Marion Ross
Acting
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.
Born: October 25, 1928
Place of Birth: Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Marion
as Mom
as Self - Host
as Waitress
as Rita McCallister
as Edna
as Evie
as Grandma
as April's Granmother
as Aunt Irene Hilgrim
as Self
as Agnes Whitehead
as Grandma (voice)
as Dr. Murphy
as Pearl
as Gammy
as Grandma Dorie
as Hilda Trowburg
as Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
as Olga
as Rose Durham
as Ms. Dunlap
as Elderly Nurse
as Aunt Lucille
as Shirley
as Annabelle Crow (voice)
as Grandma
as Ida Holden
as Mrs. Lopart (voice)
as Leslie Clyde Onstott
as Betty Donahue
as Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
as Margaret
as Self
as Margaret Smith
as Trix Gilmore
as Marilyn Gilmore
as Mrs. Richardson
as Grandma SquarePants (voice)
as Marion Cunningham (voice)
as Grandma Rose McCaffrey
as Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
as Grandma Forman
as Judy Glacken
as Maggie
as Lila Ferrami
as Ms. Wakefield (voice)
as Rosie Dunlop
as Eunice Fadiman
as General Richter (voice)
as Mrs. Diamant
as Beulah Carey
as Flavia (voice)
as Maureen Collier
as Sophie
as Emma
as Charlotte Brandon
as Frances Farnsworth
as Self
as Ruth Eggers
as Sophie Berger
as Mother Superior
as Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
as Sister Robin
as Margaret Sturdevant
as Mrs. Daley
as Mrs. Davies
as Nora Wheeler
as Emily Moore
as Natalie Ward
as Madeline Lee
as Ellie North
as Emily Heywood
as Emily Stubing
as Mrs. Jenny Heller
as Amy Scofield
as Gladys Johnson
as Mary Hammond
as Vivian Hedgeworth
as Self
as Mary Sloan
as Janet Williamson
as Marion Cunningham
as Mrs. Crowe
as Mrs. Ross
as Margaret
as Mrs. Divine
as Mrs. Pilgrim
as Angela Fields
as Joan Myers (uncredited)
as Marion Cunningham
as Dr. Helen Cartwright
as Mrs. Hoyt
as Louise Johnson
as Edith Lavallo
as Anita
as Muriel Enright
as Gloria Bosner
as Mrs. Bartell
as Shirley Petrizzi
as Mrs. Foster
as Sister Marcella
as Etta Wheeler
as Nurse Bromfield
as Marian Eckhardt
as Agnes Benjamin
as Self
as Nurse Ann Patterson
as Laura Harding
as Young Woman
as Ann
as Nora Belden
as Kate
as Susan
as Dottie Moll
as Kay Forrest
as Ann Bell
as Elsie May Slocum
as 2nd Lieutenant Colfax
as Stacey
as Vera Schultz
as Diane (uncredited)
as Flora
as Pricilla Brewer
as Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
as Katy Fuller
as Helen Harvey
as Frances Denning
as Ruth Seaton
as Extra (uncredited)
as Mollie O'Brien
as Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
as Joan
as Edith
as Cathy Hardin
as Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
as Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
as Miss Morris (uncredited)
as Polly Haynes (uncredited)
as Patty
as Nurse
as Peg Santos
as Mrs. Wilson
as Patricia Winterbrook
as Patricia Westerbrook
as Elizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter
as Dixie the Manicurist