Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall (October 15, 1942) is an American actress, producer and director.

She was born Carole Penelope Masciarelli in The Bronx, New York to Italian-American Anthony Wallace Marsciarelli and Marjorie Irene Ward, who was of English and Scottish descent. She is the sister of writer, producer and director Garry Marshall.

Penny played the role of the wise-cracking brewery worker Laverne DeFazio in the popular TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley from (1976-1983).

Marshall was married to actor and director Rob Reiner (1971-1979). Ironically, she and future husband Reiner lived on opposite sides of the Bronx's Grand Concourse without knowing each other.

She has directed several successful feature motion pictures since the mid-1980s, including Big, Awakenings and A League of Their Own.

She is a graduate of Walton High School in New York City.

Filmography

As Actress:

• The Savage Seven (1968)
• How Sweet It Is! (1968)
• The Grasshopper (1970)
• The Christian Licorice Store (1971) (scenes deleted)
• How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1975)
• 1941 (1979)
• Movers & Shakers (1985)
• She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
• Hocus Pocus (1993)
• Get Shorty (1995) (Cameo)
• One Vision (1998) (documentary)
• Special Delivery (1999)
• Stateside (2004)

As Director:

• Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
• Big (1988)
• Awakenings (1990)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• Renaissance Man (1994)
• The Preacher's Wife (1996)
• Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

External links

• IMDb entry for Penny Marshall