Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
15 October
Location
New York, United States
Edit pagePenny Marshall
Biography
Carole Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1943, in the Bronx, New York City, USA) was an American actress, film director and producer. She was the younger sister of filmmaker Garry Marshall and grew up in a family involved in the entertainment industry. She initially studied mathematics and psychology at the University of New Mexico before moving to California to pursue an acting career.
She gained widespread recognition for portraying Laverne DeFazio in the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983), earning three Golden Globe nominations. She later transitioned into filmmaking and made her feature directorial debut with Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), starring Whoopi Goldberg. Her breakthrough as a director came with Big (1988), starring Tom Hanks, which made her the first woman to direct a film that grossed more than $100 million at the US box office.
Her subsequent directorial projects included Awakenings (1990), A League of Their Own (1992), Renaissance Man (1994), The Preacher's Wife (1996) and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001). She also produced films such as Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005). She died on December 17, 2018, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75.
