Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman

    30 minSep 7, 1967

    Ann is overwhelmed to find herself on stage with Ethel Merman, who chooses Ann for a walk-on part in a revival of ""Gypsy.""

  2. 2The Good Skate

    Sep 14, 1967

    Ann makes a valiant effort to learn to roller-skate to get a part in a soft-drink commercial.

  3. 3Black, White and Read All Over

    Sep 21, 1967

    Donald, the proud owner of an unpublished novel, needs cheering when he gets his twelfth rejection slip.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.

  4. 4To Each her Own

    30 minSep 28, 1967

    Donald 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!

  5. 5The Apartment

    30 minOct 5, 1967

    Ann 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.

  6. 6Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1)

    30 minOct 12, 1967

    Ann Marie's elation at winning a Broadway role fades when she realizes its Philadelphia opening will mean a long separation from Donald.

  7. 7The Philadelphia Story (2)

    30 minOct 19, 1967

    Despite attention from a fellow castmate, Ann misses Donald while in Philadelphia to do a play.

  8. 8There's Nothing to Be Afreud of But Freud Himself

    Oct 26, 1967

    After a meeting with a famous doctor, Donald uses what he has learned to find out all out Ann's personality.

  9. 9The Collaborators

    Nov 2, 1967

    Ann and Donald learn that a couple that works together also fights together when they collaborate on a play about her life.

  10. 10When in Rome

    Nov 9, 1967

    Ann wins a part in an Italian movie, but turns it down when she discovers a nude scene.

  11. 11Thanksgiving Comes But One a Year, Hopefully

    30 minNov 23, 1967

    The 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!

  12. 12The Mailman Cometh

    Nov 30, 1967

    While 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!

  13. 13It's a Mod, Mod World (1)

    Dec 7, 1967

    Ann meets a fashion photographer named Noel Prince, whom Donald dislikes. Noel wants to take her to California to do a shoot.

  14. 14It's a Mod, Mod World (2)

    Dec 14, 1967

    Noel 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.

  15. 15'Twas the Night before Christmas, You're Under Arrest

    30 minDec 21, 1967

    Ann 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.

  16. 16A Friend in Need

    Dec 28, 1967

    When Ann sprains her ankle at work, Donald comes to the rescue cooking gourmet meals and cleaning her apartment with a vengeance.

  17. 17Fur All We Know

    Jan 4, 1968

    A fortune hunter named Buzzy has his eyes on Ann when she wears a borrowed chinchilla stole to wear at an elite party.

  18. 18The Rivals

    Jan 11, 1968

    Ann 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.

  19. 19Sixty-Five on the Aisle

    Jan 18, 1968

    After 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.

  20. 20Call of the Wild

    Jan 25, 1968

    Ann 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.

  21. 21The Other Woman

    Feb 1, 1968

    Lou escorts Ethel Merman just to be nice, and the publicity thinks that they are an item much to Helen's dismay.

  22. 22He and She and He

    Feb 8, 1968

    Donald 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.

  23. 23Odpdypahimcaifss

    Feb 22, 1968

    Mrs. Hollister stays at Ann's apartment and finds a pair of her son's pants hanging in Ann's closet.

  24. 24Great Guy

    Mar 7, 1968

    Marge tells Ann that she has met the man of her dreams, but he backs out when she proposed marraige.

  25. 25The Detective Story

    Mar 14, 1968

    Ann 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.

  26. 26If You Were Almost the Only Man in the World

    Mar 21, 1968

    Ann is knocked out by a baseball and the doctor that treats her looks exactly like Donald.

  27. 27Just Spell the Name Right

    Mar 28, 1968

    Ann 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.

  28. 28The Beard

    30 minApr 11, 1968

    Ann dislikes Donald's new beard and takes measures to get him to shave it off.

  29. 29The Drunkard

    30 minApr 18, 1968

    A drunk comedian named Marty is taken in by Ann to sober up, and he thinks that they had an affair.

  30. 30Old Man's Darling

    30 minApr 25, 1968

    Ann 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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Series cast

Marlo ThomasAnn Marie136 episodes
Ted BessellDonald Hollinger136 episodes
Lew ParkerLew Marie136 episodes
Bernie KopellJerry Bauman15 episodes
Rosemary DeCamp12 episodes
Dabney Coleman8 episodes
Bobo Lewis7 episodes
Ruth BuzziPete Peterson5 episodes
Mabel Albertson5 episodes
Jesse White5 episodes
Ed Peck5 episodes
James Gregory4 episodes
Buddy LesterBartender4 episodes
Alan Oppenheimer4 episodes
Lew Gallo4 episodes
Jerry Fogel4 episodes
Garry Marshall3 episodes
Arlene Golonka3 episodes

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