Marion Ross

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA, 1928-10-25

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	Forever Female	Patty	67
2	1954	The Glenn Miller Story	Polly Haynes (uncredited)	69
3	1954	Secret of the Incas	Miss Morris (uncredited)	58
4	1954	Pushover	Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)	65
5	1954	Sabrina	Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)	75
6	1956	Blithe Spirit	Edith	80
7	1956	The Proud and Profane	Joan	60
8	1956	Lust for Life	Sister Clothilde (uncredited)	72
9	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Extra (uncredited)	66
10	1957	Lizzie	Ruth Seaton	69
11	1957	God Is My Partner	Frances Denning	50
12	1958	Teacher's Pet	Katy Fuller	68
13	1958	Some Came Running	Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)	69
14	1959	Operation Petticoat	2nd Lieutenant Colfax	72
15	1960	The Slowest Gun in the West	Elsie May Slocum	20
16	1961	Blueprint for Robbery	Young Woman	53
17	1969	Any Second Now	Mrs. Hoyt	67
18	1970	Airport	Joan Myers (uncredited)	64
19	1970	Colossus: The Forbin Project	Angela Fields	69
20	1970	The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children	Mrs. Pilgrim	0
21	1971	Honky	Mrs. Divine	48
22	1972	The Weekend Nun	Mrs. Crowe	63
23	1977	Grand Theft Auto	Vivian Hedgeworth	53
24	1979	Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall	Self	0
25	1979	The Survival of Dana	Madeline Lee	0
26	1980	Skyward	Natalie Ward	69
27	1981	Midnight Offerings	Emily Moore	58
28	1983	Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?	Mrs. Davies	0
29	1985	Sins of the Father		0
30	1987	The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story	Billie Silverman	0
31	1994	A Perfect Stranger	Charlotte Brandon	48
32	1995	Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart	Maureen Collier	57
33	1996	Hidden in Silence	Mrs. Diamant	71
34	1996	Me And My Hormones	Ruth	0
35	1996	The Evening Star	Rosie Dunlop	59
36	1998	The Lake	Maggie	54
37	1998	About Sarah	Grandma Rose McCaffrey	60
38	2001	Ladies and The Champ	Margaret Smith	0
39	2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Self	51
40	2004	Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002	Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)	90
41	2006	Where There's a Will	Leslie Clyde Onstott	67
42	2007	Music Within	Grandma	65
43	2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever	Annabelle Crow (voice)	100
44	2007	Smiley Face	Shirley	60
45	2008	Superhero Movie	Aunt Lucille	53
46	2009	Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants	Self	100
47	2009	Flower Girl	Rose Durham	59
48	2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster	Hilda Trowburg	61
49	2011	Keeping Up with the Randalls	Grandma Dorie	66
50	2012	Dear Dracula	Grandma (voice)	85
51	2013	Heebie Jeebies	Agnes Whitehead	45
52	2014	I Know That Voice	Self	71
53	2014	A Reason	Aunt Irene Hilgrim	43
54	2014	Sweet Surrender	Grandma	55
55	2014	Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas	Marion	67
56	2014	A Perfect Christmas List	Evie	55
57	2018	Angels on Tap	Waitress	50
58	2019	My Music: A Classic Christmas	Self - Host	75
59	2020	The Happy Days of Garry Marshall	Self	77
60	2021	More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story	Self	71
61	2021	Senior Entourage	Marion	20
62	2021	Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story	Self	94

