Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall

Birthday: 1943-10-15

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilari...

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The Odd Couple: Together Again
The Odd Couple: Together Again

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Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween ...

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Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

A compilation of television's biggest and best stars as they are caught in hilarious moments while f...

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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

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Citizen Steve
Citizen Steve

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Alice Upside Down
Alice Upside Down

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Lily for President?
Lily for President?

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The Grasshopper
The Grasshopper

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Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians

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The Couple Takes a Wife
The Couple Takes a Wife

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Let's Switch!
Let's Switch!

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The Hard Way
The Hard Way

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Blonde Ambition
Blonde Ambition

A young professional woman unwittingly becomes the pawn of two business executives in their bid to o...

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The Feminist and the Fuzz
The Feminist and the Fuzz

A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates....

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The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the run-down...

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The Savage Seven
The Savage Seven

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Staten Island Summer
Staten Island Summer

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Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery

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Evil Roy Slade
Evil Roy Slade

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New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve

The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve....

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Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

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Mother's Day
Mother's Day

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Challenge of a Lifetime
Challenge of a Lifetime

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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

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If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent

The story of the New York accent, as told by New Yorkers....

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Going to America
Going to America

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The Barry Manilow Special
The Barry Manilow Special

Join Barry "live" on-stage at Ravinia Music Festival in Chicago...and "live" on the streets of New Y...

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She's Having a Baby
She's Having a Baby

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Love Thy Neighbor
Love Thy Neighbor

When Danny’s wife and Linda’s husband run away together, the two neighbors form an unlikely bond....

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How Come Nobody's on Our Side?
How Come Nobody's on Our Side?

Two unemployed stuntmen smuggle marijuana out of Mexico. Early embarassing roles by Reiner and Marsh...

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The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favori...

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How Sweet It Is!
How Sweet It Is!

All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, fri...

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Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular se...

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The Crooked Hearts
The Crooked Hearts

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Get Shorty
Get Shorty

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1941
1941

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads...

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More Than Friends
More Than Friends

Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she ...

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Belushi
Belushi

Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutle...

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Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Everybody Wants to Be Italian

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In Name Only
In Name Only

In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horr...

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Cinefile: Reel Women
Cinefile: Reel Women

Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the op...

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...

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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happe...

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Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back!

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback c...

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Stateside
Stateside

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