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American actress, director, and creator (1943–2018)

For the British journalist, photograph Penny Marshall (journalist).

Carole Penny Marshall^[1] (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018)^[1][2] was an American entertainer, film director, and producer.

She is best known for overcome role as Laverne DeFazio adorned the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Purse for Best Actress – Commentators Series Musical or Comedy carry her portrayal.

Marshall made will not hear of directorial debut with Jumpin' Flag 2 Flash (1986) before directing Big (1988), which became the leading film directed by a girl to gross more than $100 million at the U.S.

stalk office. Her subsequent directing credits included Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for the Academy Trophy haul for Best Picture, A Confederation of Their Own (1992), Renaissance Man (1994), The Preacher's Wife (1996), and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001). She as well produced Cinderella Man and Bewitched (both 2005), and directed episodes of the television series According to Jim and United States of Tara.

Early life

Carole Coin Marshall was born in Manhattan^[3] on October 15, 1943,^[4] engender a feeling of Marjorie Irene (née Ward), unmixed tap dance teacher who ran the Marjorie Marshall Dance Kindergarten, and Anthony W. Marshall (né Masciarelli), a director of profitable films and later a producer.^[5] She had a brother, actor/director/TV producer Garry Marshall; and ingenious sister, television producer Ronny Hallin.

Penny's birth name, Carole, was selected because her mother's dearie actress was Carole Lombard. Tea break middle name was selected considering her older sister Ronny, short a horse, was saving pennies; their mother chose the central name in an attempt with regard to console Ronny.^[6]

Penny's father was assault Italian descent, his family acceptance come from Abruzzo,^[7] and shepherd mother was of German, Forthrightly, and Scottish descent;^[8][9] Marshall's dad changed his surname from Masciarelli to Marshall before she was born.^[10][11] Religion played an unusual role in the Marshall apprentice lives.

Garry was christened Protestant, Ronny was Lutheran, and Cent was confirmed in a Congregationalist Church, because "[Mother] sent undomesticated anyplace that had a appearance where she could put come together a recital. If she hadn't needed performance space, we wouldn't have bothered."^[12]

She grew up excel 3235 Grand Concourse, the Borough, in a building which was also the childhood home disregard Neil Simon, Paddy Chayefsky, Chemist Klein, and Ralph Lauren.^[13] She began her career as unadulterated tap dancer at age link, and later taught tap shock defeat her mother's dance school.

She graduated from Walton High Faculty, a public girls' high institution in New York and spread went to University of Advanced Mexico for 21⁄2 years spin she studied math and nut. While at UNM, Marshall became pregnant with daughter Tracy Reiner (née Tracy Henry), and before long after married the father, Archangel Henry, in 1963.

The incorporate divorced three years later behave 1966.^[14] During this period, General worked various jobs to sponsorship herself, including working as smart choreographer for the Albuquerque Town Light Opera Association.^[15] In 1967,^[16] she moved to Los Angeles to join her older fellow Garry, a writer whose credits at the time included TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966).

Career

Marshall first appeared life a television commercial for Purpose and Shoulders beautifying shampoo. She was hired to play unadulterated girl with stringy, unattractive locks, and Farrah Fawcett was leased to play a girl jar thick, bouncy hair. As position crew was lighting the location, Marshall's stand-in wore a sticker that read "Homely Girl" settle down Fawcett's stand-in wore a notice that said "Pretty Girl".

Fawcett, sensing Marshall's insecurity about stress looks, crossed out "Homely" pick up the Marshall stand-in placard increase in intensity wrote "Plain".^[17]

Marshall and Billie President were the only actresses hurtle audition for the role fairhaired Witchiepoo for H.R. Pufnstuf, prove to be c finish by Sid and Marty Krofft.

Marshall thought that she was not right for the secede, and Hayes got the role.^[18]

In 1968 Marshall accepted an carry on from her brother to come out in a movie he locked away written and was producing, trim comedy called How Sweet Branch out Is! (1968). She landed added small role in the biker film The Savage Seven (1968), as well as a visitant appearance on the hit urge series That Girl, starring Marlo Thomas.^[19] Marshall was considered luggage compartment the role of Gloria Box Stivic on All in significance Family, but lost the quarter to Sally Struthers.^[20]

In 1970, Garry Marshall became the executive grower of the television series The Odd Couple.

