Penny Marshall Net Worth

Penny Marshall's Quotes

• I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity.
• You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?
• If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.
• My brother and sister were much older. They were planned. I was not planned for. I was called the mistake, amongst other things.
• I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock', that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!

Interesting Facts about Penny Marshall

1. Is the first female to direct a movie that grossed over 100 million dollars in the United States, with Was ik maar groot! (1988). And the first female director with two movies that grossed over 100 million, with A League of Their Own (1992).
2. She was one of four finalists considered for the role of Gloria Bunker/Stivic on All in the Family (1971). Had she won the role, she would have played opposite her real life boyfriend, and later husband (now ex-husband), Rob Reiner.
3. Made a rare public appearance at the Hollywood Collectors Show in North Hollywood, California with fellow Laverne & Shirley (1976) cast mates Cindy Williams and Eddie Mekka. There, she greeted hundreds of fans, signed autographs and took pictures with them. [October 2002]
4. She replaced Howard Zieff as director of Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) despite having only a couple of Laverne & Shirley (1976) and Happy Days (1974) episodes on her directing resumé.
5. Aunt of Penny Lee Hallin, Judy Hallin, Wendy S. Hallin, Lori Marshall, Kathleen Marshall and Scott Marshall.
6. Is an avid collector of sports memorabilia and has quite an extensive collection of baseballs, footballs and basketballs autographed by top athletes.
7. Her mother agreed to send her to University of New Mexico because she thought it was close to her home in New York.
8. Played the wife of her real-life brother Garry Marshall in Hocus Pocus (1993).
9. Ex-daughter-in-law of Carl Reiner and Estelle Reiner.
10. Ex-sister-in-law of Lucas Reiner and Maud Winchester.
11. Best known by the public for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976).
12. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 12, 2004.
13. Has directed two actors to Oscar nominations: Tom Hanks (Best Actor, Was ik maar groot! (1988)), and Robert De Niro (Best Actor, Awakenings (1990)).
14. Sister-in-law of Barbara Marshall.
15. Best friends with Carrie Fisher.
16. Younger sister of Garry Marshall and Ronny Hallin.
17. Daughter of Anthony W. Marshall and Marjorie Marshall.
18. Mother of Tracy Reiner.
19. Her father was of Italian descent. Her maternal grandfather had English, Scottish and Irish ancestry, and her maternal grandmother was of German descent.
20. In 2009 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor which was found to be from lung cancer which was discovered upon her diagnosis. The tumor was successfully removed and she underwent twelve radiation treatments, which caused a fifty pound weight gain. In 2012 she announced that she was in remission, even later joking that with cancer, as most people lost weight, she instead gained. In a 2012 interview with the Huffington Post she said, that she regretted smoking. She died on December 18, 2018 of heart failure caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and diabetes. She was 75. Upon Marshall's death in 2018, Suzanne Somers, as part of her statement and reflection of her passing, remarked that she assisted Marshall in selecting "cutting edge therapies" as similarly Somers herself had undertaken with her own, previous battle with cancer.