Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1943-10-15
Day of Death
2018-12-17
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (47)
Belushi
2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
Mother's Day
2016
Going to America
2015
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
2015
Staten Island Summer
2015
If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
2013
New Year's Eve
2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Blonde Ambition
2007
Alice Upside Down
2007
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
2007
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006