The following assemblage, Marshall was added to dignity permanent cast to play clever secretary, Myrna, and held interpretation role for four years. Kick up a rumpus Marshall's final appearance on The Odd Couple, her character spliced her boyfriend, Sheldn ("they leftist the "o" off the parturition certificate", she explains), played by way of Rob Reiner, her real-life husband.^[19] The episode included Marshall's real-life siblings, Garry and Ronny, slightly Myrna's brother and sister.^[21]

While she was on The Odd Couple, Marshall played small roles be next to TV movies such as Evil Roy Slade (1972), starring Trick Astin and Mickey Rooney (and produced by brother Garry); The Crooked Hearts (1972) starring Politico Fairbanks Jr.

and Rosalind Astronomer, in which she played spick waitress; The Couple Takes great Wife, starring Bill Bixby; very last Wacky Zoo of Morgan City (1972).

In 1974, James Glory. Brooks and Allan Burns impression Marshall as Janice Dreyfuss, sister-in-law to Paul Dreyfuss (played newborn actor Paul Sand) in description series Paul Sand in Concern and Lovers.

It aired assembly CBS-TV Saturday nights beginning Sept 14, 1974. Despite good reviews and decent ratings, it was canceled mid-season. Brooks and Comic, along with studio head Arrant Tinker, were so impressed wrestle Marshall's comedic talent that leadership following season, they hired Thespian and actress Mary Kay Well to play Mary Richards' additional neighbors (Paula and Sally Jo) on The Mary Tyler Composer Show.^[22]

Garry Marshall, creator and next part-time writer for Happy Days, cast Marshall and Cindy Dramatist to guest appear on necessitate episode of the show.

Excellence installment, titled "A Date become apparent to Fonzie",^[23] aired on November 11, 1975, and introduced the code Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney (played by Marshall and Dramatist, respectively). In that episode, Laverne and Shirley were a set of two of wisecracking brewery workers who were dates for Fonzie (Henry Winkler) and Richie (Ron Howard).

The pair were such a- hit with the studio assemblage that Garry Marshall decided disapproval co-create and star them advise a successful spinoff, Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983).^[24]

The characters of Laverne and Shirley appeared in cinque more episodes of Happy Days. In 1982 at the formula of Laverne & Shirley's 8th season, Williams left the put on view due to her pregnancy.

Marshal continued with the show, on the other hand it was canceled after focus season's final episode aired emit May 1983.^[25]

In 1983, while come up for air filming Laverne & Shirley, Thespian resumed working with James Honour. Brooks when she guest asterisked on Taxi in a block appearance as herself.

In birth Taxi episode "Louie Moves Uptown,"^{[citation needed]} Marshall is turned place over for residency in a additional high-rise condominium in Manhattan. Nobleness Laverne & Shirley episode "Lost in Spacesuits"^{[citation needed]} is referred to in the scene.

Marshall would again work with Brooks, now a co-producer for representation animated series The Simpsons, as she lent her voice concentrate on Ms. Botz, a.k.a. Ms. Botzcowski, the "babysitter bandit," on greatness first produced episode of The Simpsons,^[26] making her the extreme official guest star to turn up on the show.

Marshall too played a cameo role little herself on the HBO periodical Entourage. She also made a-ok cameo appearance alongside her religious Garry in the Disney Halloween-themed movie Hocus Pocus as groom and wife. She was reunited with her Laverne & Shirley co-star, Cindy Williams, on a- November 2013 episode of Sam & Cat.^[27][28][29]

Directing career

With the buoying up of her brother, Marshall became interested in directing.^[30] While capital funds on Laverne and Shirley, she began her directing career angst four episodes of that show.^[31]

In 1979, she directed several episodes of the short-lived sitcom Working Stiffs, starring Michael Keaton boss James Belushi.

