This year we complete the tribute to the late actress and director by inducting her as herself during the month in which we celebrate the League of Themselves.
From Wikipedia:
Carole Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, director, and producer. She came to notice in the 1970s for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom ‘Laverne & Shirley’ (1976–1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal.
Marshall made her directorial debut with “Jumpin' Jack Flash” (1986) before directing “Big” (1988), which became the first film directed by a woman to gross more than $100 million at the U.S. box office. Her subsequent directing credits included “Awakenings” (1990), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, “A League of Their Own” (1992), “Renaissance Man” (1994), “The Preacher's Wife” (1996) and “Riding in Cars with Boys” (2001). She also produced “Cinderella Man” (2005) and “Bewitched” (2005), and directed episodes of the TV series ‘According to Jim’ and ‘United States of Tara’.
Here are the TV series in which she played herself and which qualified her for membership in the TVXOHOF:
- Cablevision (1982)
From the IMDb:
Kip & Henry and their friends put together a cable TV show, to help keep a client and advertise his business. As well as promising him celebrity guest Penny Marshall.
Taxi
- Louie Moves Uptown (1983)
Louie has a revelation, he lives like he is so he sets his sights on a high rise condo. All he needs to do is borrow money from Jim and beat out Penny Marshall for the flat.
- Hollywood (1998)
Chic heads to Hollywood with a hot property left behind in his cab by Penny Marshall.
I'm with Her
- The Kid Stays in the Picture (2004)
I have no information on this....
- Crash and Burn (2006)
PENNY MARSHALL:
- Hey, Ariel Gold.
ARI GOLD:
- Hey, Penny. Only my mom calls me that and still I better have a fever of 103.
PENNY MARSHALL:
- How are you?
ARI GOLD:
- Okay.
PENNY MARSHALL:
- I was just up seeing one of your guys.
ARI GOLD:
- Oh yeah? Who?
PENNY MARSHALL:
We're looking at Jimmy Whitaker for the Encyclopedia Brown trilogy.
ARI GOLD:
Jimmy Whitaker, the pride and joy of my young burgeoning teen division.
PENNY MARSHALL:
Yeah, I'll tell you what, let's make a deal. You do the whole "schlemiel, schlimazel, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated"
ARI GOLD:
- he's all yours, all right?
PENNY MARSHALL:
- Don't be a schmuck, Ari, okay?
ARI GOLD:
- What?
PENNY MARSHALL:
- It's a great project. It's gonna be a heck of a franchise. The first one takes place in the Kremlin.
ARI GOLD:
Really? Good luck faking Moscow in Vancouver.
PENNY MARSHALL:
No no no. The hell with Vancouver. We're doing it right.
ARI GOLD:
- Kazakhstan?
PENNY MARSHALL:
- Mm-hmm.
ARI GOLD:
Jimmy Whitaker is a spoiled prick. You want to hire Max Ballard. He's Dakota Fanning with a dick.
PENNY MARSHALL:
I heard Ballard was difficult.
ARI GOLD:
He's my next-door neighbor. He is humble as pie. I have been trying to sign that kid for years.
PENNY MARSHALL:
Wow, Ari. He's not even one of your guys.
ARI GOLD:
I am a team player. Boom! You owe me.
PENNY MARSHALL:
Come here.
[They hug it out.]
ARI GOLD:
- Max Ballard.
PENNY MARSHALL:
- Ballard.
ARI GOLD:
- Quit smoking.
PENNY MARSHALL:
- All right.
- The Woman at the Airport (2006)
REPORTER:
I'm here with Penny Marshall, one of the most prolific "hyphenates" in Hollywood. Actress, producer and director of such hits as "A League Of Their Own" and "Big". Her latest project is "Bred In The Bone", a thriller based on the bestselling novel by crime-fighting anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan. OK, so how did this all come together?
DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN:
I have no idea.
PENNY MARSHALL:
Well, my brother Garry gave me the book, and I liked it, And then this whole bidding war started, and I usually don't get into that kind of thing, but in this case….
REPORTER:
A bidding war? That's got to be a thrill for a first-time author.
DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN:
I wasn't actually there.
REPORTER:
You must be a big fan of Penny's films. So which one's your favorite? I enjoyed her humorous treatment of the time/space paradox.
REPORTER:
"Big"! Very funny.
PENNY MARSHALL:
"Time/space paradox"….
REPORTER:
Penny, who is going to write the script?
DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN:
Don't I get to do that?
PENNY MARSHALL:
We'll talk.
The Bronx Is Burning
- Past Combatants (2007)
O’Bservation:
Her appearance in this was archival footage, so somebody on the Yankees or at the police precinct was probably watching ‘Laverne & Shirley’.
Welcome to the Hall, Ms. Marshall....
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