After Laverne and Shirley, she did a one-woman show Betty Garrett and Other Songs. She also went back to her true love, the stage, where she performed in Nunsense and Betty Garrett, Closet Songwriter.

But she was by far best known for “Laverne & Shirley,” the “Happy Days” spinoff that ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983 that in its prime was among the most popular shows on TV.

Cindy Williams, right, with Penny Marshall in a 1981 episode of “Laverne & Shirley,” one of the country’s highest-rated shows during its eight-year run.

FILE – Cindy Williams arrives to the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary in New York on April 14, 2012. Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom ...

Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died, her family said Monday.

But she was by far best known for “Laverne & Shirley,” the “Happy Days” spinoff that ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983 that in its prime was among the most popular shows on TV. Williams played ...

Before being cast in Laverne & Shirley, Williams walked through television history on shows like Room 222, Nanny and the Professor, Hawaii Five-O, Cannon, Police Story, Laugh-In, and Happy Days ...

Cindy Williams, the beloved actor best known as one-half of Laverne & Shirley’s iconic titular duo, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. She was 75. No specific cause of death ...

Cindy Williams, star of the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show, died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, ...

Deborah Roberts, Yvette Nicole Brown, Joely Fisher, Rosario Dawson and Jason Alexander were among the celebrities who paid tribute to Williams, who died at age 75 last Wednesday following a brief ...

On Jan. 27, 1976, television welcomed its first female-fronted blue-collar comedy, Laverne & Shirley. The characters had originally shown up on TV in 1975, appearing for the first time in an ...

But she was by far best known for “Laverne & Shirley,” the “Happy Days” spinoff that ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983 that in its prime was among the most popular shows on TV.