Penny Marshall
- Born
- October 15, 1943 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 17, 2018
- Actress
- Director
- Producer
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 · 23 credits
- 2020Rodman · Director
- 2014Going to America · Self (Self - Famous Director)
- 2013If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent · Self (Self)
- 2007Alice Upside Down · Actress (Mrs. Plotkin)
- 2005Cinderella Man · Producer
- 2005Bewitched · Producer
- 2005Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World · Self (Self)
- 2003Risk · Producer
- 2001Riding in Cars with Boys · Director
- 1999Special Delivery · Actress
- 1998With Friends Like These · Producer
- 1998One Vision · Self (Self)
- 1996The Preacher's Wife · Director
- 1996Getting Away with Murder · Producer
- 1994Renaissance Man · Director
- 1992A League of Their Own · Director
- 1990Awakenings · Director
- 1988Big · Director
- 1986Jumpin' Jack Flash · Director
- 1974How Come Nobody's on Our Side? · Actress (Theresa)
- —The Pottsville Maroons · Producer
- —Bad IQ · Self (Self)
- —The Land of No Return · Producer