Carole Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall starred as Laverne DeFazio in the ABC sitcom Laverne &
Shirley (1976-1983), then went on to become a director of such films as
Awakenings (1990), A League of Their Own (1992) and Big (1998), both
starring Tom Hanks. With Big, she became the first female director to have
a film gross over $100 million. She started tap dancing at the age of three
and began her acting career with guest-starring appearances on The Odd
Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Happy Days.
 

Original release on CBS/ABC: October 4, 1957 – June 20, 1963.

The show has attained an iconic status in the United States, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

 
  Gerald Patrick "Jerry" Mathers turned 68 in June.

Tony Lee Dow turned 71 in April.

From left: Bill Bixby and Ray Walston.

The TV sitcom My Favorite Martian aired on CBS from September 29, 1963,
to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes (75 in black and white: 1963–65, 32 color:
1965–66). The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and
Bill Bixby as Tim O’Hara.

The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first
three seasons). It aired until April 27, 1964 on the CBS television network.

Danny Thomas (Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz)
(January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991)

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom
which ran on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1959. A total of 143 episodes were
broadcast – all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special.

The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the
United States Army.

Phil Silvers (Philip Silver) (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985)