Lori Beth Cunningham

Lori Beth Allen Cunningham
First appearance	"Hard Cover"
Last appearance	"Passages Part 2"
Created by	Garry Marshall
Portrayed by	Lynda Goodfriend
Information
Gender	Female
Family	Emily Allen (Mother) David Allen (Father)
Spouse(s)	Richie Cunningham (husband)
Children	Richard Cunningham Jr. (son)
Relatives	Roger Phillips (cousin-in-law) Leopold "Flip" Phillips (cousin-in-law) KC Cunningham (cousin-in-law) Sean "cap" Cunningham (grandfather in law) Charles "Chachi" Arcola (brother-in-law) Marion Kelp Cunningham (mother-in-law) Howard Cunningham (father-in-law) Joanie Cunningham Arcola (sister-in-law) Aunt Ceil (Aunt)

Lori Beth Cunningham (née Allen,) is a fictional character played by Lynda Goodfriend. She was first introduced in Season 5's episode 4 "Hard Cover".

Goodfriend joined the main cast in season 8 after Ron Howard & Donny Most left the show the previous season to do other things. In this season Lori Beth & Richie were later married over phone in the same season with The Fonz filling in for absent Richie. Goodfriend was later dropped at the end of season 9 (though Goodfriend was absent for the season 9 finale).

Lori Beth, Richie & Richie Jr. came back in season 11 in the episode Welcome Home Parts 1 & 2. Ralph Malph also came back after being honorably discharged from the army. Lori Beth & Richie also returned in the series finale Passages Part 2, where they attended Joanie and Chachi's wedding.

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