Lori Beth Allen

Lori Beth Allen
Lynda Goodfriend as Lori Beth
Biographical information
Gender	Female
Job/Career:	College student/Housewife
Family:	Emily Allen (Mother) David Allen (Father) Howard Cunningham (father-in-law) Marion Cunningham (mother-in-law) Joanie Cunningham-Arcola (sister-in-law) Aunt Ceil (Aunt) 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)
Spouse:	Richie Cunningham (Seasons 8-11)
Domestic partner(s)/Fiancee:	Richie Cunningham (Seasons 1-7)
Behind the scenes
Actor	Lynda Goodfriend
Episodes appeared in:	79 in Seasons 5-11

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".

About Lori Beth (Seasons 5-7)

• In "Hard Cover", Richie wanted to find a college girl to go out with so The Fonz suggested that they go to the library because "girls like to read". Richie later met Lori Beth (Goodfriend had guest-starred in the previous season as Kim, Ralph's date). They later made out in her room, which resulted in Richie being late getting home.
• Lori Beth participated in a kissing booth for charity and Richie found out and Al told him that she had not left it all week. She called Richie "Bucko" after he found out about it.
• in Season 5 episode 23, Lori Beth interviewed Howard and Marion Cunningham about how it feels to be living middle-class, although Richie doesn't want her to do this because he thinks she's trying to find out about his former girlfriends, but she goes ahead and also interviews Chachi, Ralph, Potsie, Fonzie, Al, and Joanie.

Seasons 8-9

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

Season 11

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 and Richie also returned in the series finale "Passages, Part 2", where they attended Joanie and Chachi's wedding.

Trivia

• The only episodes Lori didn't appear in are And the Winner Is, Welcome to My Nightmare, Bride and Gloom, Hello, Mrs. Arcola, Fonzie Gets Shot, Howard's Bowling Buddy, Mother and Child Reunion, Not With My Mother, You Don't, Another Night at Antoine's, Fonzie the Substitute, Just a Piccalo, Hello, Tough Guy, Southern Crossing, Southern Crossing, Great Expectations and Love and Marriage.