alison grace thornton played abby on girlfriends guide to divorce.
who plays abby on girlfriends guide to divorce?
alison grace thornton
girlfriends' guide to divorce (also known as girlfriends' guide to freedom in season 3, girlfriends' guide to bossing up in season 4, and girlfriends' guide to ever after in season 5) is an american comedy-drama television series developed by marti noxon for the american cable network bravo. based on the "girlfriends' guides" book series by vicki iovine, the series revolves around abby mccarthy, a self-help author who finds solace in new friends and adventures as she faces an impending divorce. lisa edelstein portrays the main character abby. beau garrett and necar zadegan co-star. janeane garofalo was part of the main cast for the first seven episodes of season 1 before departing the cast. she was replaced in episode 8 with alanna ubach. paul adelstein co-starred as a main cast member for the first two seasons, before being reduced to a recurring character for the third and fifth seasons. retta recurred during the show's second season before being promoted to the main cast at the start of season 3.
girlfriends' guide to divorce
michelle phillips plays abby malone (recurring, season 7–9), who is valerie's mother, from whom valerie is estranged after her father dies. she was friends with jim and cindy walsh before the malone family moved to buffalo. she almost ends up marrying kelly's father bill, but is left at the altar. valerie later breaks up her mother's relationship with a cop to punish her for not stopping her father from molesting her. at first, abby denies knowing that valerie was molested by her father, but later admits that she knew and that he had promised to get help, not seeming that concerned that he lied to her and continued to sexually assault valerie. she initially blames valerie for her husband's death and threatens to turn her in after val confesses to killing him (in self-defense, while he was trying to molest her); when she initially decides not to go to the cops, she tells her daughter she doesn't forgive her, basically claims that valerie was dating her father rather than being raped by him, and simply wants to keep the secret. valerie later goes to the cops to turn herself in, and abby finally forgives her, saying nothing that happened to her was her fault and valerie can and must forgive herself too. valerie tells the group in the series finale that abby has joined her for therapy to deal with bill's actions and their relationship is now much better and stronger than before. abby malone appeared in nine episodes.
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