Laverne & Shirley: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This spin-off of the classic sitcom Happy Days focused on Milwaukee's Sweethearts, Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney, two lower class girls who shared an apartment and worked together at Shotz Brewery as bottle-cappers. The two girls were as different as night and day: Laverne was feisty, quick-tempered and man-hungry while Shirley was more naive and trusting and quite inexperienced when it came to romance. The two shared their apartment building with Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squigman, two wannabe greasers who always visited at the most inconvenient times and drove the girls insane. The girls hung out at the Pizza Bowl, a local pizza restaurant/bowling alley owned by Laverne's boisterous father Frank. The characters moved to Burbank, California during the show's sixth season, and Cindy Williams departed the series as Shirley during its eighth. The show remains a popular staple of syndication.

Series details

• Title: Laverne & Shirley
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1976-01-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-05-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 5814
• TVDB ID: 78017

Cast and credited roles

• Penny Marshall — Laverne De Fazio
• Cindy Williams — Shirley Feeney
• David L. Lander — Andrew J. "Squiggy" Squigman
• Michael McKean — Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski
• Betty Garrett — Edna Babish DeFazio

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1976-01-27; final listed air date 1976-05-18; episode order: 15.
• Season 2: premiered 1976-09-28; final listed air date 1977-04-05; episode order: 23.
• Season 3: premiered 1977-09-20; final listed air date 1978-05-30; episode order: 24.
• Season 4: premiered 1978-09-05; final listed air date 1979-05-15; episode order: 24.
• Season 5: premiered 1979-09-13; final listed air date 1980-05-13; episode order: 26.
• Season 6: premiered 1980-11-18; final listed air date 1981-05-26; episode order: 22.
• Season 7: premiered 1981-10-13; final listed air date 1982-05-11; episode order: 22.
• Season 8: premiered 1982-09-28; final listed air date 1983-05-10; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Laverne & Shirley on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.