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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

26 episodes
  1. 1Sock It to Me

    30 minSep 26, 1968

    Against the objections of the director, Ann is awarded a part in a Broadway play by the star, Barry Sullivan. Ann is excited to get this opportunity, but when the script calls for Ann to slap Barry, she can't bring herself to do it.

  2. 2The Hi-Jack and the Mighty

    30 minOct 3, 1968

    Ann works as a flight attendant to get a job for an airline commercial. Ann thinks that a man is going to hijack the plane and she tackles him. She then discovers that he is a detective hired to prevent hijackings!

  3. 3Eleven Angry Men and That Girl

    30 minOct 10, 1968

    Ann takes her jury duty to heart and will not go along with the rest of the panel when they all want to vote ""guilty"" against a man accused of hitting his wife with an ashtray. After reasoning that he couldn't have hit her with his right hand, she convinces the others and they vote for acquittal.

  4. 47 1/4 (1)

    Oct 17, 1968

    Ann goes with Donald to Los Angeles to do a story on media violence and causes confusion for her father and everyone else who thinks that they are getting it on.

  5. 57 1/4 (2)

    Oct 24, 1968

    Whiel in Los Angeles, Ann gets a job in action commercials for soda-pop, and Donald hates them because it is the very thing that he is going against.

  6. 6Secret Ballot

    Oct 31, 1968

    Ann is excited at the prospect of voting in her first presidential election. She's gone to the library to read everything she can about the issues and the political process. But on Halloween night, when Ann's father asks her what party she registered with, Ann feels it's her right to preserve her secret ballot.

  7. 7The Face in the Shower Room Door

    Nov 7, 1968

    Ann gets stuck in a shower and a new neighbor helps her to get out.

  8. 8A Muggy Day in Central Park

    Nov 14, 1968

    Ann is mugged and tries her best not to let her father find out about it. Donald gets into the act by dressing up as a woman to catch muggers to do a story for his magazine.

  9. 9Just Donald and Me and Jerry Makes Three

    Nov 21, 1968

    Ann and Donald get in the middle of Jerry and Ruth's troubled marriage to get them back together again.

  10. 10The Seventh Time Around

    Nov 28, 1968

    Don does a story on an old multimillionairess named Margaret ""Trixie"" Weatherby, and Ann thinks that she is trying to steal Don away from her.

  11. 11Ann vs. Secretary

    Dec 5, 1968

    Donald's sexy new secretary, Pat Crawford, arranges to accompany him on an out of town assignment to Washington, D.C., hoping to steal his heart from Ann. Feeling neglected and rejected, Ann decides she'll spare Don the pain of breaking up with her and she'll have it all done by the time he returns, so she returns all borrowed items of hers and Donald's to their proper apartments. But when she discovers she was wrong, she has only minutes to get everything back to normal before Don finds out.

  12. 12Decision Before Dawn

    Dec 12, 1968

    Ann is torn when everyone wants her to do different things with her expensive pay check.

  13. 13Should All our Old Acquaintances be Forgot

    30 minDec 26, 1968

    Ann and Donald want to ring in the New Year by themselves, but the arrival of Ann's parents for one quick drinks instantly turns their private celebration into a big party house.

  14. 14The Homewrecker and the Window Washer

    Jan 2, 1969

    When an aggresive bully collides with Ann in an office lobby, only nearby window washer, Rudy Clarn comes to her aid. But while warning him off, the bully slugs Rudy and breaks his nose. Feeling terribly guilty, Ann helps him to the doctor and then home. Rudy's wife, Ethel - a terribly jealous woman, believes there is more to the relationship between Ann and Rudy and threatens to leave him.

  15. 15The Eye of the Beholder

    Jan 9, 1969

    Ann receives a godawful art piece from Donald and gets a lot of different opinions about it.

  16. 16Dark on Top of Everything Else

    Jan 16, 1969

    Ann and Donald decide to take a little vacation from themselves, so Ann decides to move into her parent's house. Her parents are going on vacation, and she stays there. A noise gets her locked down in the basement and she is trapped. Her parents are worried when Ann doesn't answer the phone and they hurry back home to find that Donald has rescued her.

  17. 17The Earrings

    Jan 23, 1969

    On Valentine's Day, Ann and Donald exchange permanent gifts. She gives him a tie clasp and he gives her a pair of genuine diamond earrings they saw together at Tiffany's. Ann is scared to wear them. When Don puts his foot down and insists she wear them on their evening of dinner and dancing, one of them indeed disappears. Don buys her a replacement earring and puts it in her apartment. Ann, not wanting to disappoint Dan, buys a replacement earring herself.

  18. 18Many Happy Returns

    Jan 30, 1969

    Donald tries to help Ann out of an IRS mess but gets into a mess himself involving flour.

  19. 19My Sister's Keeper

    Feb 6, 1969

    Ann gets a job in another soda commercial, but she has to have her singing voice dubbed by someone else. Her voice double, Rose Cassinetti, helps Ann out and Ann tries to do something good for her. She doesn't know that Rose is a nun.

  20. 20There Was a Time Ann Met a Pie Man

    Feb 13, 1969

    Ann gets a job in a TV show. She is a pretty lady that gets hit by a pie. After the spot airs, she is embarrassed to death.

  21. 21The Subject Was Rabies

    Feb 20, 1969

    Lou gets bitten by a dog that follows Ann home and he thinks that he has caught rabies.

  22. 22The Defiant One

    Feb 27, 1969

    Ann befriends an African-American boy after saving him from a shoplifting charge. When he tells her he lives on Park Avenue, she does not believe him, so he invents a story of 13 brothers and sisters, fat rats, life in a dirty tenament, and a father who beats him. Appalled, Ann goes so far as to decide to adopt him! The boy then calls his father, who happened to be wealthy like he said earlier.

  23. 23Fly Me to the Moon

    Mar 6, 1969

    Ann lands a public relations job for the air force to promote women in the space program, at the time time she is supposed to help Donald wallpaper his apartment.

  24. 24It's So Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

    Mar 13, 1969

    Ann calls Donald late one night because of a mouse in her apartment. Donald goes over to stay in her apartment to protect her. Of course, Lou comes by and finds Donald in Ann's apartment and decides that Ann and Donald should be married right away!

  25. 25Bad Day at Marvin Gardens

    Mar 20, 1969

    The Maries, Donald and Ann are playing a game of Monopoly and Lou gets very competitive.

  26. 26Sue Me, Sue Me, What Can You Do Me?

    30 minMar 27, 1969

    At the Newsview office, Lou slips on some water. Donald is told that Lou has to sign a waiver of responsibility. Donald goes to Mr. Prentice's office and quits, only to be talked back into his job by his managing editor.

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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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