
That Girl
Overview
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

Ann's five years of being an independent woman actress begins when she meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine reporter, in one of her in-between jobs as a candy clerk. She gets a job in a perfume...

S01E02 Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye
Ann Marie leaves the safety and comfort of her parent's home to live on her own in New York. But she has a visit from her mother who is threatening to move in with her!

S01E03 Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night
Ann has a chance to audition for Jules Benedict, but has to babysit Leon and Judy's baby as well. Will Ann be able to pull this off?

S01E04 I'll Be Suing You
Ann has to go to court because of an accident involving a pedestrian and a sewing machine.

S01E05 Anatomy of a Blunder
Ann brings Donald home to meet her parents, but he goes through some serious torture when they stop for a little picnic on the way.

S01E06 Rich Little Rich Kid
Ann is charmed by a wealthy man who gives her many luxuries and Don tries to compete. Ann realizes that money is not the most important thing in a relationship.

S01E07 Help Wanted
One rule in life: never ever ask your girlfriend to work with you. Don learns that the hard way when he hires Ann to be his secretary.

S01E08 Little Auction Annie
At an antique auction, Ann buys a box of junk with a baseball in it. A strange man follows her because he wants the baseball. It turns out that he is an ex-baseball player who...

S01E09 Time for Arrest
Ann ends up in jail trying to help a fellow waitress when she serves two rival underworld groups and the place gets raided by the police.

S01E10 Break a Leg
Ann's friend Sandy, an actress who has just won a lead role in a Broadway play, visits Ann. Suddenly, Sandy gets sick, leaving Ann to play her role. Everyone thinks that Ann stole teh job...

S01E11 What's in a Name?
Ann's agent thinks that she needs a new name for an excellent acting career.

S01E12 Soap Gets in Your Eyes
Donald's parents meet Ann for the first time, and his mother Mildred takes a dislike to Ann because she plays a vamp on a soap opera.

S01E13 All About Ann
Ann thinks she will lose her sweet Donald to a famous actress when all the time, he is interviewing her for his article.

S01E14 Phantom of the Horse Opera
Ann and Donald find a strange organ player who used to play the soundtrack in silent movies. Donald does a story about him, but he disappears because he is a wanted criminal.

S01E15 Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts
Ann is being given presents by one of her acting class colleagues, Hobart Niles. She and Donald think that these gifts are hot, but they find out that Hobart is very wealthy.

S01E16 Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid
This very touching Christmas episode has Ann telling Donald about a time where she was a teacher and had to keep a lonely boy company on Christmas when his parents cannot get him.

S01E17 Among My Souvenirs
Ann finds souvenirs that remind her of a boyfriend she used to have named Freddy. It turns out that Freddy still has a flame burning for her.

S01E18 These Boots Weren't Made For Walking
Ann is a salesperson for shoes that somehow fall apart over time.


S01E20 Gone With the Breeze
Donald gives Ann a manuscript of a novel that he is writing, and she loses it. Donald is waiting for a response, but Ann stalls because she did not want to admit that she lost...

S01E21 Rain, Snow and Rice
Ann and Donald are invited by their friends, Jerry Bauman and Margie, to a private wedding in Connecticut, but they get snowed in. There are only two rooms available in the inn that they are...

S01E22 Paper Hats and Everything
Ann thinks that her friends are going to surprise her with a birthday party when she is invited out to dinner by her father.

S01E23 What Are Your Intentions?
Lou thinks that Ann and Donald ought to be married, but they have different ideas.

S01E24 A Tenor's Loving Care
Ann helps Donald get a story about a famous opera singer, if only he can control his romantic urges.

S01E25 Leaving the Nest is For the Birds
Ann invites her parents and her Aunt Harriet to dinner at her house where she tries to prove to them that living in the city is pretty cool. A stranger outside the window ruins Ann's...

S01E26 You Have to Know Someone to Be Unknown
Ann reads that a famous producer is looking for an unknown for his play and has Donald put in a good word for her. He tries to tell her that the producer had found his...

S01E27 The Honeymoon Apartment
Ann gets a visit from her cheap cousin and his bride. When he refuses to leave, Ann gets a room in a bridal suite to formualte a plan to get him out.

S01E28 This Little Piggy Had a Ball
Ann has her toe stuck in a bowling ball at a very unopportune moment.

S01E29 Author, Author
Ann needs some funny material for an audition and enlists Donald's writing expertise, but his jokes aren't funny.
S01E30 The Mating Game
Donald has to do a story on the show ""The Mating Game"", and he has Ann be a contestant. Ann doesn't know that Donald is one of the bachelors and she picks another man. While...
Cast

Marlo Thomas
Ann Marie

Ted Bessell
Donald Hollinger

Lew Parker
Lew Marie