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Biography

Early life

Marshall was born in New York City to Anthony Wallace Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a producer, and Marjorie Irene Ward, a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school.^[1] He is the brother of actress/director Penny Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a TV producer. His father was of Italian descent, his family having come from Abruzzo,^[2] and his mother was of English and Scottish descent;^[3][4] his father changed his last name from "Marsciarelli" to "Marshall" before Garry was born.^[5] Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and also raised in the Lutheran religion for a time.^[6] He attended Northwestern University and is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, where he wrote a sports column for The Daily Northwestern. Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... Sponsored film, or ephemeral film, as defined by film archivist Rick Prelinger, is film made by a particular sponsor for a specific purpose other than as a work of art: the films were designed to serve a specific pragmatic purpose for a limited time. ... Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American actress, producer and director. ... Abruzzo is a region of Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Daily Northwestern is a student newspaper at Northwestern University that is published on weekdays during the academic year. ...

Career

Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster, and then 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. He was also a co-creator of the short-lived sitcom Makin' It.^[7] A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Joey Bishop (born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb on February 3, 1918 in The Bronx, New York, USA) is a Jewish American actor. ... Phil Foster with Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams on the set of Laverne & Shirley Phil Foster: Actor, Performer Born: in Brooklyn, March 29, 1914 Died: in California, July 8, 1985 Best Known For: Playing Frank De Fazio, on the television show Laverne & Shirley. ... The First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush and current host Jay Leno. ... Jack Parr redirects here. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... ... Born in El Centro, California on July 8th 1938, Jerry Belson was a writer, director, and producer of Hollywood films for over forty years. ... The Dick Van Dyke Show was an American television situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to September 7, 1966. ... The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons ) was a sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. // Danny Thomas played Danny Williams, a successful comedian and nightclub entertainer. ... Lucille Ball in still from a 1966 episode of The Lucy Show The Lucy Show was Lucille Balls follow up show to I Love Lucy. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... The Odd Couple was a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to July 4, 1975 on ABC. It starred Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison. ... Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ... Mork and Mindy was a half-hour sci-fi-based situation comedy broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network. ... Makin It was a short-lived sitcom starring David Naughton, who later starred in An American Werewolf in London, as a disco dancer in the late 1970s. ...

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, Exit to Eden, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Raising Helen and most recently Georgia Rule. The Flamingo Kid was the first movie to receive a PG-13 rating, although it was released after Red Dawn. ... Nothing in Common is a 1986 comedy-drama film, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Tom Hanks and comedian Jackie Gleason, in his last film performance. ... Overboard is a movie starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell that was released in the summer of 1987. ... Beaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. ... Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy motion picture. ... Frankie and Johnny is a 1991 motion picture directed by Garry Marshall. ... Exit to Eden is a novel by Anne Rice, initially published in 1985 under the pen name Anne Rampling, but subsequently under Rices name. ... The Princess Diaries is a comedy-drama film and the screen adaptation of Meg Cabots 2000 novel of the same name. ... The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is a sequel of The Princess Diaries which was released in 2004. ... Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy/drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. ... Georgia Rule is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Garrett Hedlund, Cary Elwes, Dermot Mulroney, and Felicity Huffman. ...

Marshall is also a comic actor who often plays wisecracking guys who tell it like it is^{[citation needed]}, and has appeared in the television series Murphy Brown and in such movies as Goldfinger (in his youth, playing one of the American gangsters gathered to hear about "Project Grand Slam" in one of the film's several uncredited roles),^{[8] [9]} Grand Theft Auto, Hocus Pocus, Lost in America, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Runaway Bride, Orange County, and A League of Their Own, directed by his sister. He also acts in stage productions. He is now a permanent judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality TV series On the Lot. Murphy Brown was an Emmy Award-winning American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. ... For the villain in this film, see Auric Goldfinger. ... Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 movie made by director Ron Howard. ... Hocus Pocus is a childrens Halloween themed film released by Disney. ... Lost in America is a 1985 film starring Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty as yuppies David and Linda Howard who are fed up with the corporate lifestyle. ... This article is about the movie. ... A runaway bride is a bride who runs away from the wedding chapel, usually shortly before the ceremony. ... Orange County is an American movie released in 2002. ... A League of Their Own is a 1992 film which tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... A film being made in Warsaw, Bracka street Filmmaking is the process of making a film. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... On the Lot is a reality show competition produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. ...

Marshall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His son, Scott Marshall, is also a director. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Scott Marshall is an American film director. ...

References

External links

• Garry Marshall at the Internet Movie Database