Person Details

Birthday: 1928-10-25 12:20:09

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA

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Movie Involvements: 35

TV Involvements: 39


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Dr. Kildare
Average
5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Nurse Ann Patterson
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Anita
Intimate Portrait
Average
5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self
Thriller
Average
6

Thriller

(1960) Kay Forrest
The Outer Limits
Average
8

The Outer Limits

(1963) Agnes Benjamin
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Pricilla Brewer
Mr. Novak
Average
7

Mr. Novak

(1963) Nurse Bromfield
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Average
8

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

(2010) Grandma Moonbeam (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self
Marion
Self
2020 Self
2019 Self - Host
Self - Commentator
2018 Waitress
2015 Rita McCallister
Edna
2014 Evie
Marion
Grandma
April's Granmother
N/A
Aunt Irene Hilgrim
Self
2013 Agnes Whitehead
2012 Grandma (voice)
2011 Pearl
Grandma Dorie
2010 Hilda Trowburg
Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
Olga
N/A
2009 Rose Durham
N/A
2008 Elderly Nurse
Aunt Lucille
2007 Shirley
Annabelle Crow
Grandma
2006 Ida Holden
Leslie Clyde Onstott
Agnes
2005 N/A
N/A
2004 Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
2003 Margaret
Self
Self
2001 Margaret Smith
2000 Trix Gilmore
Marilyn Gilmore
1999 N/A
Grandma SquarePants (voice)
Marion Cunningham (voice)
1998 Grandma Rose McCaffrey
Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
Grandma Forman
Judy Glacken
Maggie
1997 Lila Ferrami
Ms. Wakefield (voice)
1996 Rosie Dunlop
N/A
General Richter (voice)
Mrs. Diamant
1995 Beulah Carey
Flavia (voice)
Maureen Collier
1994 Sophie
Charlotte Brandon
1993 Self
N/A
1991 Sophie Berger
1990 N/A
1988 Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
1986 N/A
1985 Margaret Sturdevant
N/A
N/A
1984 Mrs. Daley
1983 Mrs. Davies
1982 N/A
1981 Emily Moore
1980 Natalie Ward
1979 Madeline Lee
Herself
1978 Ellie North
1977 Emily Heywood
Amy Scofield
Gladys Johnson
Mrs. Jenny Heller
Emily Stubing
Vivian Hedgeworth
1974 N/A
Marion Cunningham
1972 Mrs. Crowe
N/A
N/A
1971 Mrs. Divine
N/A
1970 Mrs. Pilgrim
Joan Myers (uncredited)
Angela Fields
1969 Marion Cunningham
N/A
Dr. Helen Cartwright
Mrs. Hoyt
1968 N/A
Edith Lavallo
Anita
1967 N/A
Muriel Enright
N/A
Gloria Bosner
1966 N/A
N/A
1965 N/A
1963 Sister Marcella
Etta Wheeler
Nurse Bromfield
Marian Eckhardt
Agnes Benjamin
1962 Self
1961 N/A
Nurse Ann Patterson
Laura Harding
Young Woman
1960 N/A
Nora Belden
Ethel Cambridge
Kate
Dottie Moll
Kay Forrest
Ann Bell
Elsie May Slocum
1959 2nd Lieutenant Colfax
N/A
Vera Schultz
N/A
Flora
Pricilla Brewer
1958 Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
N/A
Katy Fuller
1957 N/A
Helen Harvey
N/A
Frances Denning
Ruth Seaton
1956 Extra (uncredited)
Mollie O'Brien
Joan
Edith
1955 N/A
Cathy Hardin
1954 N/A
Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
Miss Morris (uncredited)
Polly Haynes
N/A
1953 Patty
N/A
Nurse
Peg Santos
Mrs. Wilson
1951 Patricia Winterbrook
Patricia Westerbrook
Mom
Year Character Movie/Tv

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