September 14, 1978 –
The TV show that helped launch Robin Williams career, Mork & Mindy, debuted on this date.
Pam Dawber did not personally audition for the role of Mindy. To sell the show to the network, producer Garry Marshall edited clips together of Dawber’s performance from a failed ABC series of Sister Terri, with existing footage of Robin Williams‘ two earlier guest-appearances as Mork on Happy Days. ABC was sold on the idea and the show was picked up. Dawber learned she had been cast in the series via industry trade paper, Variety. It came to Pam Dawber as an expected surprise.
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