Penny Marshall: Laverne DeFazio

Quotes 

• Shirley Feeney : [discussing one of Shirley's relatives who was fine for six months after an accident and then relapsed]  She couldn't perform any of her wifely duties.

  Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa : Oh, cooking and cleaning?

  Laverne DeFazio : [getting what Shirley means]  Not at all?

  Shirley Feeney : Zilcho.

  Laverne DeFazio : No wonder they're always so cranky.

  Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa : Oh! THOSE wifely duties! I get it now, I didn't before.

• Laverne DeFazio : [to the judge]  So this is the system. That lawyer over there goes twisting everything around to make my friend say things she doesn't even mean. And this... tubby, the guy who's supposed to be defending ME, tries to get me to come up here and lie. Well I won't do it, I told the truth. And if this is how the system works, the system stinks.

• Laverne DeFazio : [straddling a large stuffed elephant]  Sabu the Jungle Boy!

• Laverne DeFazio : [in the toy store]  This reminds me of when Shirley Temple spent Christmas morning at that rich girl's house in 'Heidi'.

  Shirley Feeney : [imitating Shirley Temple]  Grandfather! Grandfather! I want to stay with you!

• Laverne DeFazio : This is just like This Is Your Life.