Penny Marshall, Star Of ‘Laverne And Shirley’ And Director Of ‘Big’ And ‘A League Of Their Own’, Dead At 75

Her sitcom, a spinoff from Happy Days, was one of the two or three most popular series on American television in the late 1970s; with Big and A League of Their Own, she became the first woman to direct one, and then two, films that grossed more than $100 million. — Variety