Penny Marshall

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-10-15 (75 years old)

Deathday

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 produc...

Acting

1985

1993

Hocus Pocus

as The Master's Wife (uncredited)

2011

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as Laverne (archive footage)

1987

Citizen Steve

as Self - Actress / Filmmaker

2007

Alice Upside Down

as Mrs. Plotkin

1982

Lily for President?

as Laverne DeFazio

1970

The Grasshopper

as Plaster Caster Groupie

1975

Let's Switch!

as Alice Wright

1991

The Hard Way

as Angie

2007

Blonde Ambition

as Bolo Executive

1971

The Feminist and the Fuzz

as Liberation Lady

1970

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

as Mayor's Secretary

1968

2015

1972

Evil Roy Slade

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

2011

New Year's Eve

as Penny Marshall

2016

Mother's Day

as Opening Mom Narrator (voice)

1985

Challenge of a Lifetime

as Nora Schoonover

2015

Going to America

as Herself - Famous Director

1988

She's Having a Baby

as Penny Marshall (uncredited)

1984

Love Thy Neighbor

as Linda Wilson

2020

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

as Self (archive footage)

1968

How Sweet It Is!

as Tour Girl

1985

1972

1995

Get Shorty

as Herself (Uncredited)

1979

1941

as Miss Fitzroy (uncredited)

1978

More Than Friends

as Maddy Perlman

2020

Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Everybody Wants to Be Italian

as Teresa the Florist

1969

In Name Only

as Bridesmaid

1999

Jackie's Back!

as Penny Marshall

2004

Stateside

as Lt. Chevetone

Production

2005

Cinderella Man

as Producer

1988

Big

as Director

1986

1990

Awakenings

as Director

1990

Awakenings

as Executive Producer

1992

1996

1994

Renaissance Man

as Director

2005

Bewitched

as Producer

1992

A League of Their Own

as Executive Producer

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