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Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall

Birthday: 1943-10-15 | Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Belushi

as    Self (archive footage)

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as    Herself

2007
Blonde Ambition

as    Bolo Executive

2007
Alice Upside Down

as    Mrs. Plotkin

2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

as    Penny Marshall

1982
The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour

as    Laverne DeFazio (voice)

1976
Laverne & Shirley

as    Laverne DeFazio

1975
Let's Switch!

as    Alice Wright

1968
The Savage Seven

as    Tina