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 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
The Odd Couple: Together Again
as Myrna
1993
Hocus Pocus
as The Master's Wife (uncredited)
1993
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Laverne (archive footage)
2011
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Penny Marshall
2006
Citizen Steve
as Self - Actress / Filmmaker
1987
Alice Upside Down
as Mrs. Plotkin
2007
Lily for President?
as Laverne DeFazio
1982
The Grasshopper
as Plaster Caster Groupie
1970
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
as Secretary
1972
The Couple Takes a Wife
as Paula
1972
Let's Switch!
as Alice Wright
1975
The Hard Way
as Angie
1991
Blonde Ambition
as Bolo Executive
2007
The Feminist and the Fuzz
as Liberation Lady
1971
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
as Mayor's Secretary
1970
The Savage Seven
as Tina
1968
Staten Island Summer
as Dolores
2015
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
as The Elder (voice)
2015
Evil Roy Slade
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1972
TV Appearances
Nash Bridges
as Iris Heller
1996
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
The Odd Couple
as Myrna
1970
Bones
as Penny Marshall
2005
That Girl
1966
Chico and the Man
1974
Entourage
as Penny Marshall
2004
Bosom Buddies
1980
Happy Days
as Laverne DeFazio
1974
On the Lot
2007
Laverne & Shirley
as Laverne DeFazio
1976