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Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall

Acting • 1943-10-15 • The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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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Happy Days7.6

Happy Days

1974

Laverne & Shirley7.1

Laverne & Shirley

1976

The Odd Couple7.8

The Odd Couple

1970

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World5.0

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006

Blonde Ambition4.4

Blonde Ambition

2007

The Hard Way6.2

The Hard Way

1991

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