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2 unusual facts about Garry Marshall


Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel

In the Garry Marshall film Beaches, a young Hillary Whitney stays with her family at the hotel, where she treats a young C. C. Bloom to chocolate sodas in the Garden Court.

Miller-Boyett Productions

He later wrote episodes for Nanny and the Professor and Me and the Chimp and co-created that show with Garry Marshall.


Richard W. Leopold

Among the prominent students whom Leopold influenced in their careers were Sen. George McGovern (D-SD), former Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Rep. James Kolbe (R-AZ), former assistant secretary of state Phyllis E. Oakley, historian John Morton Blum, journalist Georgie Anne Geyer, and television and motion picture director Garry Marshall.

Soapdish

It stars Sally Field as an aging soap star, joined by Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall, Kathy Najimy, and Carrie Fisher, as well as cameo appearances by TV personalities like Leeza Gibbons, John Tesh (both playing themselves as Entertainment Tonight hosts/reporters), real-life soap opera actors, Stephen Nichols and Finola Hughes and Ben Stein.


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Penny Marshall

Then Garry Marshall, creator/part-time writer for Happy Days, cast his sister, Penny, and Cindy Williams to guest on an episode of that show.

Real Life with Sharon Caddy

Guests have included Glen Peloso (Restaurant Makeover), Elizabeth Baird (Canadian Living), Mark Cullen, Ricardo (Ricardo and Friends), Anthony Sedlak, Christine Cushing, Garry Marshall, Hal Linden, Erica Ehm, Mike Chalut (Kim's Rude Awakening, W Network), Trisha Romance, Michael W. Smith and many others.