Name
Marion Ross
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-10-25 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the ABCtelevision series, Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.Born Marian Ross in Watertown in Carver County in southern Minnesota, the daughter of Ellen (née Hamilton) and Gordon Ross,she lived in Waconia and then moved to Willmar and eventually to Albert Lea, Minnesota.At the age of 13, she changed the spelling of her name from "Marian" to "Marion" because she thought it would look better on a marquee. After completing her sophomore year in high school, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked as an au pair while studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts, and attending Southwest High School. A year later, her family moved to San Diego, California.She graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego.Ross enrolled in San Diego State University,where she was named the school's most outstanding actress. After graduation in 1950, she performed in summer theater in La Jolla, California. The director was impressed by her talent, and recommended that she try for work in films.
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- 2021 Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story as Self
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- 2009 Flower Girl as Rose Durham
- 1970 The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children as Mrs. Pilgrim
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- 1957 God Is My Partner as Frances Denning
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- 2001 Ladies and The Champ as Margaret Smith
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- 2018 Angels on Tap as Waitress
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- 2019 My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self - Host
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- 2003 ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1998 That '70s Show ( 4 episodes ) as Grandma Forman
- 1995 The Drew Carey Show ( 16 episodes ) as Beulah Carey
- 1955 Ford Star Jubilee ( 1 episode )
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- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Laura Harding
- 1999 Family Guy ( 1 episode ) as Marion Cunningham (voice)
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- 1960 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Kay Forrest
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode )
- 1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Mr. Novak ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Bromfield
- 1991 Brooklyn Bridge ( 33 episodes ) as Sophie Berger
- 1953 Life With Father ( 27 episodes )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mollie O'Brien
- 1965 Paradise Bay ( 199 episodes )
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- 2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated ( 1 episode ) as Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
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- 1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Patricia Winterbrook
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- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
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- 2015 Best Friends Whenever ( 1 episode ) as Rita McCallister
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