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Penny Marshall Biography (1943?-)

Original name, Carole Penny Marscharelli (family later changed surname to Marshall); born October 15, 1943 (some sources cite 1942), in the Bronx, New York, NY; daughter of Anthony W. (an industrial filmmaker and producer) and Marjorie Irene (a dance instructor; maiden name, Ward) Marscharelli (later changed surname to Marshall); sister of Garry Marshall (a director, producer, and actor); married Michael Henry, c. 1961 (divorced, c. 1963); married Rob Reiner(an actor and director), April 19, 1971 (divorced, 1979 [some sources cite 1980]); children: Tracy Lee Reiner (an actress). Addresses: Office: Parkway Productions, 10202 West Washington Blvd., Astaire Building, Suite 2210,Culver City, CA 90232.; Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.; Manager: The Firm FKA Artists Management Group, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, director, producer

Birth Details

October 15, 1943?

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Myrna Turner (Oscar's secretary), The Odd Couple, ABC, 1971-1975
• Miss Larson, The Bob Newhart Show, ABC, 1972-1973
• Janice Dreyfuss, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (also known as Friends and Lovers and The Paul Sand Show), CBS, 1974-1975
• Laverne DeFazio, Laverne & Shirley (later Laverne & Company), ABC, 1976-1983
• Voice of Private Laverne DeFazio, Laverne & Shirley in the Army (animated), ABC, 1981-1982
• Voice of Private Laverne DeFazio, The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (animated), ABC, 1982
• Movies
• Liberation lady, The Feminist and the Fuzz, ABC, 1971
• Mayor's secretary, Wacky Zoo of Morgan City, 1972
• Paula, The Couple Takes a Wife, ABC, 1972
• Waitress, The Crooked Hearts, ABC, 1972
• Alice Wright, Let's Switch!, ABC, 1975
• Maddy Pearlman, More Than Friends (also known as Love Me and I'll Be Your Best Friend), ABC, 1978
• Linda Wilson, Love Thy Neighbor, ABC, 1984
• Nora Schoonover, Challenge of a Lifetime, ABC, 1985
• Myrna, The Odd Couple: Together Again (also known as The Odd Couple: One More Time), CBS, 1993
• Herself, Jackie's Back! (also known as Jackie's Back: Portraitof a Diva), Lifetime, 1999
• Specials
• ABC team contestant, Battle of the Network Stars, ABC, 1976
• The Barry Manilow Special, ABC, 1976
• ABC team contestant, Battle of the Network Stars II, ABC, 1977
• ABC team contestant, Battle of the Network Stars III, ABC, 1977
• Female team captain, Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes I, CBS, 1977
• Circus of the Stars, CBS, 1977
• Herself, ABC 25th Anniversary Special, ABC, 1978
• General Electric's All-Star Anniversary, ABC, 1978
• The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1979
• Celebrity Football Classic, NBC, 1979
• Laverne DeFazio, Lily for President, CBS, 1982
• The Bugs Bunny-Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary, CBS, 1986
• Voice characterization, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (animated; also known as The Simpsons Christmas Special), Fox, 1989
• The Barbara Walters Special: What Is This Thing Called Love?, ABC,1993
• Laughing Matters (also known as Funny Business), Showtime,1993
• Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, CBS, 1994
• Herself, The Laverne & Shirley Reunion, ABC, 1995
• Host, Lifetime Women's Film Festival, Lifetime, 1998
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special, NBC, 1999
• Herself, Garry Marshall (documentary), Bravo, 2001
• Herself, TV Guide's Truth behind the Rumors 2, Fox, 2001
• Laverne DeFazio, Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again, ABC, 2002
• Episodic
• Member of the Marshalettes, Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour (alsoknown as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour and Original Amateur Hour), c. 1957
• Assistant librarian, "Secret Ballot," That Girl, ABC, 1968
• Claire, "The Runner," Then Came Bronson, NBC, 1969
• Joan, "Fix My Screen and Bug Out," That Girl, ABC, 1969
• "In Sickness and in Health," Barefoot in the Park, ABC, 1970
• "Love and the Pick-Up," Love, American Style, ABC, 1970
• Getting Together, ABC, 1971
• Flight attendant, "Fly the Unfriendly Skies," The Bob Newhart Show, CBS, 1972
• Janice Stein, The Super, ABC, 1972
• Panelist, Match Game 73, CBS, 1973
• Receptionist, "The Greatest Collection of Them All," Banacek, NBC,1973
• Anita, "Chico and the Van," Chico and the Man, NBC, 1975
• Laverne DeFazio, "A Date with Fonzie," Happy Days, ABC, 1975
• Paula Kovacs, "Murray in Love," The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, 1975
• Toni, "I Was a Single for WJM," The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, 1975
• The Mike Douglas Show, syndicated, c. 1975
• Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1975
• Laverne DeFazio, "Fonzie the Superstar," Happy Days, ABC, 1976
• Laverne DeFazio, "Football Frolics," Happy Days, ABC, 1976
• Laverne DeFazio, "The Second Anniversary Show," Happy Days, ABC, 1976
• Paula Kovacs, "Menage-a-Lou," The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, 1976
• "Take Me out to the Ball Game," Good Heavens, ABC, 1976
• Dinah, syndicated, c. 1976
• The Merv Griffin Show, syndicated, c. 1976
