Ann's five years of being an independent woman actress begins when she meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine reporter, in one of her in-between jobs as a candy clerk. She gets a job in a perfume commercial where she plays a woman who gets kidnapped by two robbers. Donald happens to see the act and thinks that Ann is in real trouble, so he saves her only to get serious flack from her. But with that incident aside, Ann and Donald find out that they really belong together.
Guest Stars:
Luana Anders, Ed Peck, Jerry Fogel, Bonnie Scott, Jack Goode
Ann Marie leaves the safety and comfort of her parent's home to live on her own in New York. But she has a visit from her mother who is threatening to move in with her!
Guest Stars:
Ronnie Schell, Byron Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Joan Granville, Ivy Bethune
Ann has a chance to audition for Jules Benedict, but has to babysit Leon and Judy's baby as well. Will Ann be able to pull this off?
Guest Stars:
Billy De Wolfe, Dabney Coleman
Ann has to go to court because of an accident involving a pedestrian and a sewing machine.
Guest Stars:
Rupert Crosse, Carl Ballantine, Don Diamond, Robert Emhardt
Ann brings Donald home to meet her parents, but he goes through some serious torture when they stop for a little picnic on the way.
Guest Stars:
Rosemary DeCamp
Ann is charmed by a wealthy man who gives her many luxuries and Don tries to compete. Ann realizes that money is not the most important thing in a relationship.
Guest Stars:
Sam Melville, Larry Hankin
One rule in life: never ever ask your girlfriend to work with you. Don learns that the hard way when he hires Ann to be his secretary.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell
At an antique auction, Ann buys a box of junk with a baseball in it. A strange man follows her because he wants the baseball. It turns out that he is an ex-baseball player who wants the ball for sentimental reasons.
Guest Stars:
Michael Conrad, Nora Denney, Stuart Nisbet, Dabney Coleman, Ken Lynch
Ann ends up in jail trying to help a fellow waitress when she serves two rival underworld groups and the place gets raided by the police.
Guest Stars:
Jackie Joseph, Roxanne Arlen, Herb Edelman, Milton Selzer, Richard X. Slattery
Ann's friend Sandy, an actress who has just won a lead role in a Broadway play, visits Ann. Suddenly, Sandy gets sick, leaving Ann to play her role. Everyone thinks that Ann stole teh job from her, but Ann pays them no never mind as she enjoys her chance. Unfortunately the play closes after one performance.
Guest Stars:
George Carlin, David Fresco, Dabney Coleman, Sally Kellerman
Ann's agent thinks that she needs a new name for an excellent acting career.
Guest Stars:
Ronnie Schell, Cliff Norton, Rosemary DeCamp, Dabney Coleman, Walter Sande
Donald's parents meet Ann for the first time, and his mother Mildred takes a dislike to Ann because she plays a vamp on a soap opera.
Guest Stars:
Kurt Kasznar, Mabel Albertson, Joseph Mell, Geoff Edwards, Marjorie Bennett
Ann thinks she will lose her sweet Donald to a famous actress when all the time, he is interviewing her for his article.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell, Howard Morton, Rob Reiner, E.J. Peaker
Ann and Donald find a strange organ player who used to play the soundtrack in silent movies. Donald does a story about him, but he disappears because he is a wanted criminal.
Guest Stars:
Reta Shaw, Phil Arnold, Sterling Holloway, Dabney Coleman, Bonnie Scott
Ann is being given presents by one of her acting class colleagues, Hobart Niles. She and Donald think that these gifts are hot, but they find out that Hobart is very wealthy.
Guest Stars:
Billy De Wolfe, Bruce Hyde, Billy Gray
This very touching Christmas episode has Ann telling Donald about a time where she was a teacher and had to keep a lonely boy company on Christmas when his parents cannot get him.
Guest Stars:
John Fiedler, Don Keefer, June Vincent
Ann finds souvenirs that remind her of a boyfriend she used to have named Freddy. It turns out that Freddy still has a flame burning for her.
Ann is a salesperson for shoes that somehow fall apart over time.
Guest Stars:
Paul Lynde, Len Lesser, Digby Wolfe, Charles Lampkin, Art Lewis
Ann hires a maid for Donald, but who she hired makes her jealous.
Donald gives Ann a manuscript of a novel that he is writing, and she loses it. Donald is waiting for a response, but Ann stalls because she did not want to admit that she lost it.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell, Audrey Christie, Mitzi Hoag
Ann and Donald are invited by their friends, Jerry Bauman and Margie, to a private wedding in Connecticut, but they get snowed in. There are only two rooms available in the inn that they are staying and the boys share one room and the girls share another. The problem begins with Jerry and Margie decide to stay together leaving Ann and Donald in a room together, much to the chagrin of Ann's parents.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell, Arlene Golonka, J. Pat O'Malley, Rosemary DeCamp, Nydia Westman
Ann thinks that her friends are going to surprise her with a birthday party when she is invited out to dinner by her father.
Guest Stars:
Richard Dreyfuss, Amanda Randolph, Mitzi Hoag, Dabney Coleman, Laurie Main
Lou thinks that Ann and Donald ought to be married, but they have different ideas.
Guest Stars:
Paul Carr, Rosemary DeCamp
Ann helps Donald get a story about a famous opera singer, if only he can control his romantic urges.
Guest Stars:
Carroll O'Connor, James McCallion
Ann invites her parents and her Aunt Harriet to dinner at her house where she tries to prove to them that living in the city is pretty cool. A stranger outside the window ruins Ann's point because he has romantic woes.
Guest Stars:
Luana Anders, Jerry Van Dyke, Rosemary DeCamp, Hazel Shermet
Ann reads that a famous producer is looking for an unknown for his play and has Donald put in a good word for her. He tries to tell her that the producer had found his star a long time ago, but she doesn't listen.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell, Harvey Jason, Herbert Rudley, Dee J. Thompson, Art Lewis
Ann gets a visit from her cheap cousin and his bride. When he refuses to leave, Ann gets a room in a bridal suite to formualte a plan to get him out.
Guest Stars:
Warren Berlinger, Dick Wilson, Dabney Coleman
Ann has her toe stuck in a bowling ball at a very unopportune moment.
Guest Stars:
Teri Garr, Rob Reiner, Jerry Fogel, Dabney Coleman, Jane Dulo
Ann needs some funny material for an audition and enlists Donald's writing expertise, but his jokes aren't funny.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell, Jack Goode
Donald has to do a story on the show ""The Mating Game"", and he has Ann be a contestant. Ann doesn't know that Donald is one of the bachelors and she picks another man. While she had her date with this man, Donald tags along to get a story.
Guest Stars:
Bernie Kopell, Bobo Lewis, Dan Tobin, Alejandro Rey