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.
早年經(jīng)歷
1943年10月15日，潘妮·馬歇爾出生在紐約布朗克斯區(qū)一個(gè)演藝之家。高中畢業(yè)后，潘妮進(jìn)入新墨西哥大學(xué)，主修數(shù)學(xué)和心理學(xué)，沒(méi)過(guò)多久，她與校內(nèi)的橄欖球明星邁克爾·亨利開(kāi)始熱戀，不久之后還有了身孕。
20歲不到，潘妮便放棄了學(xué)業(yè)，有了自己的第一段婚姻?？上?，這段婚姻僅持續(xù)了三年不到，黯然神傷的潘妮帶著女兒翠西回到了紐約家中，投靠哥哥蓋瑞，在后者主理的一些電視作品中演些小配角。
演藝經(jīng)歷
1976年，她出演了《拉維恩和雪莉》一片，飾演兩位啤酒廠的流水線女工。前前后后一共得到了3次最佳電視劇音樂(lè)喜劇女主角的提名。隨后，她順利地得到了各大電影公司的關(guān)注。
1980年代，她開(kāi)始執(zhí)導(dǎo)影片。
1986年，他拍攝了《東西戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)》這部喜劇片，并順利捧紅了當(dāng)時(shí)在影視圈還寂寂無(wú)名的烏比·戈德堡。
1988年，她和湯姆·漢克斯合作，拍攝了著名的科幻片《長(zhǎng)大》。該片以一個(gè)小孩一夜之間突然變?yōu)槌赡耆藶槠鯔C(jī)，講述了成人世界的復(fù)雜多變和兒童的純真善良。該片在北美地區(qū)收獲了超過(guò)1億美元的票房，而潘妮·馬歇爾也成為歷史上首位單片票房過(guò)億美元的女導(dǎo)演。成為了當(dāng)仁不讓的好萊塢女導(dǎo)演的先行者。
1990年，潘妮·馬歇爾拍攝了《無(wú)語(yǔ)問(wèn)蒼天》。
個(gè)人生活
卡洛爾·潘妮·馬歇爾的父親安東尼·馬歇爾從事電影導(dǎo)演、制片工作，母親是踢踏舞老師。比潘妮稍長(zhǎng)幾歲的姐姐羅妮是電視制作人，比她年長(zhǎng)九歲的哥哥蓋瑞·馬歇爾，曾執(zhí)導(dǎo)過(guò)《風(fēng)月俏佳人》《公主日記》等賣座片的著名導(dǎo)演，于2016年去世。
潘妮的第二任丈夫是著名導(dǎo)演羅伯·萊納，曾執(zhí)導(dǎo)《伴我同行》《當(dāng)哈利遇上莎莉》《義海雄風(fēng)》等片。
