<P> That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971 . It starred Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie , an aspiring ( but only sporadically employed ) 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 ( with which Thomas ' father , Danny Thomas , was closely associated ) earlier in the 1960s . </P>
<P> That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971 . It starred Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie , an aspiring ( but only sporadically employed ) 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 ( with which Thomas ' father , Danny Thomas , was closely associated ) earlier in the 1960s . </P>
who played that girl in the tv series
who played that girl in the tv series
Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas