Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall died on Monday of complication from diabetes

Penny Marshall, the star of ABC's "Laverne and Shirley" who became one of the most successful female directors in history at the helm of "Big," "A League of Their Own" and a string of other hit movies, has died. She was 75. The filmmaker died peacefully in her Hollywood Hills on Monday due to complications from diabetes

Mr Marshall made his directorial debut in 1967 on his series Hey, Landlord. The first feature Marshall directed was the 1982 comedy Young Doctors in Love but his first big screen blockbuster was 1990's Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.

Penny Marshall died on Monday of complication from diabetes

Penny Marshall, the star of ABC's "Laverne and Shirley" who became one of the most successful female directors in history at the helm of "Big," "A League of Their Own" and a string of other hit movies, has died. She was 75. The filmmaker died peacefully in her Hollywood Hills on Monday due to complications from diabetes

Mr Marshall made his directorial debut in 1967 on his series Hey, Landlord. The first feature Marshall directed was the 1982 comedy Young Doctors in Love but his first big screen blockbuster was 1990's Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.