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Penny Marshall

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American actress, producer and director. After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and 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 has produced Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005), as well as episodes of According to Jim (2009). She most recently directed an episode of the Showtime original series United States of Tara. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penny Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 15, 1942 In The Bronx, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
63
First Appeared:
In the series That Girl 1966-09-08
Latest Project:
Movie Belushi 2020-10-14
Known For
Poster of Bones
Poster of Entourage
Poster of Frasier
Filmography
Movie Belushi Self (archive footage) 2020-10-14
Movie The Happy Days of Garry Marshall Self (archive footage) 2020-05-12
Movie Mother's Day Opening Mom Narrator (voice) 2016-04-28
Movie Staten Island Summer Dolores 2015-06-30
Movie Going to America Herself - Famous Director 2015-08-28
Movie Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery The Elder (voice) 2015-07-10
Movie If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent Self 2013-05-16
Movie Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored Herself 2011-01-01
Movie New Year's Eve Penny Marshall 2011-12-08
Series On the Lot Unknown 2007-05-22
Movie Blonde Ambition Bolo Executive 2007-12-21
Movie Everybody Wants to Be Italian Teresa the Florist 2007-09-18
Movie Alice Upside Down Mrs. Plotkin 2007-10-06
Movie Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Penny Marshall 2006-01-20
Movie Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Self 2006-06-13
Series Bones Unknown 2005-09-13
Series Entourage Unknown 2004-07-18
Series The Tony Danza Show Unknown 2004-09-13
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Unknown 2003-09-08
Series I'm with Her Unknown 2003-09-23
Movie Jackie's Back! Penny Marshall 1999-06-14
Series Nash Bridges Unknown 1996-03-29
Movie Get Shorty Herself 1995-10-20
Movie Hocus Pocus The Master's Wife (uncredited) 1993-07-16
Series Frasier Unknown 1993-09-16
Movie The Hard Way Angie 1991-03-08
Movie She's Having a Baby Penny Marshall (uncredited) 1988-02-05
Movie Citizen Steve Self - Actress / Filmmaker 1987-01-01
Movie Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary Self 1986-01-14
Movie Movers & Shakers Reva 1985-05-03
Movie Love Thy Neighbor Linda Wilson 1984-05-23
Movie Night of 100 Stars Self 1982-03-08
Series The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour Laverne DeFazio (voice) 1982-09-25
Series Laverne & Shirley in the Army Laverne DeFazio 1981-10-10
Series Bosom Buddies Unknown 1980-11-27
Movie Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall Herself 1979-01-01
Movie 1941 Miss Fitzroy (uncredited) 1979-12-14
Movie More Than Friends Maddy Perlman 1978-10-20
Movie The Barry Manilow Special Waitress 1977-03-02
Series The Captain and Tennille Unknown 1976-09-20
Series Laverne & Shirley Laverne DeFazio 1976-01-27
Series Good Heavens Unknown 1976-02-29
Movie Let's Switch! Alice Wright 1975-01-07
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series Chico and the Man Unknown 1974-09-13
Series Happy Days Unknown 1974-01-15
Series Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers Janice Dreyfuss 1974-09-14
Movie How Come Nobody's on Our Side? Theresa 1974-11-08
Movie Evil Roy Slade Bank Teller (uncredited) 1972-02-18
Series The Bob Newhart Show Unknown 1972-09-16
Movie The Crooked Hearts Waitress 1972-11-08
Movie The Couple Takes a Wife Paula 1972-12-05
Movie The Feminist and the Fuzz Liberation Lady 1971-01-26
Series The Great American Dream Machine Herself 1971-01-06
Series Getting Together Unknown 1971-09-18
Movie The Grasshopper Plaster Caster Groupie 1970-05-27
Series The Odd Couple Unknown 1970-09-24
Movie The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City Mayor's Secretary 1970-10-18
Series Then Came Bronson Unknown 1969-09-17
Movie In Name Only Bridesmaid 1969-11-25
Movie How Sweet It Is! Tour Girl 1968-08-21
Movie The Savage Seven Tina 1968-05-01
Series That Girl Unknown 1966-09-08