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<p>Most people know Penny Marshall as the director of <i>Big</i> and <i>A League of Their Own</i>. What they don’t know is her trailblazing career was a happy accident. In this funny and intimate memoir, Penny takes us from the stage of The <i>Jackie Gleason Show</i> in 1955 to Hollywood’s star-studded sets, offering up some hilarious detours along the way.</p> <p><i>My Mother Was Nuts</i> is an intimate backstage pass to Penny’s personal life, her breakout role on <i>The Odd Couple</i>, her exploits with Cindy Williams and John Belushi, and her travels across Europe with Art Garfunkel on the back of a motorcycle. We see Penny get married. And divorced. And married again (the second time to Rob Reiner). We meet a young Carrie Fisher, whose close friendship with Penny has spanned decades. And we see Penny at work with Tom Hanks, Mark Wahlberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro, and Whitney Houston.</p> <p>Throughout it all, from her childhood spent tap dancing in the Bronx, to her rise as the star of <i>Laverne &amp; Shirley</i>, Penny lived by simple rules: “try hard, help your friends, don’t get too crazy, and have fun.” With humor and heart, <i>My Mother Was Nuts</i> reveals there’

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Author
Marshall, Penny
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9780544320833
Category
humor
Subjects
Sports, Literary Fiction, Fiction
Rating
3.68 / 5 (5,220 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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