Why Cindy Williams Left Laverne

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.

As ratings dropped in the sixth season, the characters moved from Milwaukee to Burbank, California, trading their brewery jobs for work at a ...

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.

Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny ...

... left,l and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/George Brich, FIle).

Cindy Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children said in a statement. FILE - Penny Marshal, left, ...

Williams died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a brief illness, according to a family statement. ... Penny Marshall ...

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.

... left,l and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/George Brich, FIle).

The show was a big hit and we stayed in touch after that, but I wondered why I didn't get a response to my most recent email. Now I know why.

' And it went back and forth and back and forth, and it just never got worked out.” After she left, Williams sued Paramount TV and producer ...

While Williams left the show during production for what was ultimately the eighth and final season, the women remained "all-time great" friends.

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.

... left,l and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/George Brich, FIle).

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the popular sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, ...

Williams famously left the series before its final season due to a contract dispute with Paramount. Williams was pregnant with her first child.

An article on Cindy Williams, who died at the age of 75, and her role of Shirley Feeney in "Laverne & Shirley"

FILE - Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams from the comedy series "Laverne & Shirley" appear at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept.