Penny Marshall
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| Penny Marshall | |
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 Marshall at the 1988 Emmy Awards |
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| Born | Carole Penny Marshall October 15, 1942 The Bronx, New York  United States |
| Occupation | Film, television, voice actor |
| Years active | 1970- |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Henry (1961-1963) Rob Reiner (1971-1981) |
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Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American Golden Globe-nominated actress, producer and director. She was the first woman to direct two films that grossed over $100 million each (Big and A League of Their Own).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall in The Bronx, New York City, the daughter of Marjorie Irene (née Ward), a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school, and Anthony Wallace Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a producer.[1] She is the sister of actor/director/TV producer Garry Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a TV producer. Her father was of Italian descent, his family having come from Abruzzo,[2] and her mother was of English and Scottish descent;[3][4] her father changed his last name from "Marschiarelli" to "Marshall" before Penny was born.[5] She is a graduate of Walton High School in New York City and attended the University of New Mexico.
[edit] Career
Marshall first gained prominence as a television actress with a recurring guest role on The Odd Couple from 1971 - 1975. She then played the role of the wise-cracking brewery worker Laverne De Fazio in the popular TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley from 1976 - 1983. While on Laverne and Shirley, she made two guest star appearances on Mary Tyler Moore as Mary's neighbor in her new apartment building, Paula Kovacks. Also made one guest star on Taxi playing herself in the role.
She has directed several successful feature motion pictures since the mid-1980s, including Big (first film directed by a woman to gross over USD $100 million), Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, and A League of Their Own, which starred Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. She has also lent her voice to the evil nanny on the first produced episode of The Simpsons, Ms. Botz, and played a cameo role as herself in HBO's hit series Entourage.
In April 2007, it was announced that Marshall would reunite with her Laverne & Shirley co-star Cindy Williams for a TV Land network reality series in which the ladies would play themselves and live in Marshall's house, where the show would be filmed.
[edit] Personal life
Marshall was married to actor and director Rob Reiner (1971 -1981). She has one daughter from her first marriage to Michael Henry, actress Tracy Reiner, who took her stepfather's name. Marshall is an avid collector of sports memorabilia and a season ticket holder for the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers. She is also a diehard fan of the New York Yankees.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] As actress
- The Savage Seven (1968)
- How Sweet It Is! (1968)
- The Grasshopper (1970)
- The Christian Licorice Store (1971) (scenes deleted)
- Evil Roy Slade (1972)
- How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1975)
- 1941 (1979)
- Movers & Shakers (1985)
- She's Having a Baby (1988) (cameo)
- Simpsons–Some Enchanted Evening (1990) (voice)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Get Shorty (1995) (cameo)
- One Vision (1998) (documentary)
- Special Delivery (1999)
- Stateside (2004)
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005) (cameo)
[edit] As director
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
- Big (1988)
- Awakenings (1990)
- A League of Their Own (1992)
- Renaissance Man (1994)
- The Preacher's Wife (1996)
- Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
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