What is Penny Marshall?
[[File:Penny Marshall 1976.jpg|right|thumb|Publicity photo for ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'', 1976]] '''Carole Penny Marshall''' (October 15, 1943 &ndash; December 17, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]], [[movie producer|producer]] and [[movie director|director]]. She starred as Laverne in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' from 1976 to 1983. Marshall directed many [[movie]]s, including ''[[Awakenings]]'', ''[[A League of Their Own]]'', and ''[[Big (movie)|Big]]''. From 1971 to 1981, she was married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]]. Her brother was director [[Garry Marshall]]. She was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]]. Marshall died on December 17, 2018 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from [[heart failure]] complicated from [[diabetes]] and [[heart disease]], aged 75.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dennis McClellan|title=Penny Marshall, who played feisty Laverne in 'Laverne & Shirley' before directing movies, dies at 75|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-penny-marshall-dies-at-75-story.html|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=December 18, 2018|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Penny}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from diabetes]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television directors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Movie directors from New York City]] [[Category:Movie producers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Screenwriters from New York City]] [[Category:American television writers]]