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 2 1/2 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 first 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 TV 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. 早年经历 1943年10月15日，潘妮·马歇尔出生在纽约布朗克斯区一个演艺之家。高中毕业后，潘妮进入新墨西哥大学，主修数学和心理学，没过多久，她与校内的橄榄球明星迈克尔·亨利开始热恋，不久之后还有了身孕20岁不到，潘妮便放弃了学业，有了自己的第一段婚姻。可惜，这段婚姻仅持续了三年不到，黯然神伤的潘妮带着女儿翠西回到了纽约家中，投靠哥哥盖瑞，在后者主理的一些电视作品中演些小配角。 演艺经历 1976年，她出演了《拉维恩和雪莉》一片，饰演两位啤酒厂的流水线女工。前前后后一共得到了3次最佳电视剧音乐喜剧女主角的提名。随后，她顺利地得到了各大电影公司的关注。1980年代，她开始执导影片。1986年，他拍摄了《东西战争》这部喜剧片，并顺利捧红了当时在影视圈还寂寂无名的乌比·戈德堡。1988年，她和汤姆·汉克斯合作，拍摄了著名的科幻片《长大》。该片以一个小孩一夜之间突然变为成年人为契机，讲述了成人世界的复杂多变和儿童的纯真善良。该片在北美地区收获了超过1亿美元的票房，而潘妮·马歇尔也成为历史上首位单片票房过亿美元的女导演。成为了当仁不让的好莱坞女导演的先行者。1990年，潘妮·马歇尔拍摄了《无语问苍天》。 个人生活 卡洛尔·潘妮·马歇尔的父亲安东尼·马歇尔从事电影导演、制片工作，母亲是踢踏舞老师。比潘妮稍长几岁的姐姐罗妮是电视制作人，比她年长九岁的哥哥盖瑞·马歇尔，曾执导过《风月俏佳人》《公主日记》等卖座片的著名导演，于2016年去世。潘妮的第二任丈夫是著名导演罗伯·莱纳，曾执导《伴我同行》《当哈利遇上莎莉》《义海雄风》等片。
