Marion Ross
Acting
🎂 1928-10-25
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.
Cast credits(179)
Betty Donahue
2005
Self
1962
Dixie the Manicurist
1950
Marion Cunningham (voice)
1999
Margaret
2003
Grandma Forman
1998
Sophie
1994
Emma
1994
Mrs. Daley
1984
Marion Cunningham
1969
Self
1961
Olga
2010
Margaret Sturdevant
1985
Patricia Westerbrook
1951
Patricia Winterbrook
1951
Elizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter
1951
General Richter (voice)
1996
Self
1992
Edith Lavallo
1968
Anita
1968
Ms. Wakefield (voice)
1997
Kay Forrest
1960
Sister Robin
1985
Marion Cunningham
1974
1967
Muriel Enright
1967
Trix Gilmore
2000
Marilyn Gilmore
2000
Louise Johnson
1968
Pearl
2011
Nurse Ann Patterson
1961
Dottie Moll
1960
1957
Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
2010
Ms. Dunlap
2009
Ruth Eggers
1993
1960
Nora Belden
1960
1954
Dr. Murphy
2012
1965
Ida Holden
2006
Judy Glacken
1998
Helen Harvey
1957
Self
1993
Mollie O'Brien
1956
Agnes Benjamin
1963
1966
Dr. Helen Cartwright
1969
1958
Mary Sloan
1974
Janet Williamson
1974
Elderly Nurse
2008
2005
1972
Mrs. Ross
1972
Rita McCallister
2015
Stacey
1959
Margaret
1972
Flora
1959
Pricilla Brewer
1959
Emily Heywood
1977
Emily Stubing
1977
Mrs. Jenny Heller
1977
Amy Scofield
1977
Gladys Johnson
1977
Mary Hammond
1977
2010
Flavia (voice)
1995
Marian Eckhardt
1963
Laura Harding
1961
Frances Farnsworth
1994
1957
Beulah Carey
1995
1961
Nurse Bromfield
1963
1959
Gloria Bosner
1967
Mrs. Bartell
1967
Shirley Petrizzi
1967
Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
1988
1971
Agnes
2006
Mrs. Foster
1966
Self - Commentator
2019
Cathy Hardin
1955
Nora Wheeler
1982
Gammy
2011
Vera Schultz
1959
Lila Ferrami
1997
April's Granmother
2014
2014
Sister Marcella
1963
Etta Wheeler
1963
2005
Grandma SquarePants (voice)
1999
Edna
2015
Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
1998
Self
1974
Mother Superior
1990
Eunice Fadiman
1996
1955
Mrs. Richardson
1999
1953
Nurse
1953
Peg Santos
1953
1969
1986
Ann Bell
1960
Ethel Cambridge
1960
Sophie Berger
1991
Aunt Lucille
2008
Mrs. Wilson
1953
Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1954
Extra (uncredited)
1956
Mom
2020
Joan Myers (uncredited)
1970
Hilda Trowburg
2010
Kate
1960
Susan
1960
Ellie North
1978
2nd Lieutenant Colfax
1959
Self
2003
Angela Fields
1970
Shirley
2007
Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
1956
Self
2003
Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
1958
Rosie Dunlop
1996
Polly Haynes (uncredited)
1954
Self
2021
Self
2014
Katy Fuller
1958
Grandma
2007
Maureen Collier
1995
Miss Morris (uncredited)
1954
Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
1954
Elsie May Slocum
1960
Mrs. Diamant
1996
Vivian Hedgeworth
1977
Evie
2014
Rose Durham
2009
Self
2020
Emily Moore
1981
Mrs. Divine
1971
Self
2009
Joan
1956
Patty
1953
Mrs. Pilgrim
1970
Madeline Lee
1979
Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
2004
Marion
2021
Leslie Clyde Onstott
2006
Marion
2014
Young Woman
1961
Natalie Ward
1980
Grandma (voice)
2012
Mrs. Hoyt
1969
Grandma Dorie
2011
Maggie
1998
Frances Denning
1957
Grandma Rose McCaffrey
1998
Mrs. Crowe
1972
Aunt Irene Hilgrim
2014
Agnes Whitehead
2013
Grandma
2014
Ruth
1996
Ruth Seaton
1957
Self - Host
2019
Annabelle Crow (voice)
2007
Self
1979
Self
2021
1985
Charlotte Brandon
1994
Edith
1956
Margaret Smith
2001
Billie Silverman
1987
Mrs. Davies
1983
Waitress
2018