Despite her disagreeable personality to Eric, she also showed off a maternal instinct as seen when she babysat for her mother's friend and got so attached to the baby that she refused to give it back; she only relented after Kitty threatened to submerge her beloved hair dryer in water.
After season six, Laurie was never seen on-screen again but was mentioned in passing many times over the next two seasons.
Kelso and Laurie broke up off-screen because Kelly was no longer involved with the show.
Lisa was a professional actress.
It was later changed to '58 seeing the creators pushing the teens' birth back a year.
She later made public statements saying that she was the one who had been assaulted and denied Michas' claim that she assaulted him.