Penny Marshall

Carole Penny Marshall is an American actress, director, and producer. After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio on the sitcom Laverne amp Shirley, which ran from 1976 until 1983, during which Marshall was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her performance three times.

Carole Penny Marshall was born in New York City, New York, in 1943, to Marjorie Irene , a tap dance teacher who ran the Marjorie Marshall Dance School, and Anthony Tony Masciarelli , later Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a producer. She is the sister of actordirectorTV producer Garry Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a television producer. Her birth name, Carole, was selected because her mothers favorite actress was Carole Lombard. Her middle name was selected because her older sister, Ronny, wanting a horse in the Bronx, was saving her pennies her mother chose the middle name in an attempt to console her.

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