<P> Laverne & Shirley ( originally Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney ) is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27 , 1976 , to May 10 , 1983 . A spin - off of Happy Days , Laverne & Shirley followed the lives of Laverne DeFazio ( Penny Marshall ) and Shirley Feeney ( Cindy Williams ) , two friends and roommates who work as bottle - cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee , Wisconsin . From the sixth season onwards , the series ' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank , California . Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny and Squiggy , along with Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa , Phil Foster as Laverne 's father Frank DeFazio , and Betty Garrett as the girls ' landlady Edna Babish . </P>
<P> Laverne & Shirley ( originally Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney ) is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27 , 1976 , to May 10 , 1983 . A spin - off of Happy Days , Laverne & Shirley followed the lives of Laverne DeFazio ( Penny Marshall ) and Shirley Feeney ( Cindy Williams ) , two friends and roommates who work as bottle - cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee , Wisconsin . From the sixth season onwards , the series ' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank , California . Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny and Squiggy , along with Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa , Phil Foster as Laverne 's father Frank DeFazio , and Betty Garrett as the girls ' landlady Edna Babish . </P>
who played laverne 's dad on laverne and shirley
who played laverne 's dad on laverne and shirley
Phil Foster
Phil Foster