Garry Marshall

Garry Kent Marshall is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and its various spinoffs, developing Neil Simons 1965 play The Odd Couple for television, and directing Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentines Day, New Years Eve, Mothers Day, The Princess Diaries and The Princess DiariesRoyal Engagement.

Marshall was born in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the son of Marjorie Irene , a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school, and Anthony Wallace Marshall , a director of industrial films and later a producer. He is the brother of actressdirector Penny Marshall and Ronny Marshall Hallin, a TV producer. His father was of Italian descent, his family having come from San Martino sulla Marrucina, Chieti, Abruzzo, and his mother was of German, English, and Scottish ancestry. His father changed his last name from Masciarelli to Marshall before Garry was born. Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and also raised Lutheran for a time. He attended De Witt Clinton High School, where he was a classmate of SpiderMan artist Steve Ditko, and Northwestern University, where he wrote a sports column for The Daily Northwestern, and is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

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