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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

24 episodes
  1. 1Counter Proposal

    30 minSep 25, 1970

    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. 2Donald, Sandi, and Harry and Snoopy

    Oct 2, 1970

    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. 3I Ain't Got Nobody

    30 minOct 9, 1970

    A nude picture of Ann is plastered in a ""Playpen"" magazine, which jeopardizes her chance of being on a kiddie show.

  4. 4No Man is Manhattan Island

    30 minOct 16, 1970

    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. 5Rattle of a Single Girl

    30 minOct 23, 1970

    Ann and Donald go to a pre-nuptial counselor to weed out their non-existent problems.

  6. 6There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis (1)

    30 minOct 30, 1970

    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. 7There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis (2)

    30 minNov 6, 1970

    In St. Louis to appear in a play and meet Donald's parents, Ann once again finds that nothing is ever easy.

  8. 8That Cake

    30 minNov 13, 1970

    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. 9That Girl's Daddy

    30 minNov 20, 1970

    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. 10Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off

    30 minNov 27, 1970

    Ann is hired by a rival magazine because they think that Donald is going to help her out now that they are engaged.

  11. 11Super Reporter

    30 minDec 4, 1970

    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. 12That Senorita

    30 minDec 11, 1970

    Ann gets a lesson in minorities when a sketch that she is in is very offensive to Mexicans.

  13. 13An Uncle Herbert for All Seasons

    30 minDec 18, 1970

    Uncle Herbert is turning Ann and Donald's world upside down when he makes bogus get-rich-quick schemes.

  14. 14That Script

    30 minJan 1, 1971

    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. 15Those Friars

    30 minJan 8, 1971

    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. 16A Limited Engagement

    30 minJan 15, 1971

    Donald breaks off his engagement to Ann because of cold feet.

  17. 17The Russians are Staying

    30 minJan 29, 1971

    Ann makes friends with a Russian named Nicholai who is a con man sponging off her.

  18. 18That Shoplifter

    30 minFeb 5, 1971

    Ann is duped by a robber into shoplifting.

  19. 19Chef's Night Out

    30 minFeb 12, 1971

    Ann and Donald try to run Lou's restaurant by themselves when the staff comes down with a virus.

  20. 20That King

    30 minFeb 19, 1971

    Ann makes friends with a king, who turns out to be a kid!

  21. 21Stag Party

    30 minFeb 26, 1971

    Donald's friends throw him a stag party - which almost costs him his engagement to Ann.

  22. 22Two For the Money

    30 minMar 5, 1971

    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. 23Soot Yourself

    30 minMar 12, 1971

    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. 24The Elevated Woman

    30 minMar 19, 1971

    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.

Where to watch That Girl

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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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