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Garry Marshall

Known for
Chicken Little (2005), Murphy Brown (1988), Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

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Garry Marshall is an actor best known for Chicken Little, Murphy Brown and Race to Witch Mountain.

  1. #001

    In Hocus Pocus (1993), Garry Marshall played the husband of his real-life sister Penny Marshall.

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  2. #002

    Garry Marshall directed an Oscar-nominated performance: Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990).

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    Garry Marshall was known for his passion for basketball: his contracts often required studios to provide a basketball court on film locations.

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  4. #004

    Garry Marshall was Rob Reiner's former brother-in-law.

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  5. #005

    Garry Marshall owned and operated the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California, run by his daughter Kathleen Marshall and Rowan Joseph.

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    Shortly before his death, Garry Marshall was planning a sequel to the Princess Diaries films he had directed with actresses Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. After his death, the project never came to fruition.

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  7. #007

    Sam Wood's The Pride of the Yankees (1942) was Garry Marshall's favorite film.

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  8. #008

    Garry Marshall was the brother of Penny Marshall and Ronny Hallin (née Marshall).

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  9. #009

    Garry Marshall began his career as a comedy writer.

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  10. #010

    Garry Marshall said that because of his New York City background and accent, and because he had Anglicized his surname, people would mistakenly believe or assume he was Jewish.

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  11. #011

    Garry Marshall's father was of Italian descent. His maternal grandfather was of English, Scottish and Irish descent, and his maternal grandmother was of German descent.

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  12. #012

    Garry Marshall was the original choice to direct Sleepless in Seattle (1993), which went to Nora Ephron.

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  13. #013

    Garry Marshall had a fear of heights.

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  14. #014

    In 1959, Garry Marshall worked as a reporter at the New York Daily News, then in 1960 he worked as a sports statistician.

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  15. #015

    Garry Marshall was the son of Anthony W. Marshall and dance instructor Marjorie Marshall (née Ward).

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  16. #016

    On November 23, 1983, Garry Marshall was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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  17. #017

    Garry Marshall was the father of Lori Marshall, Kathleen Marshall and Scott Marshall.

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  18. #018

    He attended and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York (1952).

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  19. #019

    He attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), which has a building named for him and his wife that specializes in radio, television and film production. While at the university he wrote for the Daily Northwestern Sports Beat and advocated for NU's withdrawal from the Big Ten athletic conference.

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  20. #020

    He was the uncle of Tracy Reiner, Penny Lee Hallin, Judy Hallin and Wendy S. Hallin.

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