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, c. 1976
• $20,000 Pyramid, ABC and syndicated, c. 1976
• Herself, "Live from Mardi Gras," Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1977
• Blansky's Beauties, ABC, 1977
• Laverne DeFazio, "Fonzie's Funeral: Part 2," Happy Days, ABC, 1979
• Laverne DeFazio, "Shotgun Wedding: Part 1," Happy Days, ABC, 1979
• Herself, Carol Burnett & Company, ABC, 1979
• Herself, "Cablevision," Bosom Buddies, ABC, 1982
• Herself, "Louie Moves Uptown," Taxi, NBC, 1983
• The Comedy Zone, CBS, 1984
• Attitudes, syndicated, 1989
• Voice of Lucille Botzcowski (also known as Ms. Botz and the babysitter bandit), "Some Enchanted Evening," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1990
• Naked Hollywood, BBC, c. 1991 broadcast on A & E Premieres, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
• Heaven Help Us, syndicated, 1994
• Herself, "Carrie Fisher: The Hollywood Family," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
• Herself, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1996
• New York Police Department detective Iris Heller, "Skin Deep," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1998
• Herself, "Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession," Biography, Arts andEntertainment, 1998
• Herself, Intimate Portrait: Anjelica Houston, Lifetime, 1998
• Herself, "Big," Backstory, American Movie Classics, 1999
• Herself, "Laverne & Shirley," TVography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Herself, Intimate Portrait: Cindy Williams, Lifetime, 2001
• Herself, Lifestory: Rosie O'Donnell, Nickelodeon, 2001
• Appeared in episodes of other series, including multiple episodes of The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated; also appeared in episodes of TheDanny Thomas Hour, NBC; and Tracey Takes On ... , HBO. As a memberof the Marshalettes, appeared in an episode of The Jackie Gleason Show, CBS.
• Awards Presentations
• The 37th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, ABC, 1985
• The 40th Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1988
• The Sixth Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1992
• Presenter, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) 13th Annual Hall of Fame, Showtime, 1998
• Presenter, The 11th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 1998
• Herself, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks, USA Network, 2002
• Pilots
• Bank teller, Evil Roy Slade, NBC, 1972
• Connie, Wives, CBS, 1975
• Laverne DeFazio, Mork & Mindy, ABC, 1978
• Television Work
• Director; with Others; Series
• Laverne & Shirley (later Laverne & Company), ABC, 1976-1983
• Working Stiffs, CBS, 1979
• The Tracey Ullman Show, Fox, 1987-1990
• A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
• Executive Producer
• A League of Their Own (series), CBS, 1993
• Heaven Will Wait (pilot), CBS, 1997
• Film Work
• Director
• Jumpin' Jack Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• Big, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Awakenings, Columbia, 1990
• A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
• Renaissance Man (also known as Army Intelligence and Bythe Book), Buena Vista, 1994
• The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996
• Riding in Cars with Boys, Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia, 2001
• Executive Producer
• Awakenings, Columbia, 1990
• A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
• Calendar Girl (also known as Me and Monroe), Columbia, 1993
• Renaissance Man (also known as Army Intelligence and Bythe Book), Buena Vista, 1994
• Producer
• Getting Away with Murder, Savoy Pictures, 1996
• Saving Grace, Universal, 1998
• The Time Tunnel: The Movie, 1999
• With Friends Like These ... , Miramax, 1999
• Soundtrack Executive Producer
• The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996
• Film Appearances
• Tina, The Savage Seven, American International Pictures, 1968
• Tour girl, How Sweet It Is!, National General, 1968
• Plaster caster, The Grasshopper (also known as The Passing of Evil and Passions), National General, 1970
• Theresa, How Come Nobody's on Our Side?, American Films, 1975
• Miss Fitzroy, 1941, Universal, 1979
• Reva, Movers and Shakers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
• She's Having a Baby, Paramount, 1988
• Angie (Nick's agent), The Hard Way, Universal, 1991
• Master's wife, Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
• Herself, Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
• Herself, One Vision, Vienna Productions, 1998
• Special Delivery, Calling Productions, 1999
• Stage Appearances
• Eden Court, off-Broadway production, 1985
• Appeared in summer stock productions in the mid-1960s.
• WRITINGS
• Scripts
• with Others
• With Cindy Williams, wrote My Country 'Tis of Thee and Paper Hands. Contributor to periodicals, including Interview and the New York Times Magazine.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Harper's Bazaar, December, 1996, pp. 184-87
• Interview, January, 1991, p. 16
• New York Times, May 24, 1992
• People Weekly, August 15, 1988 spring, 1991, p. 94; December 23, 1996, pp. 105-08
• TV Guide, March 13, 1995
• Working Woman, November/December, 1996