The Ugliest Girl in Town

The Ugliest Girl in Town
Kastner as Timothy, left and as "Timmie", right.
Created by	Robert Kaufman
Starring	Peter Kastner Patricia Brake Gary Marshal Jenny Till
Theme music composer	Howard Greenfield Helen Miller
Opening theme	"The Ugliest Girl in Town", sung by The Will-O-Bees
Composer	Shorty Rogers
Country of origin	United States (production) Great Britain (location)
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20 (3 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Harry Ackerman
Producer	Jerry Davis
Production locations	Filmed on location in London and at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, Surrey, England
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Screen Gems
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 26, 1968 (1968-09-26) – January 30, 1969 (1969-01-30)

The Ugliest Girl in Town is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It ran from September 26, 1968, to January 30, 1969. It starred Peter Kastner as a man pretending to be a woman.

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Timothy Blair is a Hollywood talent agent. He falls in love with Julie Renfield, a British actress who is visiting the United States to do a movie. After the movie is finished, she returns to England. To help his brother Gene complete a photography assignment, Timothy dresses as a hippie and poses for a photo shoot. The photos are sent to a modeling agent in England who assumes they are of a woman. He offers "her" a job.

Knowing this would be his only chance to go to Great Britain and be with Julie, Timothy accepts and dubs himself "Timmie". Timothy has two weeks of vacation to spend as much time with Julie as he can, but when he is about to leave with his brother, Gene loses £11,000 gambling. This, coupled with the fact that the talent agent discovers the brothers' ruse and demands to recoup his investment, means Timothy has to continue being Timmie for a while longer.

Although the series was bought by ITV for British airings, it was never screened in the London area despite the series being both set and filmed there.

The series theme song, written by Howard Greenfield and Helen Miller and produced by Bill Traut, was recorded by New York City trio the Will-O-Bees and released as a single by SGC Records.^[1]

In 2002, TV Guide ranked the series number 18 on its "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" list.^[2]

• Peter Kastner – Timothy Blair
• Patricia Brake – Julie Renfield
• Gary Marshal – Gene Blair
• Jenny Till – Sandra Wolston
• Nicholas Parsons – David Courtney

• The Ugliest Girl in Town at IMDb