Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers Garry Marshall and Ronny Hallin. Her father was of Italian descent, originally surnamed "Masciarelli," and her mother was of German, Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry. Penny was known in her family as "the bad one"... because not only did she walk on the ledge of her family's apartment building, but she snuck into the movies as a child and even dated a guy named "Lefty." She attended a private girls' high school in New York and then went to the University of New Mexico for two and a half years. There, Penny got pregnant with daughter, Tracy Reiner, and soon after married the father, Michael Henry, in 1961. The couple divorced two years later in 1963. She worked as a secretary for awhile. Her film debut came from her brother Garry Marshall, who put her in the movie How Sweet It Is! (1968) with the talented Debbie Reynolds and James Garner. She also did a dandruff commercial with Farrah Fawcett - the casting people, of course, giving Farrah the part of the "beautiful girl" and Penny the part of the "plain girl." This only added to Penny's insecurity with her looks. She then married Rob Reiner on April 10, 1971, shortly after getting her big television break as Oscar Madison's secretary, Myrna Turner, on The Odd Couple (1970). She also played Mary Richards' neighbor, Paula Kovacks, on Mary Tyler Moore (1970) for a couple of episodes. However, her Laverne & Shirley (1976) fame came when her brother needed two women to play "fast girls" who were friends of Arthur Fonzarelli and would date Fonzie and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days (1974). Penny had been working on miscellaneous writing projects ("My Country Tis Of Thee", a bicentennial spoof for Francis Ford Coppola and "Paper Hands" about the Salem Witch Trials) with writing partner Cindy Williams. Cindy happened to be a friend and ex-girlfriend of Henry Winkler's, so Garry asked the two to play the parts of these girls. The audience saw their wonderful chemistry, and loved them so much, a spin-off was created for them. Penny was well-known as Laverne DeFazio. She and Rob had divorced in 1980. The show ended three years later, half a year after Cindy Williams left the show due to pregnancy (her first baby, Emily, from now ex-husband Bill Hudson)... they wanted Williams to work the week she was supposed to deliver. Soon after, Penny began directing such films as Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Big (1988) and A League of Their Own (1992). Her hobbies included needlepoint, jigsaw puzzles and antique shopping. She was best friends with actress Carrie Fisher and was godmother to Carrie's daughter, Billie. Penny died at 75 in Los Angeles, California.
Penny McQueen
Penny McQueen is a producer and actress, known for Wakey Wakey (2012), High Chaparral Reunion Pay Per View Webcast (2015) and High Chaparral Reunion 2016 Webcast (2016).
Penny Munroe
Penny Munroe is an actress, known for The Bewailing (2021), Here There Be Tygers (2019) and The Ebbing (2019).
Penny O'Brien
Penny O'Brien was born and raised in County Wicklow, Ireland and is now based in the US. She is an actress and writer known for her work on Red Dead Redemption 2, For All Mankind and 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up. Penny is also a songwriter with original songs featured in Scenes From The Underground.
Penny Oppold
Penny Oppold is known for American Fable (2016).
Penny Orloff
Penny Orloff was a working actor/dancer in LA when a Juilliard scholarship took her to New York. She had featured roles on Broadway, working for such directors as Harold Prince and Joseph Papp; and sang more than 20 Principal Soprano roles for New York City Opera, under Julius Rudel and Beverly Sills. In a 50+ year career, she starred in over 100 productions off-Broadway, regionally, and on tour. Her solo show, "Jewish Thighs on Broadway" (based on her novel of the same name, available on Amazon.com), toured the US for a decade, including a successful off-Broadway run in 2005. Having outlived most of her early competition for film roles, since 2012 she has enjoyed acting in a range of interesting shorts, Indie, and feature films - silver-white hair and a Botox-free face are, apparently, in short supply in LA... Orloff is an arts journalist, reviewing theatre, symphony, dance and chamber music locally for a variety of print and online outlets. She is a regular contributor of stories to the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise; and has worked as art therapist at a drug and alcohol rehab facility since 2007. Oh, the stories... Her second solo show, "Songs and Stories from a Not-Quite-Kosher Life," changes from time to time, to accommodate the ongoing adventure. Stay tuned.
Penny Peyser
Penny Peyser was born in Irvington, New York, USA. Penny is an actor and writer, known for The In-Laws (1979), Crazy Like a Fox (1984) and Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976). Penny has been married to Doug McIntyre since July 6, 2002. Penny was previously married to David Brady and James Carroll Jordan.
Penny Rann
Penny Rann is known for Annabellum: The Curse of Salem (2019).
Penny Richardson
Penny Richardson is an actress, known for The Young Offenders (2018).
Penny Rothwell
Penny Rothwell is an actress, known for The Drownsman (2014) and The Heretics (2017).