
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.
Movie | My Music: A Classic Christmas | Herself - Host | 2019-11-16 |
Series | Community Service | Unknown | 2017 |
Series | Chasing Life | Unknown | 2014-06-10 |
Movie | I Know That Voice | Herself | 2014-01-07 |
Movie | A Reason | Aunt Irene Hilgrim | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | A Perfect Christmas List | Evie | 2014-12-14 |
Movie | Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas | Marion | 2014-11-23 |
Movie | Sweet Surrender | Grandma | 2014-07-01 |
Movie | Heebie Jeebies | Agnes Whitehead | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | Dear Dracula | Grandma (voice) | 2012-10-16 |
Movie | Keeping Up with the Randalls | Grandma Dorie | 2011-07-16 |
Series | Generator Rex | Unknown | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster | Hilda Trowburg | 2010-10-15 |
Movie | Flower Girl | Rose Durham | 2009-11-13 |
Movie | Superhero Movie | Aunt Lucille | 2008-03-27 |
Movie | Smiley Face | Shirley | 2007-05-24 |
Movie | Music Within | Grandma | 2007-01-05 |
Movie | Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever | Annabelle Crow | 2007-09-18 |
Movie | Where There's a Will | Leslie Clyde Onstott | 2006-05-06 |
Series | Brothers and Sisters | Ida Holden | 2006-09-24 |
Series | Out of Practice | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
Series | The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
Series | Two and a Half Men | Older Lady | 2003-09-21 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Herself | 2003-09-05 |
Movie | Ladies and The Champ | Margaret Smith | 2001-04-21 |
Series | Gilmore Girls | Unknown | 2000-10-05 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | The Lake | Maggie | 1998-02-01 |
Series | The Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown | 1998-04-13 |
Series | That '70s Show | Unknown | 1998-08-23 |
Series | The Wild Thornberrys | Unknown | 1998-09-01 |
Movie | About Sarah | Grandma Rose McCaffrey | 1998-10-04 |
Series | King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
Movie | Hidden in Silence | Mrs. Diamant | 1996-03-06 |
Movie | The Evening Star | Rosie Dunlop | 1996-12-25 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Movie | Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart | Maureen Collier | 1995-03-06 |
Series | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | A Perfect Stranger | Charlotte Brandon | 1994-09-11 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Series | The John Larroquette Show | Unknown | 1993-09-02 |
Series | Brooklyn Bridge | Sophie Berger | 1991-09-20 |
Series | Dream On | Unknown | 1990-07-08 |
Series | You Again? | Unknown | 1986-02-24 |
Movie | Sins of the Father | 1985-01-13 | |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | Midnight Offerings | Emily Moore | 1981-02-27 |
Movie | Skyward | Natalie Ward | 1980-11-20 |
Movie | The Survival of Dana | Madeline | 1979-05-29 |
Movie | Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Herself | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | Grand Theft Auto | Vivian Hedgeworth | 1977-06-16 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-03-16 |
Series | Happy Days | Marion Cunningham | 1974-01-15 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
Movie | Honky | Mrs. Divine | 1971-11-26 |
Movie | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Angela Fields | 1970-04-08 |
Series | The Brady Bunch | Unknown | 1969-09-26 |
Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | Paradise Bay | 1965-09-27 | |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Channing | 1963-09-18 | |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
Movie | Blueprint for Robbery | Young Woman | 1961-02-01 |
Series | Mrs. G. Goes to College | Unknown | 1961-10-04 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The Gertrude Berg Show | Unknown | 1961-10-04 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | Operation Petticoat | Lieutenant Colfax | 1959-12-05 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Philip Marlowe | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
Movie | Teacher's Pet | Katy Fuller | 1958-04-01 |
Movie | Some Came Running | Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited) | 1958-12-18 |
Movie | Lizzie | Ruth Seaton | 1957-04-04 |
Movie | God Is My Partner | Frances Denning | 1957-07-01 |
Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Series | The Walter Winchell File | Unknown | 1957-10-02 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | The Proud and Profane | Joan | 1956-06-13 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Series | Ford Star Jubilee | Unknown | 1955-09-24 |
Movie | Secret of the Incas | Miss Morris (uncredited) | 1954-06-06 |
Movie | The Glenn Miller Story | 1954-01-04 | |
Movie | Pushover | Mrs. Crockett (uncredited) | 1954-07-21 |
Movie | Sabrina | Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited) | 1954-09-28 |
Series | Father Knows Best | Unknown | 1954-10-03 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | Forever Female | Patty | 1953-11-28 |
Series | Life With Father | 1953-11-22 |