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