''Sons and Daughters'' is an American

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series that launched from the pilot

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called ''Senior Year'' which aired on

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from September 11 until November 6, 1974. The show was set in

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during the mid-1950s and portrayed the trials of life for two young people — Jeff, portrayed by 24-year-old Gary Frank and Anita, played by 17-year-old

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John S. Ragin John Stanley Ragin (May 5, 1929 - April 14, 2013) was an American television and film actor. He was best known for his role as uptight, bureaucratic Dr. Robert Asten, M.E. in the TV series ''Quincy, M.E.'' (1976–83). Early years Ragin was bor ...

portrayed Anita's divorced father, Walter Cramer.

Cast

* Gary Frank as Jeff Reed *

Debralee Scott Debralee Scott (April 2, 1953 – April 5, 2005) was an American comedic actress best known for her roles on the sitcoms ''Welcome Back, Kotter''; '' Angie''; ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman''; and '' Forever Fernwood''. Scott was born and raised i ...

as Evie Martinson *

Barry Livingston Barry Gordon Livingston (born December 17, 1953) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as Ernie Douglas on the television series ''My Three Sons'' (1963–72). He is the younger brother of actor/director Stanley Livingst ...

as Murray "Moose" Kerner *Jay W. MacIntosh as Lucille Reed *

as Walter Cramer *

as Anita Cramer *Lionel Johnston as Charlie Riddle *Jan Shutan as Ruth Cramer *

Scott Colomby Scott Colomby (born September 19, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor, best known for his roles in ''Caddyshack'' (1980) and ''Porky's'' (1982). Life and career Colomby was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 19, 1952. ...

as Stanley "Stash" Melnyk

Episodes

External links

Television Obscurities - Sons and Daughters
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