Penny Marshall, who indelibly starred in the top-rated sitcom 91裸聊视频淟averne & Shirley91裸聊视频� before becoming the trailblazing director of smash-hit big-screen comedies such as 91裸聊视频淏ig91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淎 League of Their Own,91裸聊视频� has died. She was 75.

Michelle Bega, a spokeswoman for the Marshall family, said Tuesday that Marshall died in her Los Angeles home on Monday night due to complications from diabetes. Marshall earlier fought lung cancer, which went into remission in 2013. 91裸聊视频淥ur family is heartbroken,91裸聊视频� the Marshall family said in a statement.

In 91裸聊视频淟averne & Shirley,91裸聊视频� among television91裸聊视频檚 biggest hits for much of its eight-season run between 1976-1983, the nasal-voiced, Bronx-born Marshall starred as Laverne DeFazio alongside Cindy Williams as a pair of blue-collar roommates toiling on the assembly line of a Milwaukee brewery. A spinoff of 91裸聊视频淗appy Days,91裸聊视频� the series was the rare network hit about working-class characters, and its self-empowering opening song (91裸聊视频淕ive us any chance, we91裸聊视频檒l take it/ Read us any rule, we91裸聊视频檒l break it91裸聊视频�) foreshadowed Marshall91裸聊视频檚 own path as a pioneering female filmmaker in the male-dominated movie business.

91裸聊视频淎lmost everyone had a theory about why 91裸聊视频楲averne & Shirley91裸聊视频� took off,91裸聊视频� Marshall wrote in her 2012 memoir 91裸聊视频淢y Mother Was Nuts.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频滻 thought it was simply because Laverne and Shirley were poor and there were no poor people on TV, but there were plenty of them sitting at home and watching TV.91裸聊视频�

Marshall directed several episodes of 91裸聊视频淟averne & Shirley,91裸聊视频� which her older brother, the late filmmaker-producer Garry Marshall, created. Those episodes helped launch Marshall as a filmmaker. When Whoopi Goldberg clashed with director Howard Zieff, she brought in Marshall to direct 91裸聊视频淛umpin91裸聊视频� Jack Flash,91裸聊视频� the 1986 comedy starring Goldberg.

91裸聊视频淛umpin91裸聊视频� Jack Flash91裸聊视频� did fair business, but Marshall91裸聊视频檚 next film, 91裸聊视频淏ig,91裸聊视频� was a major success, making her the first woman to direct a film that grossed more than $100 million. The 1988 comedy, starring Tom Hanks, is about a 12-year-old boy who wakes up in the body of a 30-year-old New York City man. The film, which earned Hanks an Oscar nomination, grossed $151 million worldwide, or about $320 million accounting for inflation.

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The honour meant only so much to the typically self-deprecating Marshall. 91裸聊视频淭hey didn91裸聊视频檛 give ME the money,91裸聊视频� Marshall later joked to The New Yorker.

Marshall reteamed with Hanks for 91裸聊视频淎 League of Their Own,91裸聊视频� the 1992 comedy about the women91裸聊视频檚 professional baseball league begun during World War II, starring Geena Davis, Madonna and Rosie O91裸聊视频橠onnell. That, too, crossed $100 million, making $107.5 million domestically.

More than any other films, 91裸聊视频淎 League of Their Own91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淏ig91裸聊视频� ensured Marshall91裸聊视频檚 stamp on the late 91裸聊视频�80s, early 91裸聊视频�90s. The piano dance scene in FAO Schwartz in 91裸聊视频淏ig91裸聊视频� became iconic. Hanks91裸聊视频� reprimand from 91裸聊视频淎 League of Their Own91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 no crying in baseball!91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� remains quoted on baseball diamonds everywhere.

