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Penny Marshall

American actress, director and producer (1943–2018)

1.53body-of-work score · ranked #619 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
October 15, 1943 · The Bronx
Died
December 17, 2018 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Penny Marshall
ABC · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    A League of Their Own

    1992 · United States · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1992 #7 · National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.733 citations
  2. 2
    Awakenings

    1990 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1990 · Ebert's annual top 10 1990 #8

    0.612 citations
  3. 3
    Big

    1988 · United States · comedy, romance, fantasy

    Empire 500 (2008) #190

    0.201 citation

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.