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Gidget

IMDb 6.6 1965 • 25 min • Comedy

Director

N/A

Country

US

Plot Summary

Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 to April 21, 1966. Gidget was among the first regularly scheduled color programs on ABC, but did poorly in the Nielsen ratings and was cancelled at the end of its first season.

Top Cast

Don Porter
Don Porter Professor Russell Lawrence
Sally Field
Sally Field Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
Betty Conner
Betty Conner Anne Cooper
Lynette Winter
Lynette Winter Larue