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It is centered on two 12-year-old girls from very different backgrounds, Hannah and Grace, who were best friends. Hannah was from a working class Jewish family and lived with her parents, her grandmother, and her uncle. Her family had recently moved to North Carolina from Chicago. Grace was from a wealthy family and lived with her mother, an actress.

Set in 1965, the show was compared by some to another look-back-through-the-years show, The Wonder Years. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The cast of The Wonder Years in an early promo shot. ...

The two main actors, Alia Shawkat and Mae Whitman, went on to co-star on FOX's Arrested Development. Shawkat is a regular star and Whitman is now a regular guest star. The two play rivals for the love of George Michael Bluth (Michael Cera). Alia Shawkat as Maeby Fünke Alia Martine Shawkat (born on April 18, 1989 in Riverside, California) is a young American actress. ... 2003 - The Jungle Book 2 Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American actress who participated in State Of Grace, along with Alia Shawkat, among others. ... A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Actor Michael Cera born, (June 7, 1988 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada), is an actor who has done a lot of television and film work, most of it Canadian, and currently plays George Michael Bluth in the offbeat Fox comedy Arrested Development. ...

Cast

• Alia Shawkat: (12 year old Jewish-American girl Hannah Rayburn)
• Mae Whitman: (12 year old Emma 'Grace' McKee. Hannah is her best friend)
• Dinah Manoff: (Evelyn Rayburn, Hannah's mother)
• Michael Mantell: (David Rayburn, Hannah's father)
• Faye Grant: (Tattie McKee, Grace's mother)
• Jason Blicker: (Uncle Heschie, Hannah's uncle)
• Erica Yohn: (Grandma Ida, Hannah's grandmother)
• Frances McDormand: (Narrator, voice of Adult Hannah)

• Guest Stars:
• Bryan Neal: (Walker Adams, Grace's older half brother)
• Bonnie Bailey-Reed (Shirley, Rayburns' receptionist at work)
• Carl M. Craig (Greer, the McKees' chauffer)
• Patricia Forte (Cookie, the McKees' maid)
• Tom Verica (Tommy Austin, Tatties' fiancee)
• Adrian Neil (Nigel Grenville III, Tatties' friend)