Cindy Williams

Cynthia Jane Williams is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley. Williams auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars, but it was ultimately won by Carrie Fisher.

About Cindy Williams in brief

Summary Cindy WilliamsCynthia Jane Williams is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley. Williams auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars, but it was ultimately won by Carrie Fisher. Williams has performed onstage in the national tours of Grease, Deathtrap and Moon Over Buffalo, and a regional production of Nunsense. She made her Broadway debut as drowsy Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone on December 11, 2007.

In 2015, her memoir, Shirley Iest! was published. Williams is a practicing Catholic and married to Bill Hudson of the musical trio Hudson Brothers in 1982. They have two children: Emily and Zachary Williams, a son and daughter-in-law, respectively. She also has a son, Zachary Zachary, who was born in 1998. She has a daughter, Emily Emily, a daughter and a son-and-a-half-year-old son.