Penny Marshall in dance school during the 1940s

Carole Penny Marshall

Marshall is a actress, television producer, film producer, and
television director. After appearing in several small roles for
television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio on the ABC
sitcom Laverne & Shirley, which ran from 1976 until 1983,
during which Marshall was nominated for a Golden Globe
award for her performance three times

 
Richard Lynn Carpenter

Pop musician Richard Carpenter is best known as one half of 
the brother/sister duo The Carpenters, along with his sister
Karen Carpenter. He was a record producer, arranger, pianist
and keyboardist, and occasional lyricist, composer as well as
joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Karen suffered from
anorexia nervosa that ultimately claimed her life in 1983.

                                     
                                      Tim Maguire

Linda Lavin as Alice 

TV audiences remember Lavin in the title role as the struggling
waitress in the CBS sitcom  Alice 1976-1985).

 
On the set of Alice

Grady Demond Wilson

Wilson is best known for his role as peacemaker Lamont Sanford
in the NBC-TV hit series, Sanford and Son (1972-1977). Time
magazine included the show on their list of the "100 Best TV
Shows of All Time in 2007. He was wounded while fighting in
the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division
and returned home a decorated veteran in the late 1960s.

       
        1972