Before The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Murphy Brown and Ally McBeal, there was That Girl. The groundbreaking Marlo Thomas sit-com, which debuted in 1966, was the first to feature a young, single, independent female character. Ann Marie's pursuit of her dream - to be an actress in New York-and her adventures with her boyfriend Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell) and her doting parents (Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp) became wildly popular and brought Thomas four Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award.