Penny Marshall
Biography
Carole Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943 - December 17, 2018) was an American actress, producer and director. After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley. A ratings success, the show ran from 1976 until 1983, and Marshall received three Golden Globe award nominations for her performance. She progressed to directing films such as Big (1988), the first film directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office, Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and A League of Their Own (1992). In more recent years, she produced Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005). Description above from the Wikipedia article Penny Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Myrna
The Odd Couple: Together Again
The Master's Wife (uncredited)
Hocus Pocus
Laverne (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Penny Marshall
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Self - Actress / Filmmaker
Citizen Steve
Mrs. Plotkin
Alice Upside Down
Laverne DeFazio
Lily for President?
Plaster Caster Groupie
The Grasshopper
Secretary
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
Paula
The Couple Takes a Wife
Alice Wright
Let's Switch!
Angie
The Hard Way
Bolo Executive
Blonde Ambition
Liberation Lady
The Feminist and the Fuzz
Mayor's Secretary
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Tina
The Savage Seven
Dolores
Staten Island Summer
The Elder (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Evil Roy Slade
Penny Marshall
New Year's Eve
Self
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Opening Mom Narrator (voice)
Mother's Day
Nora Schoonover
Challenge of a Lifetime
Self
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Self
If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
Herself - Famous Director
Going to America
Waitress
The Barry Manilow Special
Penny Marshall (uncredited)
She's Having a Baby
Linda Wilson
Love Thy Neighbor
Theresa
How Come Nobody's on Our Side?
Self (archive footage)
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Tour Girl
How Sweet It Is!
Reva
Movers & Shakers
Waitress
The Crooked Hearts
Herself (Uncredited)
Get Shorty
Miss Fitzroy (uncredited)
1941
Maddy Perlman
More Than Friends
Self (archive footage)
Belushi
Teresa the Florist
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Bridesmaid
In Name Only
Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Penny Marshall
Jackie's Back!
Lt. Chevetone
Stateside
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
46
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-10-15
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Carole Penny Marshall