Actress and comedian Penny Marshall has passed away at the age of 75.
Television and film star Penny Marshall passed away on Monday evening, local time, at her Los Angeles home following complications from diabetes, her publicist Michelle Bega said.
Marshall rose to fame for her part as Laverne DeFazio in the 1970s sitcom Laverne and Shirley, where she played a blue-collar worker in a beer factory.
The 75-year-old went on to become the first female director to gross $100 million with film Big in 1988 and followed up her success when she was the exectuive producer for A League of Their Own.
"Penny was a girl from the Bronx, who came out West, put a cursive 'L' on her sweater and transformed herself into a Hollywood success story," said a statement sent by her publicist.
The Marshall family said in a statement: "Our family is heartbroken over the passing of Penny Marshall.”
Marshall was married twice, first to Michael Henry from 1961 to 1963, and later to Rob Reiner from 1971 to 1979.
"I loved Penny," Reiner wrote on Twitter. "I grew up with her. She was born with a great gift. She was born with a funnybone [sic] and the instinct of how to use it. I was very lucky to have lived with her and her funnybone [sic]. I will miss her."
Many other celebrities have paid respect to Marshall via Twitter.
Penny Marshall &I made Jumping Jack Flash together & the 1st film she directed & the second film i was ever in.We laughed, we yelled & for her i was a little black woman in a big silver box”being dragged thru the streets of LA. My condolences to Tracy &family RIP Penny Marshall
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) December 19, 2018
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN is still the highest grossing baseball film of all time. Penny Marshall did THAT. pic.twitter.com/xl0zcPboE9
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) December 18, 2018
Late Actress Penny Marshall Was the First-Ever Guest Star on The Simpsons https://t.co/Kb10239Fjk
— People (@people) December 19, 2018
#RIPPennyMarshall She was funny & so smart. She made the transition from sitcom star to A List movie director with ease & had a major impact on both mediums. All that & always relaxed, funny & totally unpretentious. I was lucky to have known & worked with her. https://t.co/pf2kfIkCH4
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) December 18, 2018
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