ACTOR

Penny Marshall

Best known as Laverne DeFazio in Laverne & Shirley.

6 Appearances

3 Series

3 Films

10.0 Top rated

Personal details

Known for

Acting

Gender

Female

Born

15 Oktober 1943

Died

17 Dezember 2018

Place of birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as

Carole 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.