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Dixie the Manicurist	69
2	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Patricia Winterbrook	74
3	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Patricia Westerbrook	74
4	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Elizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter	74
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Mrs. Wilson	63
6	1953	Letter to Loretta	Nurse	65
7	1953	Letter to Loretta	Peg Santos	65
8	1953	Life With Father		0
9	1954	Father Knows Best		65
10	1955	The Millionaire	Cathy Hardin	50
11	1955	Ford Star Jubilee		70
12	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Mollie O'Brien	55
13	1957	The Thin Man		76
14	1957	Perry Mason	Helen Harvey	77
15	1957	The Walter Winchell File		50
16	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
17	1959	Rawhide	Flora	72
18	1959	Rawhide	Pricilla Brewer	72
19	1959	Philip Marlowe		50
20	1959	The Untouchables	Vera Schultz	79
21	1959	The Detectives	Stacey	56
22	1960	The Chevy Mystery Show	Ann Bell	63
23	1960	Thriller	Kay Forrest	64
24	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Dottie Moll	62
25	1960	The Brothers Brannagan	Kate	0
26	1960	The Brothers Brannagan	Susan	0
27	1960	Insight	Ethel Cambridge	60
28	1960	Route 66		63
29	1960	Route 66	Nora Belden	63
30	1961	Cain's Hundred	Laura Harding	47
31	1961	Dr. Kildare	Nurse Ann Patterson	55
32	1961	The Gertrude Berg Show		90
33	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
34	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
35	1963	The Outer Limits	Agnes Benjamin	78
36	1963	The Fugitive	Marian Eckhardt	72
37	1963	Mr. Novak	Nurse Bromfield	65
38	1963	The Great Adventure	Sister Marcella	0
39	1963	The Great Adventure	Etta Wheeler	0
40	1965	Paradise Bay		0
41	1966	Felony Squad		64
42	1966	Mission: Impossible	Mrs. Foster	76
43	1967	Ironside	Gloria Bosner	68
44	1967	Ironside	Mrs. Bartell	68
45	1967	Ironside	Shirley Petrizzi	68
46	1967	Mannix		67
47	1967	Mannix	Muriel Enright	67
48	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Edith Lavallo	71
49	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Anita	71
50	1968	The Mod Squad	Louise Johnson	63
51	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Dr. Helen Cartwright	65
52	1969	The Brady Bunch		67
53	1969	Love, American Style	Marion Cunningham	61
54	1971	O'Hara, U.S. Treasury		55
55	1972	Emergency!	Margaret	78
56	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
57	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Mrs. Ross	69
58	1974	Happy Days	Marion Cunningham	76
59	1974	Petrocelli	Mary Sloan	71
60	1974	Petrocelli	Janet Williamson	71
61	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
62	1977	The Love Boat	Emily Heywood	63
63	1977	The Love Boat	Emily Stubing	63
64	1977	The Love Boat	Mrs. Jenny Heller	63
65	1977	The Love Boat	Amy Scofield	63
66	1977	The Love Boat	Gladys Johnson	63
67	1977	The Love Boat	Mary Hammond	63
68	1978	Pearl	Ellie North	64
69	1982	Hotel	Nora Wheeler	68
70	1984	Night Court	Mrs. Daley	74
71	1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Margaret Sturdevant	72
72	1985	MacGyver	Sister Robin	77
73	1986	You Again?		53
74	1988	American Experience	Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)	74
75	1990	Dream On	Mother Superior	69
76	1991	Brooklyn Bridge	Sophie Berger	75
77	1992	Vicki!	Self	50
78	1993	The John Larroquette Show	Ruth Eggers	67
79	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
80	1994	Burke's Law	Frances Farnsworth	67
81	1994	Touched by an Angel	Sophie	72
82	1994	Touched by an Angel	Emma	72
83	1995	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Flavia (voice)	65
84	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Beulah Carey	66
85	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	General Richter (voice)	76
86	1996	Early Edition	Eunice Fadiman	73
87	1997	King of the Hill	Ms. Wakefield (voice)	74
88	1997	The Third Twin	Lila Ferrami	51
89	1998	Love Boat: The Next Wave	Judy Glacken	50
90	1998	That '70s Show	Grandma Forman	79
91	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)	69
92	1999	Family Guy	Marion Cunningham (voice)	74
93	1999	SpongeBob SquarePants	Grandma SquarePants (voice)	77
94	1999	Family Law	Mrs. Richardson	82
95	2000	Gilmore Girls	Trix Gilmore	79
96	2000	Gilmore Girls	Marilyn Gilmore	79
97	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	40
98	2003	Two and a Half Men	Margaret	75
99	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Betty Donahue	82
100	2005	Out of Practice		75
101	2005	The Boondocks		81
102	2006	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Agnes	70
103	2006	Brothers and Sisters	Ida Holden	71
104	2008	Childrens Hospital	Elderly Nurse	72
105	2009	The Middle	Ms. Dunlap	76
106	2010	Generator Rex		85
107	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Olga	74
108	2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Grandma Moonbeam (voice)	82
109	2011	Up All Night	Gammy	60
110	2011	The Exes	Pearl	65
111	2012	Anger Management	Dr. Murphy	62
112	2014	Chasing Life	April's Granmother	74
113	2014	Chasing Life		74
114	2015	The Odd Couple	Edna	58
115	2015	Best Friends Whenever	Rita McCallister	80
116	2019	The Very Very Best of the 70s	Self - Commentator	0
117	2020	Viral Vignettes	Mom	100

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