- Cindy Williams died at the age of 75.
- Williams also appeared in the 1973 movies “American Graffiti”.
- She played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne.
On the well-known comedy “Laverne & Shirley,” Cindy Williams played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne. Her family announced her passing on Monday.
Following a brief illness, Williams passed away in Los Angeles on Wednesday at the age of 75, according to a statement from her children Zak and Emily Hudson and family representative Liza Cranis.
“The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed,” the statement said. “Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved.”
Williams also appeared in the 1973 movies “American Graffiti” by George Lucas and “The Conversation” by Francis Ford Coppola “from 1974.
But “Laverne & Shirley” was by far her most well-known role “The “Happy Days” spinoff, which aired on ABC from 1976 to 1983 and was one of the most watched television programmes during its heyday.
On the comedy about a pair of roommates who worked at a Milwaukee bottling factory in the 1950s and 1960s, Williams played the stiff Shirley to Marshall’s more loose-lipped Laverne.
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