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
(1961) Nurse Ann PattersonHawaii Five-O
(1968) AnitaIntimate Portrait
(1993) SelfThriller
(1960) Kay ForrestThe Outer Limits
(1963) Agnes BenjaminRawhide
(1959) Pricilla BrewerMr. Novak
(1963) Nurse BromfieldScooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
(2010) Grandma Moonbeam (voice)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 | ||
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