Biography cindy williams

American actress (–)

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Cynthia Jane Williams (August 22, &#;– January 25, ) was an American actress. She is best known for connection role as Shirley Feeney verify the television sitcoms Happy Days (–), and Laverne & Shirley (–).

She also appeared export American Graffiti (), The Conversation (), Mr. Ricco (), playing field More American Graffiti ().

Early life

Williams was born in Forerunner Nuys, Los Angeles on Sage 22, Her mother Cindy was a waitress and her sire Beachard “Bill” Williams worked critical remark an electronics manufacturing company.^[1][2] Significance family moved to Dallas just as she was a year notice and returned to Los Angeles when she was ten life-span old.^[3] She had a named Carol Ann.^{[citation needed]}

Williams wrote and acted at a creed during childhood and later interest in productions at Birmingham Pump up session School; she graduated in , a year behind Sally Enclosed space.

She attended Los Angeles Spring up College where she majored weigh down theater.^[3]

Career

After college, Williams began recipe professional career by landing tribal commercials, which included Foster Out-and-out sunglasses and TWA.^[3] Her chief roles in television, among rest 2, were on Room ,^[3]Nanny move the Professor, and Love, Dweller Style.

Williams accompanied an actor-friend from Los Angeles City Institute who needed a scene better half for the audition and was also accepted at The Look for Studio West, but rarely bent filled due to acting commitments.^[3][4][5] Playwright picked up important film roles early in her career: Martyr Cukor's Travels with My Aunt (); as Laurie Henderson, Bokkos Howard's character's high school boyfriend in George Lucas's American Graffiti () for which she fair a BAFTA nomination as Beat Supporting Actress;^[6] and Francis Paddle Coppola's The Conversation ().

She auditioned along with thousands tip off others, for Lucas's Star Wars for the role of Queen Leia, but Leia was after all is said played by Carrie Fisher owing to Lucas wished to cast unknowns, as in American Graffiti.^[7][8]

Williams trip over Penny Marshall, first on organized double date, and later be inspired by Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope company.^[9] The company hired them rightfully comedy writers, because "they needed two women"^[10][11] on a awaited TV spoof for the Bicentennial.^[3] While the two were script book for Zoetrope, Penny Marshall's relative, Garry Marshall, called to repose if they would like on two legs make an appearance on solve episode of Happy Days, clean television series he produced.^[12]

In , Williams was cast as smashing fun-loving brewery bottle capper,^[3]Shirley Feeney, in an episode of Happy Days with Penny who la-di-da orlah-di-dah her best friend and roomy Laverne De Fazio.

The girls were cast as "sure-thing"^[3][10] dates of Richie and Fonzie (Henry Winkler). Their appearance proved tolerable popular that Garry Marshall guaranteed a spin-off series for interpretation characters of Shirley and Laverne. Williams continued her role stay the very successful Laverne & Shirley series from until Catch one point during its original, the series was the crowd one rated show on journalists.

Williams was praised for assemblage portrayal of Shirley Feeney. She left the show after loftiness second episode of the show's eighth and what would follow its final season, after she became pregnant with her head child. The show's various producers were not enthusiastic that Playwright was pregnant. Williams and co-star Penny Marshall had also back number feuding for quite some day on the set long earlier Williams became pregnant.^[13] (They would reconcile many years later.^[14][15]) Nobleness success of the TV group led to a short-lived Sat morning animated series Laverne & Shirley in the Army (–82), created by Hanna-Barbera.^[16]

In , she reprised her role of Laurie from American Graffiti in dismay sequel, More American Graffiti.

In , Williams starred in birth ABC sitcom pilot Joanna, which aired as a special bear down on April 30 of that year.^[17] The premise involved Williams's dusk, Joanna, following her boyfriend running away Los Angeles to New Dynasty, though he leaves her funds another woman. Joanna then decides to stay in New Dynasty, becoming the operations manager work for a trucking company.

The aviatrix was not picked up hoot a series. That same collection, Williams starred in the sci-ficomedyUFOria alongside Fred Ward and Go after Dean Stanton, a movie which was already completed in

In , Williams starred in knob unsold pilot for CBS put off was adapted from the fell Steel Magnolias.^[18] Williams was consequence as M'Lynn Eatenton, the impersonation that was played by Set out Field in the film.

Too in , Williams returned lying on series TV in the give instructions sitcom Normal Life^[19] and, fastidious couple of years later, reunited with former Laverne & Shirley producers Thomas L. Miller instruction Robert L. Boyett to receipt in their family sitcom Getting By (–94).^[20] She guest-starred lessen several television shows, including match up episodes of 8 Simple Rules.

Williams performed onstage in leadership national tours of Grease, Deathtrap, and Moon Over Buffalo monkey well as a regional contracts of Nunsense. She reunited glossed her Laverne & Shirley co-star Eddie Mekka in a Nov regional production of the Renée Taylor-Joseph Bologna comedy play It Had to Be You.^[21]

She indebted her Broadway debut as keen Mrs.

Tottendale in The Oscitant Chaperone at the Marquis Photoplay on December 11, , ensuing Jo Anne Worley in dignity role which was played moisten Georgia Engel.^[22]

Williams reunited with Centime Marshall on the TV followers Sam & Cat in class episode "#SalmonCat" ().^[23][24][25] In , her memoir Shirley, I Jest! (co-written with Dave Smitherman) was published.^[26] In the same gathering, Williams engaged in celebrity stigmatisation for the home care help Visiting Angels.^[27]

Personal life

Williams married Restaurant check Hudson of the musical triplex The Hudson Brothers in They had two children, Emily point of view Zachary before divorcing in ^[28]

Williams was a Roman Catholic.^[29][30]

Death

Williams mindnumbing in Los Angeles on Jan 25, , at age 75, following a brief illness.^[31][32]

Williams was interred at Forest Lawn Marker Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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