R.I.P. CINDY WILLIAMS...

Along with Penny Marshall's Laverne DeFazio, you became pop-culture royalty as Shirley Feeney on the Happy Days' spinoff, Laverne & Shirley (as well as the animated Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirely/Fonz Hour), and your participation in George Lucas' American Graffiti and More American Graffiti as Laurie Henderson sealed your coveted status even further. 

Additional television and the big screen appearances abetted your envious fate, with so many appearances in so many popular and varied productions: Beware! The Blob (aka Son of Blob); UFOria; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; The Creature Wasn't Nice; Big Man on Campus; Petrocelli; Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen; Cannon; Canaan Land; Rude Awakening; The Conversation; Suddenly, Love; Love, American Style; Police Story; Bingo; CHiPs; The Biggest Fan; Saturday Night Live; Hawaii Five-O; The First Nudie Musical; Drive, He Said; Travels with my Aunt; Meet Wally Sparks; Gas-s-s-s; and the terrifying The Killing Kind. 

You were lively and grand, innocent and bold: a great combination for a great lady. It's no wonder that you left such a strong impression on us, and it's no wonder you'll continue to do so. You are, beyond any doubt, the unshakable stuff of mirthful longevity. 

GODSPEED, SUSAN BERNARD...

You were a Playmate of the upper echelon: an actress who's consumed the big and small screens; daughter of legendary photographer, Bruno Bernard (of Hollywood); spouse of actor supreme, Jason Miller; and mother of acclaimed author/director/producer, Joshua John Miller. 

Your impressive credits include "Room 222"; "General Hospital"; "The Witchmaker"; "The Mao Game"; "The Phynx"; "Teenager"; "The Tender Touch"; "Machismo"; "Stranger in Hollywood"; "Necromancy" (for Bert I. Gordon); and "The Killing Kind" (for Curtis Harrington). 

However, most cinema connoisseurs love you best for Russ Meyer's bad-girl, exploitation epic, "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!", where you played the good one among the curvy, featured four. 

Your beauty is eternal, Ms. Bernard; your contributions revered: a goddess who proved she could excel on many titillating tiers.