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Profile of Garry Marshall
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Garry Marshall |
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13th November 1934 |
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New York, New York, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor/director/writer/producer. He is the brother of actress/director Penny Marshall.
Born in New York City to Italian-American Anthony Wallace Marsciarelli and Marjorie Irene Ward, who was of English and Scottish descent. Marshall attended Northwestern University, where he wrote a sports column for the college newspaper. He began as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster, then he became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In 1961 he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show. They then adapted Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple for television. On his own, Marshall created Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley (starring his sister Penny), and Mork & Mindy.
In 1984 Marshall had a movie hit as the writer of The Flamingo Kid. He went on to direct Nothing in Common, Overboard, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Frankie and Johnny, and Exit to Eden, among others.
Marshall is also a fine comic actor who often plays wisecracking guys who tell it like it is, having appeared in the television series Murphy Brown and in such movies as Goldfinger (uncredited), Grand Theft Auto, Lost in America, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Runaway Bride, Orange County and A League of Their Own, directed by his sister.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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