PENNY MARSHALL

'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'').

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Marshall was born 'Carole Penny Marshall' in The Bronx, New York City to Anthony Wallace Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a producer, and Marjorie Irene (Ward), a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school.^[1] She is the sister of actor/director 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 "Marsciarelli" 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.

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.
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 DeNiro, and ''A League of Their Own'', which starred Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. She has also lent her voice the evil nanny in ''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.

Personal life

Marshall was married to actor and director Rob Reiner (1971 -1981).The two had one daughter, actress Tracy Reiner. 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.

Filmography

As actress:

★ ''The Savage Seven'' (1968)

★ ''How Sweet It Is!'' (1968)

★ ''The Grasshopper'' (1970)

★ ''The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971) (scenes deleted)

★ ''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)
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)

References

1. http://www.comedyontap.com/film/marshall.html
2. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/26/DDG85J1KVV1.DTL&type=movies
3. http://www.movieweb.com/news/49/12649.php
4. http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/pennym/index.html
5. http://www.grouchoreviews.com/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=157

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