Laverne Shirley 1976 1983 Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney were best friends and roommates coping with dates, neighbors, and each other During the late 50s and early 60s they worked as bottlecappers for Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee They moved to Burbank, California in 1965 to start a new life when they got replaced at the brewery by an automated bottlecapper