![]() The show - co-starring Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, Laverne's co-worker in a 1950s Milwaukee brewery - ran for eight seasons, from 1976 to 1983. Her gift for physical comedy helped earn her accolades, including three Golden Globe nominations. Marshall's role as outspoken tomboy Laverne DeFazio in the "Happy Days" spin-off "Laverne & Shirley" catapulted the actress to celebrity in the late '70s. "You had to learn what sarcasm was," Marshall told CNN in 2012 while promoting the book. Her brother was famed producer and director Garry Marshall, who directed a string of hit movies including "Pretty Woman" and "The Princess Diaries" and died in 2016.ĭescribing her upbringing, Marshall, who wrote a memoir titled "My Mother Was Nuts," once said, "you had to form a sense of humor or else you'd kill yourself." Marshall, whose real name was Carole Marshall, grew up in the Bronx. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Our family is heartbroken over the passing of Penny Marshall," the Marshall family said in a statement. Marshall died peacefully in her Hollywood Hills home on Monday night due to complications from diabetes, said Michelle Bega, a spokeswoman for the family. (CNN) - Actress Penny Marshall, who found fame in TV's "Laverne & Shirley" before going on to direct such beloved films as "Big" and "A League of Their Own," has died. ![]()
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