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Actor

Penny Marshall

Acting

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Acting credits

87

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.2

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Movies: 56Series: 45Crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 14911

IMDb ID: nm0001508

Known for: Acting

Born: October 15, 1943

Died: December 17, 2018

Age: 75

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

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1944 - 2020

Years active: 77

Average TMDB rating: 6.65

Wikidata: Q237659

Also known as

Carole Penny Marshall

Other jobs

Director (11)Producer (4)

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).

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