"The Visionary" - Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie in That Girl

Years before the arrival of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, from humble roots grew a revolution in character: the single adult female came of age on television.

That Girl, a sitcom of Marlo Thomas’ own making, was television’s first act of feminism.

Through That Girl,  Marlo Thomas’ Ann Marie signaled a change in the culture that she not only envisioned but helped catalyze: a new generation of women searching for independence and career. This iconic character transcended the medium of television, broadening the landscape of female aspiration to define new roles, levels of perseverance and the real interests for young American women in the 1960s.

As part of our Iconic Characters series, a collaboration between the Comedy Hall of Fame and the Museum of the Moving Image, join the remarkable Marlo Thomas in conversation with Gloria Steinem and Debra Messing as we celebrate and examine the antecedents, creation and legacy of That Girl.

                                         *Photos on this page courtesy of Thanassi Karageorgiou