Name
Lillian Bronson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1902-10-21
Deathday
1995-08-02 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Biography
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Lillian Bronson (October 21, 1902 - August 2, 1995) was an American character actress.
She performed in over 80 films, 60 of the films from 1939 to 1964, and appeared in over one hundred television productions from 1949 to 1975.
Bronson was born Lillian Rumsey Bronson in Lockport, New York, the daughter of a carriage builder, and attended the University of Michigan. She began her artistic career by performing plays at Broadway. During the Great Depression, Bronson and her late sister, Dorothy, opened the Bronson Studio in New York, designing and making toy animals and pillows.
In 1943, Bronson appeared in the movie Happy Land as Mattie Dyer and on television in the episode "The Druid Circle" of The Philco Television Playhouse, that aired on March 6, 1949, in the role of Miss Dagnall.
She then appeared in a long series of minor characters for many television series episodes from the early days of television until the mid-1970s, including many western genres. She became widely known for her role as the grandmother in the Kings Row television series.
Bronson's final appearance on the small screen was as "Grandma Nussbaum", Fonzie's grandmother, in the episode "Fonzie Moves In" of the ABC-TV sitcom series Happy Days, which aired on September 9, 1975.
Her final big screen appearance was in the film Kisses for My President (1964), in which she plays the part of Miss Currier.
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- 1949 In the Good Old Summertime as Aunt Addie
- 1944 The Pearl of Death as Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge as Norma, the Maid (uncredited)
- 1952 Rose of Cimarron as Emmy Anders
- 1950 The Next Voice You Hear... as Aunt Ethel
- 1945 The Suspect as Miss Crevy (uncredited)
- 1951 The Sword of Monte Cristo as Pepite
- 1963 Spencer's Mountain as Grandma Spencer
- 1964 Marnie as Mrs. Maitland (uncredited)
- 1948 Sleep, My Love as Helen
- 1948 Family Honeymoon as Aunt Jo
- 1945 Road to Alcatraz as Dorothy Stone
- 1947 Welcome Stranger as Miss Lennek
- 1952 No Room for the Groom as Aunt Elsa
- 1944 Enter Arsène Lupin as Wheeler
- 1964 Kisses for My President as Miss Currier (uncredited)
- 1952 Here Come the Nelsons as Miss Tompkins
- 1953 So This Is Love as Mrs. Green
- 1947 The Hucksters as Miss Hammer - Secretary
- 1944 What a Man! as Constance
- 1944 Mademoiselle Fifi as Mme. Follenvie
- 1939 First Love as Violin Player
- 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Librarian (uncredited)
- 1947 The Judge Steps Out as Harriett (uncredited)
- 1955 Foxfire as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
- 1944 Gaslight as Lady (uncredited)
- 1946 Sentimental Journey as Miss Benson (uncredited)
- 1944 In the Meantime, Darling as Mrs, Dalrymple
- 1961 Battle at Bloody Beach as Delia Ellis
- 1946 Dressed to Kill as Minister's Wife (uncredited)
- 1952 Room for One More as Teacher (uncredited)
- 1943 Happy Land as Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
- 1945 Molly and Me as Perkins
- 1953 Affair with a Stranger as Miss Crutcher
- 1946 I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 1
- 1949 Rusty's Birthday as Carrie Simmons
- 1950 Beauty on Parade as Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch
- 1950 Dakota Lil as Sheriff's Wife
- 1946 Murder in the Music Hall as Cleaning Woman
- 1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again as Mrs. Louise Murphy
- 1950 Father of the Bride as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- 1945 Over 21 as Elsie - Paula's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1946 Nocturne as Gotham Cashier (uncredited)
- 1945 Junior Miss as Maid
- 1945 Hollywood and Vine as Abigail Wrighthouse
- 1951 Excuse My Dust as Mrs. Matilda Bullitt
- 1945 The Brighton Strangler as Hotel Maid (Uncredited)
- 1950 Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey as Prunella Pennyworth - Humphrey's Sister
- 1947 They Won't Believe Me as Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)
- 1969 The Over the Hill Gang as Mrs. Louise Murphy
- 1969 Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler as Cissie Chandler
- 1945 The Girl of the Limberlost as Miss Blodgett
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as Erma Bishop
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode )
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode )
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Librarian
- 1959 Mr. Lucky ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Happy Days ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Clara
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Momma
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Leave It to Beaver ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Neighbor
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Lefever
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 2 episodes )
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Ann Trenner
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. McCleary
- 1960 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Adelaide Leggett
- 1958 Yancy Derringer ( 1 episode ) as Carrie Meade
- 1958 Peter Gunn ( 2 episodes )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Harold
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Miss Pringle
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Pete and Gladys ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 1 episode )
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Mother Superior
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Detectives ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Date with the Angels ( 60 episodes )
- 1965 Hank ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Frances Neilson
- 1957 Goodyear Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Granny
- 1960 The Roaring 20's ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Mr. & Mrs. North ( 2 episodes )
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Old Lady
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Guthrie
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Grace
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Norma Fisher
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Edna Digby
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Rutledge
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Willard
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Tessie Thorne
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. O'Brien
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Miss Baker
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Lavinia Corey
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth
- Soon Stage 7 ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Dragnet ( 1 episode ) as Bird Lady
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 3 episodes ) as Judge
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Lindsey
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Elliott
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Winifred Lenover
- 1957 Alcoa Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Granny
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Alicia Thorton
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Bowers
- 1970 Dan August ( 1 episode ) as Amy Phipps
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Widow
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Gale Storm Show ( 1 episode ) as Miss Albright
- 1953 Revlon Mirror Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Sister
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Miss Phoebe
- 1968 The Outsider ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Buchanan
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Cissie Chandler
- 1967 Dragnet ( 1 episode ) as Fay Sager
- 1971 Funny Face ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Morris
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Favor
- 1952 The Abbott and Costello Show ( 1 episode ) as Wife of Patient with Propeller
- 1952 The Abbott and Costello Show ( 1 episode ) as Ruby Kent
- 1957 Trackdown ( 1 episode ) as Maude Turley
- 1956 The Gale Storm Show ( 1 episode ) as Miss Carter
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Kilmer
- 1952 Chevron Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Butler
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Miss Rathbone - Secretary
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Irene Wolcott
- 1958 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Brewster
- 1959 The Deputy ( 1 episode ) as Blanche Niles
- 1975 Medical Story ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Henderson
- 1954 The Whistler ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Clark