On Tuesday, Marshall91裸聊视频檚 passing was felt across film, television and comedy . 91裸聊视频淏ig91裸聊视频� producer James L. Brooks praised her for making 91裸聊视频渇ilms which celebrated humans91裸聊视频� and for her helping hand to young comedians and writers. 91裸聊视频淭o many of us lost ones she was, at the time, the world91裸聊视频檚 greatest den mother.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淪he had a heart of gold. Tough as nails,91裸聊视频� recalled Danny DeVito, who starred in Marshall91裸聊视频檚 1994 comedy 91裸聊视频淩enaissance Man.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频漇he could play round ball with the best of them.91裸聊视频�

Marshall91裸聊视频檚 early success in a field where few women rose so high made her an inspiration to other aspiring female filmmakers. Ava DuVernay, whose 91裸聊视频淎 Wrinkle in Time91裸聊视频� was the first $100 million-budgeted film directed by a woman of colour, said Tuesday: 91裸聊视频淭hank you, Penny Marshall. For the trails you blazed. The laughs you gave. The hearts you warmed.91裸聊视频�

In between 91裸聊视频淏ig91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淎 League of Their Own,91裸聊视频� Marshall made the Oliver Sacks adaptation 91裸聊视频淎wakenings,91裸聊视频� with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. The medical drama, while not as successful at the box office, became only the second film directed by a woman nominated for best picture.

Carole Penny Marshall was born Oct. 15, 1943, in the Bronx. Her mother, Marjorie Marshall, was a dance teacher, and her father, Anthony, made industrial films. Their marriage was strained. Her mother91裸聊视频檚 caustic wit 91裸聊视频� a major source of material and of pain in Marshall91裸聊视频檚 memoir 91裸聊视频� was formative. (One remembered line: 91裸聊视频淵ou were a miscarriage, but you were stubborn and held on.91裸聊视频�)

91裸聊视频淭hose words are implanted in your soul, unfortunately. It91裸聊视频檚 just the way it was,91裸聊视频� Marshall once recalled. 91裸聊视频淵ou had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know? When she says it about somebody else, you laughed, but when it was you, you didn91裸聊视频檛 laugh so much.91裸聊视频�

During college at the University of New Mexico, Marshall met Michael Henry, whom she married briefly for two years and with whom she had a daughter, Tracy. Marshall would later wed the director Rob Reiner, a marriage that lasted from 1971 to 1981. Tracy, who took the name Reiner, became an actress; one of her first roles was a brief appearance in her mother91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淛umpin91裸聊视频� Jack Flash.91裸聊视频� Marshall is also survived by her older sister, Ronny, and three grandchildren.

Marshall91裸聊视频檚 brother Garry, already established as a writer, coaxed her to move out to Los Angeles in 1967. She studied acting while supporting herself as a secretary 91裸聊视频� a role she would later play on 91裸聊视频淗appy Days.91裸聊视频� Her first commercial was for Head & Shoulders opposite a then-unknown Farrah Fawcett.

91裸聊视频淚 just cannot bring myself to accept that the homely person on the screen is me,91裸聊视频� Marshall told TV Guide in 1976. 91裸聊视频淚 grew up believing an actress is supposed to be beautiful. After I saw myself in a 91裸聊视频楲ove American Style91裸聊视频� segment, I cried for three days. I91裸聊视频檝e had braces put on my teeth twice, but they did no good.91裸聊视频�

Marshall never again matched the run of 91裸聊视频淏ig,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频滱wakenings91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淎 League of Their Own.91裸聊视频� Her next film, the Army recruit comedy 91裸聊视频淩enaissance Man,91裸聊视频� flopped. She directed 91裸聊视频淭he Preacher91裸聊视频檚 Wife91裸聊视频� (1996) with Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston. Her last film as director was 200191裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淩iding in Cars With Boys,91裸聊视频� with Drew Barrymore. Marshall also helmed episodes of ABC91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淎ccording to Jim91裸聊视频� in 2009 and Showtime91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淯nited States of Tara91裸聊视频� in 2010 and 2011, and directed the 2010 TV movie 91裸聊视频淲omen Without Men.91裸聊视频�

Marshall, a courtside regular at Los Angeles Lakers games, left behind a long-in-the-making documentary about former NBA star Dennis Rodman. When the project was announced in 2012, Marshall said Rodman asked her to do it.

91裸聊视频淚 have a little radar to the insane,91裸聊视频� explained Marshall. 91裸聊视频淭hey seek me out.91裸聊视频�

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Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

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