"When Cindy Williams was offered the part of Shirley Feeney on ABC's new spin-off of 'Happy Days,' she wasn't exactly thrilled. Actually, she was plainly annoyed by the whole thing." But she did it for the money and name recognition. She expected the show to be cancelled after thirteen weeks. And it beat working at IHOP.Re her weight loss, she says, "It was like God just took it away."
The chapter quickly describes her roles in movies, TV, and commercials. Cindy didn't like doing commercials, especially the one for milk, since she has "something called calcium lactate intolerance." (I guess that's one reason why Shirley never drank milk & Pepsi.)
Re American Graffiti, she almost turned down the role because of "her qualms about playing the girlfriend of an actor six years younger than she," ironic in light of the Richie & Shirley pairing a few years later. She "quips," "I have the market cornered as far as teen-age ingenues go."
As with Penny, she did the "bimbo role" as a favor to Garry, and by the time of this book she had no more qualms about the role of Shirley.
Overall, this chapter doesn't tell us much we don't know now, although I'm sure at the time it was news to a lot of people.
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