Cindy Williams, who played upbeat Shirley Feeney to Penny Marshall's wise-cracking Laverne DeFazio in the 1970s sitcom 'Laverne & Shirley,' has died.

It worked, and Laverne and Shirley, looking at the comic misadventures of its leading ladies, aired from 1976 to 1983 and spent two of its eight seasons as the highest-rated show on television.

“Laverne & Shirley,” which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983, starred Ms. Williams and Penny Marshall as two young single women working at a Milwaukee brewery in the 1950s. Ms.

Laverne and Shirley meet Whitney Rose and Heather Gay. Part 2 of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's" Milwaukee girls trip aired Wednesday night on Bravo. And, for the intro, the cast ...

Laverne and Shirley made their TV debut on an episode of 'Happy Days' The episode featured the girls on a double date with The Fonz (Henry Winkler) and Richie Cunningham ().The two were such a big ...

Besides Laverne & Shirley, Williams also was well-known for film roles such as George Lucas' 1973 American Graffiti and Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation from 1974.