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Penny Marshall

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)

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Belushi

2020
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

2020
⭐ 6.0 Role: Opening Mom Narrator (voice)

Mother's Day

2016
⭐ 4.0 Role: Herself - Famous Director

Going to America

2015
⭐ 8.0 Role: The Elder (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery

2015
⭐ 5.6 Role: Dolores

Staten Island Summer

2015
⭐ 7.6 Role: Self

If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent

2013
⭐ 5.9 Role: Penny Marshall

New Year's Eve

2011
⭐ 0 Role: Laverne (archive footage)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

2011
⭐ 4.4 Role: Bolo Executive

Blonde Ambition

2007
⭐ 5.7 Role: Mrs. Plotkin

Alice Upside Down

2007
⭐ 6.5 Role: Teresa the Florist

Everybody Wants to Be Italian

2007
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006
⭐ 4.9 Role: Penny Marshall

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006
⭐ 5.1 Role: Lt. Chevetone

Stateside

2004