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*A to Z of Filmmakers*


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*Penny _Marshall_* - After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley. A ratings success, the show ran from 1976 until 1983, and Marshall received three Golden Globe award nominations for her performance.

 

She progressed to directing films such as Big (1988), *the first film directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office.*

 

Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and A League of Their Own (1992).

 

In more recent years, she has produced Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005), as well as episodes of According to Jim (2009).

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