Penny Marshall
Off-Broadway, Marshall starred in a production of Eden Court with Ellen Barkin. Other television credits include three television movies and regular roles on Mork & Mindy, Taxi, The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Marshall has also worked on the other side of the television camera, directing episodes Laverne & Shirley and The Tracey Ullman Show, and a pilot called Working Stiffs, starring Jim Belushi and Michael Keaton.
Marshall made her feature film directorial debut with Jumpin' Jack Flash starring Whoopi Goldberg. Her next film, Big, starred Tom Hanks in a role that garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Awakenings followed and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and starred Robert De Niro (who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance) and Robin Williams. Inspired by the little known story of the All-American Girls professional baseball league of the 1940s, Marshall directed and executive produced A League of Their Own which starred Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna. The film later turned into a TV series for Tristar with Marshall directing the pilot episode and serving as Executive Producer. Under the banner of her production company, Parkway Productions, along with partner Elliot Abbott, Marshall executive produced the comedy Calendar Girl starring Jason Priestley.
Marshall also directed Renaissance Man starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines and Mark Wahlberg, The Preacher's Wife starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington and Columbia Pictures' Riding in Cars with Boys starring Drew Barrymore. She also developed and produced the Russell Crowe boxing drama Cinderella Man for Universal Pictures, directed by Ron Howard. Marshall occasionally takes cameo roles in other director's feature films, such as opposite her brother Garry in Hocus Pocus, playing a director herself in Get Shorty and in the Albert Brooks film, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
Penny Marshall Facts
Birth Name | Carole Penelope Masciarelli |
Occupation | Director, Actress, Producer |
Birthday | October 15, 1942 (81) |
Sign | Libra |
Birthplace | New York, New York, USA |
Height | 5' 6" (1m68) How tall is Penny Marshall compared to you? |
Selected Filmography
A League Of Their Own | ||
Big | ||
Riding in Cars with Boys | ||
Renaissance Man | ||
Explosive Diorama | ||
Wheels | ||
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