Garry Kent Marshall was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor.
24 Facts About Garry Marshall
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Garry Marshall rose to fame in the 1970s for creating the ABC sitcom Happy Days, and went on to direct the films The Flamingo Kid, Overboard, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and The Princess Diaries, and the romantic comedy ensemble films Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve and Mother's Day.
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Garry Kent Marshall was born in the Bronx, New York City, on November 13,1934, the only son and the eldest child of Anthony "Tony" Masciarelli, a director of industrial films and producer, and Marjorie Irene, the owner and teacher in a tap dance school.
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Garry Marshall was the brother of actress-director Penny Marshall and Ronny Marshall Hallin, a television producer.
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Garry Marshall's father was of Italian descent, his family having come from San Martino sulla Marrucina, Chieti, Abruzzo, and his mother was of German, English, and Scottish ancestry.
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Garry Marshall's father changed his last name from Masciarelli to Marshall before his son Garry was born.
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Garry Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and raised Lutheran for a time.
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Garry Marshall attended De Witt Clinton High School and Northwestern University, where he wrote a sports column for The Daily Northwestern, and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
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Garry Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster and became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.
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Garry Marshall teamed up with writing partner Jerry Belson, and the two worked together through the 1960s.
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Garry Marshall was a co-creator of Makin' It, which the three men produced.
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Elizondo appeared in every film that Garry Marshall directed, beginning with his first feature film Young Doctors in Love.
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In 1984, Garry Marshall had a film hit as the writer and director of The Flamingo Kid.
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Garry Marshall had several responsibilities during this period of his career: most of his hit television series were created and executive produced by him.
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Garry Marshall's first producing assignment came with Hey, Landlord in 1966.
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Garry Marshall stepped up the next year, producing The Lucy Show.
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Garry Marshall went on to focus on directing feature films, with a series of hits, such as Beaches, Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries, Valentine's Day, and New Year's Eve.
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Garry Marshall appeared in two episodes of Happy Days as a drummer.
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Garry Marshall was a drummer in the second last scene of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and he plays a drummer in his film Overboard.
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In 2014, Garry Marshall appeared in a guest star role in a February episode in season 11 of Two and a Half Men.
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Garry Marshall died at a hospital in Burbank, California on the morning of July 19,2016 due to complications of pneumonia after suffering a stroke.
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In 1996, Garry Marshall was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of excellence and innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.
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Garry Marshall was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of television in 1997.
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Garry Marshall received the Valentine Davies Award and Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement from the Writers Guild of America.