Marion Ross
Acting • Born 1928-10-25
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.
Filmography
184 credits
Superhero Movie
Movie • 2008
Aunt Lucille
Operation Petticoat
Movie • 1959
2nd Lieutenant Colfax
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie • 2003
Self
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Movie • 1970
Angela Fields
Music Within
Movie • 2007
Grandma
The Proud and Profane
Movie • 1956
Joan
Teacher's Pet
Movie • 1958
Katy Fuller
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
Movie • 2010
Hilda Trowburg
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
Movie • 2021
Self
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever
Movie • 2007
Annabelle Crow (voice)
Midnight Offerings
Movie • 1981
Emily Moore
Flower Girl
Movie • 2009
Rose Durham
Grand Theft Auto
Movie • 1977
Vivian Hedgeworth
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Movie • 1970
Mrs. Pilgrim
Blueprint for Robbery
Movie • 1961
Young Woman
Keeping Up with the Randalls
Movie • 2011
Grandma Dorie
The Weekend Nun
Movie • 1972
Mrs. Crowe
Lizzie
Movie • 1957
Ruth Seaton
About Sarah
Movie • 1998
Grandma Rose McCaffrey
Where There's a Will
Movie • 2006
Leslie Clyde Onstott
Sins of the Father
Movie • 1985
A Perfect Stranger
Movie • 1994
Charlotte Brandon
Hidden in Silence
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Diamant
Skyward
Movie • 1980
Natalie Ward
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
Movie • 1995
Maureen Collier
The Survival of Dana
Movie • 1979
Madeline Lee
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
Movie • 2014
Marion
A Perfect Christmas List
Movie • 2014
Evie
Airport
Movie • 1970
Joan Myers (uncredited)
God Is My Partner
Movie • 1957
Frances Denning
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie • 2009
Self
The Lake
Movie • 1998
Maggie
Pushover
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
Honky
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Divine
Dear Dracula
Movie • 2012
Grandma (voice)
Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Davies
The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie • 1960
Elsie May Slocum
A Reason
Movie • 2014
Aunt Irene Hilgrim
Sabrina
Movie • 1954
Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
Movie • 1987
Billie Silverman
The Glenn Miller Story
Movie • 1954
Polly Haynes (uncredited)
Ladies and The Champ
Movie • 2001
Margaret Smith
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Movie • 1979
Self
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Extra (uncredited)
Sweet Surrender
Movie • 2014
Grandma
Secret of the Incas
Movie • 1954
Miss Morris (uncredited)
Some Came Running
Movie • 1958
Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
I Know That Voice
Movie • 2014
Self
Angels on Tap
Movie • 2018
Waitress
Heebie Jeebies
Movie • 2013
Agnes Whitehead
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Movie • 2019
Self - Host
Any Second Now
Movie • 1969
Mrs. Hoyt
The Evening Star
Movie • 1996
Rosie Dunlop
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Movie • 2004
Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Movie • 2020
Self
Forever Female
Movie • 1953
Patty
Smiley Face
Movie • 2007
Shirley
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Movie • 2021
Self
Blithe Spirit
Movie • 1956
Edith
Senior Entourage
Movie • 2021
Marion
Lust for Life
Movie • 1956
Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
Me And My Hormones
Movie • 1996
Ruth
It Started with a Kiss
Movie • 1959
Diane (uncredited)
The Prodigal
Movie • 1955
Greek (uncredited)
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2003
Self
That '70s Show
TV • 1998
Grandma Forman
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Beulah Carey
Ford Star Jubilee
TV • 1955
The John Larroquette Show
TV • 1993
Ruth Eggers
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Ida Holden
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Laura Harding
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Marion Cunningham (voice)
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Sister Marcella
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Emily Heywood
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Sophie
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Eunice Fadiman
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Edith Lavallo
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Ms. Wakefield (voice)
The Brady Bunch
TV • 1969
Route 66
TV • 1960
Ann
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Margaret Sturdevant
Mannix
TV • 1967
Happy Days
TV • 1974
Marion Cunningham
The Boondocks
TV • 2005
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Helen Harvey
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
General Richter (voice)
Out of Practice
TV • 2005
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Mrs. Wilson
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Mrs. Foster
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Trix Gilmore
You Again?
TV • 1986
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Flora
Love Boat: The Next Wave
TV • 1998
Judy Glacken
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Marian Eckhardt
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Cathy Hardin
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Family Law
TV • 1999
Mrs. Richardson
Thriller
TV • 1960
Kay Forrest
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
TV • 1971
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Nurse Bromfield
Brooklyn Bridge
TV • 1991
Sophie Berger
Life With Father
TV • 1953
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Mollie O'Brien
Paradise Bay
TV • 1965
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Nurse Ann Patterson
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
The Middle
TV • 2009
Ms. Dunlap
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Nurse
The Gertrude Berg Show
TV • 1961
Generator Rex
TV • 2010
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV • 1960
Dottie Moll
Chasing Life
TV • 2014
April's Granmother
Chasing Life
TV • 2014
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Margaret
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Dr. Helen Cartwright
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Patricia Winterbrook
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Patricia Westerbrook
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Pricilla Brewer
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Peg Santos
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Agnes Benjamin
The Odd Couple
TV • 2015
Edna
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Marilyn Gilmore
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Elderly Nurse
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV • 1999
Grandma SquarePants (voice)
The Third Twin
TV • 1997
Lila Ferrami
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
TV • 1995
Flavia (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Etta Wheeler
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Anita
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Route 66
TV • 1960
Nora Belden
Mannix
TV • 1967
Muriel Enright
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Emily Stubing
The Brothers Brannagan
TV • 1960
Kate
Viral Vignettes
TV • 2020
Mom
The Very Very Best of the 70s
TV • 2019
Self - Commentator
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Mrs. Jenny Heller
Ironside
TV • 1967
Gloria Bosner
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Marion Cunningham
Up All Night
TV • 2011
Gammy
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Frances Farnsworth
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Margaret
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Elizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Betty Donahue
Ironside
TV • 1967
Mrs. Bartell
Night Court
TV • 1984
Mrs. Daley
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Mrs. Ross
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Sister Robin
The Brothers Brannagan
TV • 1960
Susan
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Amy Scofield
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Gladys Johnson
Dream On
TV • 1990
Mother Superior
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Olga
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Vera Schultz
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Ann Bell
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Dixie the Manicurist
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV • 2006
Agnes
Pearl
TV • 1978
Ellie North
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Mary Sloan
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Janet Williamson
The Exes
TV • 2011
Pearl
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Emma
Best Friends Whenever
TV • 2015
Rita McCallister
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Anger Management
TV • 2012
Dr. Murphy
Ironside
TV • 1967
Shirley Petrizzi
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Mary Hammond
Hotel
TV • 1982
Nora Wheeler
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Stacey
Vicki!
TV • 1992
Self
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Louise Johnson
Handy Manny
TV • 2006
Mrs. Lopart (voice)
Instant Mom
TV • 2013
Marion Cunningham
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee