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20th-century-man · 7 months

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Marlo Thomas / on location in New York City filming the opening credits for That Girl (ABC 1966-71)

#Marlo Thomas #That Girl #1966 #tv #1960s tv #1960s

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vintagetvstars · 10 days

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Marlo Thomas Vs. Lily Tomlin

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Marlo Thomas - (That Girl) - ann marie from that girl is literally me and my mom's Blorbo From My Shows. <3 Marlo Thomas is beautiful, very funny, and an activist and philanthropist. was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. currently serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a nonprofit pediatric research hospital (founded by her father, Danny Thomas) that focuses on treatment for children's catastrophic diseases, particularly cancer. starred in That Girl from 1966-1971, which centered around a young woman who moves to New York City to become an actress - one of the first tv shows to focus on a leading lady who lived on her own. was only the fourth tv series to be produced by its' female star. the sponsors wanted the series to end with a wedding between Thomas's character and her boyfriend, which she refused because, in her words, "I just can't do that to these women and girls who followed Ann Marie's adventure. I can't now say that the only happy ending is a wedding, because I don't believe it." the final episode instead featured her character taking her now-fiance to a women's lib meeting, which according to Thomas "made nobody happy but me. I loved it."

Lily Tomlin - (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Saturday Night Live, Murphy Brown) - She's beautiful and hilarious! Her smile is so bright! photo of her and her partner Jane Wagner (pic below the cut)

Master Poll List of the Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket

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Marlo Thomas:

Marlo is an Emmy award winning actress and feminist. She is also the outreach director for St. Jude’s Children Hospital which was founded by her father, Danny Thomas. Her show “That Girl” was one of the first sitcoms to focus on a single woman and helped pave the way for other similar shows like the Mary Tyler Moore Show. The network and the show’s sponsor wanted to end the series with the main character getting married but Marlo fought against it: “…They wanted to end the show with a wedding. I said, "I just can't do that to these women and girls who followed Ann Marie's adventure. I can't now say that the only happy ending is a wedding, because I don't believe it." There was a big ruckus about it, but I wouldn't do it. The last show, Ann Marie took Donald (her fiancé) to a women's lib meeting, which made nobody happy but me. I loved it.“

Along with having stunning dark eyes and iconic hair, Marlo Thomas helped lead the way for shows about young unmarried women living on their own. While it's true that That Girl's heroine Ann Marie had a steady boyfriend throughout, Marlo Thomas was instrumental in keeping her unmarried through the show's run and resisted ending the series with a wedding. Especially in the early seasons, she not only gave the character a charming wistful style (Ann Marie was almost always shown carrying a ladylike pair of gloves when she went out, long after convention dictated), but she kept the character from being too sweet with her comic exaggerations and feisty comebacks.

this article has several good photos from that girl:

Lily Tomlin:

#vintage tv stars poll #tv ladies 1 #marlo thomas #lily tomlin

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thatgirltvshow · 1 month

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Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell in That Girl 2.11 Thanksgiving Comes But Once A Year, Hopefully

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80smen-fanclub · 4 days

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I have things to say:

1. Yes, I ignored 1/3 movie while choosing audio😌

2. He’s so pretty

3. Nightgown scene is in my worst nightmares

4. If the last part wasn’t so rushed, I’d really liked the movie. It’s a shame it came out the same year as Love Story (which came out almost year later but I don’t care I need to defend Jenny)

5. Shaggy Rogers villain arc movie

#alan alda #edit #aldaposting #jenny #marlo thomas #that girl #I love his sideburns #I’d marry him to avoid his draft too #mash #mash 4077 #mashblogging #mashposting #m*a*s*h 4077 #m*a*s*h #hawkeye pierce #hawkeye

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pygartheangel · 4 days

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