Penny Marshall
Biography
Carole Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943 - December 17, 2018) was an American actress, producer and director. After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley. A ratings success, the show ran from 1976 until 1983, and Marshall received three Golden Globe award nominations for her performance. She progressed to directing films such as Big (1988), the first film directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office, Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and A League of Their Own (1992). In more recent years, she produced Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005).
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
Awards and nominations
- 1991 Crystal Award
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The career in numbers
- US$ 235 mi Total budget from 7 film(s) with data
- US$ 474 mi Total box office from 7 film(s) with data
- US$ 34 mi Average budget from 7 film(s) with data
- US$ 68 mi Average box office from 7 film(s) with data
- 6.7 Average rating from 7 film(s) with data
- 2.0× Return on investment from 7 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Riding in Cars with Boys
|
2001 | US$ 48 mi | US$ 36 mi | 6.8 |
The Preacher's Wife
|
1996 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 48 mi | 5.8 |
Renaissance Man
|
1994 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 24 mi | 6.1 |
A League of Their Own
|
1992 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 132 mi | 7.2 |
Awakenings
|
1990 | US$ 31 mi | US$ 52 mi | 7.8 |
Big
|
1988 | US$ 18 mi | US$ 152 mi | 7.2 |
Jumpin' Jack Flash
|
1986 | US$ 18 mi | US$ 30 mi | 6.1 |
