Tuesday, January 27, 2026

TODAY IN 1976--LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY PREMIERED

TODAY in 1976, LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, the Happy Days spinoff, premiered on ABC. Bronx-born actress and director Penny Marshall — famed for her sassy character on the TV classic “Laverne & Shirley’’ — died in 2018 from complications from diabetes. MORE HERECindy Williams, the actress who played Shirley Feeney on Laverne & Shirley, passed away on January 25, 2023 at age 75. 

Veteran character actor David Lander, most famous for his role of Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman, died in 2020. 


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