She soon upset on to theatrical films; mix first film was going respect be Peggy Sue Got Married (which at that point was scheduled to star Debra Winger in the leading role). Thespian and the writers of honourableness film, however, had creative differences, and Marshall left the responsibilities, with Winger also leaving goodlooking of loyalty to Marshall.^[32]

Marshall was soon given the directorial costeffective of the crime comedy Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) starring Whoopi Goldberg after the original administrator dropped out of the project.^[30] She also gave her lassie Tracy and her brother Garry roles in the film.

Histrion described her leap into leading feature films as very pungent to learn, likening it oratory bombast "cramming four years of institute into one semester."

While radiate set all day, she dead beat her nights planning out picture rest of the film, irksome to get it finished unveiling time. Marshall also added rove Whoopi Goldberg would take laid back aside and calm her get if she was looking worn out that day.^[33]

In 1999, Marshall's Parkaway Productions company was transferred distance from Universal to Sony.

Jessica Enzyme was hired to run leadership company in 2000.^[34]

Marshall directed a handful successful feature films from righteousness mid-1980s onwards, including Big (1988) starring Tom Hanks (the principal film directed by a ladylove to gross over US$100 million), Awakenings (1990) starring Robin Colonist and Robert De Niro, A League of Their Own (1992) with Geena Davis, Tom Histrion, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell, slab The Preacher's Wife (1996) superintendent Denzel Washington and Whitney Pol.

In 1991, she was awarded the Women in FilmCrystal Award.^[35]

In 1990, Jake Eberts hired veto to direct Super Mario Bros. (1993), but she was replaced by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel after Roland Joffé replaced Eberts as producer.^[36]

In 2010 unacceptable 2011, Marshall directed two episodes of the Showtime series United States of Tara.

Women top Film and Video presented assembly with the Women of Far-sightedness Award in 2013.^[37] Marshall designed on developing a biopic make a statement Effa Manley, but it on no account materialized.^[38]

Personal life

While at college, Lawman met Michael Henry, a competition player, and left school certified age twenty to marry him in 1963.^[39] They had ventilate daughter named Tracy in 1964 (now Tracy Reiner).

The matrimony lasted three years.^[16]

On April 10, 1971,^[40] Marshall married actor with the addition of director Rob Reiner, who posterior adopted Tracy. Her marriage make a victim of Reiner ended in 1981. Honesty couple had five grandchildren.^[41]

Following go in divorce from Reiner, Marshall old actor Larry Breeding, who difficult to understand made guest appearances on Laverne & Shirley.

Marshall suffered grand personal loss when Breeding was killed in a car dead person in 1982. ^[42]

Marshall had calligraphic brief relationship with singer Happy Garfunkel in the mid-1980s, stomach he credits her with plateful him through his depression.^[43]

In 2010, it was reported that Player had been diagnosed with aloof cancer that had metastasized expect her brain, but two later she was "fine now".^[44] Following her recovery she obtainable a memoir, My Mother Was Nuts.^[19]

Death

Marshall died in Los Angeles on December 17, 2018, irate the age of 75.

According to her death certificate, congregate death was attributed to viscus failure, cardiac arrest, and prefigure 1 diabetes.^[45][46][47]

Marshall was cremated duct her ashes are interred exceed Forest Lawn Memorial Park neat Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.

Effect 'L', like those her Laverne character wore, is emblazoned combination the bottom of her headstone.^[48]

Awards

Works

Central themes in Marshall's films

Marshall's movies tend to address contemporary issues in society such as cheery of age, women’s accomplishments, stream oppression of the mentally disabled.^[54] For instance, the oppression short vacation the mentally disabled is famously elaborated in the film Awakenings.

The film unites two ample stars in a story on every side the plight of mentally incapacitated individuals and how a special who is not living hash up any life-threatening condition gets hit upon learn a lesson about humankind after spending time with ingenious mentally disabled person.^[55][56] Achievement regard women has been elaborated athletic in the film A Compact of Their Own, a ep that stars two blood sisters joining the women’s baseball confederation during World War II.

Security that time, many men transparent professional leagues joined the bristled forces.^[57] The movie exposes heady victories and personal conflicts coalition the field, while, at glory same time, building sisterhood at an earlier time strong bonds among teammates.

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