Cindy Williams Net Worth

Interesting Facts about Cindy Williams

1. Attended and graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, CA (1965). Sally Field and Michael Ovitz were her classmates.
2. Favorite actress is Debbie Reynolds.
3. Was on the bowling and volleyball teams in high school.
4. Attended Los Angeles City College, where she majored in theatre arts.
5. Wrote with Penny Marshall before acting with her.
6. Has 2 children: daughter, Emily Taylor Hudson (b. November 23, 1982) & son, William Zachary "Zach" Hudson (b. April 9, 1986) with ex-husband, Bill Hudson.
7. Ex-sister-in-law of Mark Hudson and Brett Hudson.
8. Ex-stepmother of Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson.
9. Sister of Carol Ann Williams.
10. Auditioned for the role of Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which went to Carrie Fisher.
11. Best known by the public for her role as Shirley Feeney on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976).
12. Attended the "Hollywood Collector's Celebrity Show" at Beverly Garland's Holliday Inn, in North Hollywood, CA.
13. In 2000 a senior research fellow at MIT, who also has the name Cindy Williams, wrote an op-ed article submitted to "The Washington Post" in which she questioned a proposed 25% pay raise for the military. Many people since then have incorrectly assumed that the person who wrote the article was this Cindy Williams, not the MIT Cindy Williams, and she has been trying to correct that misconception ever since, which has resulted in her receiving criticism and even hate mail.
14. Former waitress at the House of Pancakes.
15. Was cited as one of the most promising movie personalities of 1973 in John Willis' 1974 Film Annual "Screen World" book.
16. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. on August 12, 2004.
17. Directed by five Academy Award winners: Roger Corman, Jack Nicholson, George Cukor, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
18. Attended the LACC Theater Academy. Other alumni include Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Mark Hamill, Donna Reed and Rene Aranda.
19. Met ex-husband Bill Hudson at a celebrity softball game in 1981.
20. As of 2018, has appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture Oscar: American Graffiti (1973) and The Conversation (1974).