11:02 am | December 18, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
Penny Marshall, who brought the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League to the silver screen while producing “A League of Their Own” in 1992, has died. She was 75.
Marshall, one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, died in her Hollywood Hills, California, home on Monday thanks to complications from diabetes, her publicist said.
We join the baseball community in mourning the passing of Penny Marshall, director of “A League of Their Own.” pic.twitter.com/RITPLo5xN7
— MLB (@MLB) December 18, 2018
The #HOF remembers actor/director Penny Marshall, who brought the @AAGPBL heroes to life through “A League of Their Own”. Marshall, who visited the Hall of Fame in 2002, passed away on Monday. Photo: Milo Stewart Jr. pic.twitter.com/XwOfBa21PA
— Baseball Hall ⚾ (@baseballhall) December 18, 2018
“A League of Their Own” chronicled the Rockford Peaches of the AAGPBL, and the cast included Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell. The film grossed more than $100 million.
Marshall, who made frequent courtside appearances at Los Angeles Lakers games over the years, starred in the ABC television hit “Laverne & Shirley” and, as a filmmaker, became the first woman to direct a film that grossed more than $100 million with “Big,” which also starred Hanks.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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