We didn't get Laverne and Shirley over here but this is the comic actor who went on to direct 'Big'! 
Yes THAT 'Big'!
and also Awakenings, A League of Their Own and Driving in Cars with Boys in 2001 a much underrated comedy based on her years on the American sitcom show she started in

Actress and director Penny Marshall 
(born Carole Penny Marshall in The Bronx, NY) 
- October 15, 1943 - December 17, 2018, RIP