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(180)
Betty Donahue
2005
Marion Cunningham (voice)
1999
Margaret
2003
Helen Harvey
1957
Ms. Wakefield (voice)
1997
Trix Gilmore
2000
Marilyn Gilmore
2000
Self
1962
Emily Heywood
1977
Emily Stubing
1977
Mrs. Jenny Heller
1977
Amy Scofield
1977
Gladys Johnson
1977
Mary Hammond
1977
Ms. Dunlap
2009
Self
1961
Sister Robin
1985
Edith Lavallo
1968
Anita
1968
Grandma Forman
1998
Margaret
1972
Beulah Carey
1995
Marian Eckhardt
1963
Gloria Bosner
1967
Mrs. Bartell
1967
Shirley Petrizzi
1967
Mrs. Daley
1984
1967
Muriel Enright
1967
Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
1988
Nora Wheeler
1982
Mrs. Foster
1966
Flora
1959
Pricilla Brewer
1959
2005
Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
2010
Ann
1960
Nora Belden
1960
Mollie O'Brien
1956
Marion Cunningham
1974
Olga
2010
Vera Schultz
1959
Nurse Ann Patterson
1961
Ida Holden
2006
Agnes Benjamin
1963
General Richter (voice)
1996
Sophie
1994
Emma
1994
1958
Marion Cunningham
1969
Cathy Hardin
1955
Patricia Winterbrook
1951
Patricia Westerbrook
1951
Elizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter
1951
Kay Forrest
1960
Margaret Sturdevant
1985
Eunice Fadiman
1996
Elderly Nurse
2008
Dr. Murphy
2012
1954
Mary Sloan
1974
Janet Williamson
1974
Self
1993
Stacey
1959
1966
Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
1998
Rita McCallister
2015
Nurse Bromfield
1963
Self
1992
1957
1972
Mrs. Ross
1972
Grandma SquarePants (voice)
1999
Mrs. Richardson
1999
Self
1974
Dr. Helen Cartwright
1969
Agnes
2006
Dottie Moll
1960
Ruth Eggers
1993
Flavia (voice)
1995
1969
Pearl
2011
2010
Aunt Lucille
2008
Frances Farnsworth
1994
Edna
2015
Louise Johnson
1968
Mother Superior
1990
Gammy
2011
Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1954
April's Granmother
2014
2014
Polly Haynes (uncredited)
1954
Sister Marcella
1963
Etta Wheeler
1963
Dixie the Manicurist
1950
1957
Laura Harding
1961
Judy Glacken
1998
Sophie Berger
1991
Extra (uncredited)
1956
Grandma (voice)
2012
Joan
1956
2nd Lieutenant Colfax
1959
Ann Bell
1960
Hilda Trowburg
2010
Joan Myers (uncredited)
1970
Mrs. Pilgrim
1970
1959
Diane (uncredited)
1959
Nurse
1953
Peg Santos
1953
2005
1965
Emily Moore
1981
Rosie Dunlop
1996
Self
2021
Self
2014
Shirley
2007
Self
2020
Self
2003
Ellie North
1978
Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
1956
Ethel Cambridge
1960
Grandma
2014
Mrs. Davies
1983
Self
2021
Marion
2014
Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
1958
Billie Silverman
1987
Mrs. Wilson
1953
Angela Fields
1970
Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
1954
Lila Ferrami
1997
1986
Miss Morris (uncredited)
1954
Mrs. Divine
1971
Self - Commentator
2019
Rose Durham
2009
Grandma
2007
Natalie Ward
1980
Evie
2014
Vivian Hedgeworth
1977
Self
2009
Mrs. Crowe
1972
Elsie May Slocum
1960
Maggie
1998
Maureen Collier
1995
Charlotte Brandon
1994
1955
Kate
1960
Susan
1960
1961
Grandma Dorie
2011
Katy Fuller
1958
Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
2004
Agnes Whitehead
2013
Madeline Lee
1979
Grandma Rose McCaffrey
1998
1971
Edith
1956
Ruth
1996
1953
Frances Denning
1957
Annabelle Crow (voice)
2007
Self
1979
Mom
2020
Mrs. Diamant
1996
Leslie Clyde Onstott
2006
Waitress
2018
Mrs. Hoyt
1969
Marion
2021
Patty
1953
Young Woman
1961
Ruth Seaton
1957
Self - Host
2019
Self
2003
Aunt Irene Hilgrim
2014
Margaret Smith
2001
1985