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With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movies like The Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, and The Princess Diaries under his belt, Garry Marshall has been among the most successful writers, directors, and producers in America for more than five decades. His work on the small and big screen has delighted audiences for the last three decades and has withstood the test of time. In My Happy Days in Hollywood, Marshall takes us on a journey from his stickball-playing days in the Bronx to his time at the helm of some of the most popular television series and movies of all time, sharing the joys and challenges of working with the Fonz and the young Julia Roberts, the “street performer” Robin Williams, and the young Anne Hathaway, among many others.
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GARRY MARSHALL is a veteran producer, director and writer of film, television and theatre. He learned his craft writing jokes for Lucille Ball, Dick Van Dyke and Danny Thomas. He has created and produced some of television's most beloved situation comedies including HAPPY DAYS, LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, THE ODD COUPLE and MORK & MINDY. Garry went on to directed some of America's favorite romantic comedies like OVERBOARD, BEACHES, PRETTY WOMAN, THE PRINCESS DIARIES 1 & 2, and VALENTINE'S DAY. Marshall has been married to his wife, Barbara, for close to 50 years, and has three children and six grandchildren. He writes with his daughter Lori; acts in movies directed by his son, Scott; and produces plays at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California, with his daughter Kathleen.
