Ronny Hallin, 1938 – 2026

TV producer, casting director, and sometimes actress Ronny Hallin, 88, died on Oct. 27. Hallin was one of the “Marshall Mafia,” sibling to producer Garry Marshall and actress/director Penny Marshall. Hallin acted on TV in The Odd Couple (as Myrna Turner’s sister Verna Turner) and Laverne & Shirley, and in the movies Frankie and Johnny, Exit to Eden, and Raising Helen. She worked as casting director on Laverne and Shirley and Happy Days, and eventually went into producing: Mork and Mindy, Joanie Loves Chachi, The New Odd Couple, Blansky’s Beauties, You Again?, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, The Hogan Family, Step by Step. Her children are producer Judy Hallin, editor Penny Lee Hallin, and production assistant Wendy Hallin.