Marion Ross
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1928-10-25 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA
Marion Ross
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.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
(2021)
Senior Entourage
as Marion
(2021)
(2020)
(2019)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self - Host
(2018)
Angels on Tap
as Waitress
(2014)
I Know That Voice
as Self
(2014)
(2014)
Sweet Surrender
as Grandma
(2014)
A Perfect Christmas List
as Evie
(2014)
A Reason
as Aunt Irene Hilgrim
(2013)
Heebie Jeebies
as Agnes Whitehead
(2012)
Dear Dracula
as Grandma (voice)
(2011)
Keeping Up with the Randalls
as Grandma Dorie
(2010)
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
as Hilda Trowburg
(2009)
Flower Girl
as Rose Durham
(2009)
(2008)
Superhero Movie
as Aunt Lucille
(2007)
Smiley Face
as Shirley
(2007)
Music Within
as Grandma
(2007)
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever
as Annabelle Crow (voice)
(2006)
Where There's a Will
as Leslie Clyde Onstott
(2004)
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
as Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
(2003)
(2001)
Ladies and The Champ
as Margaret Smith
(1998)
The Lake
as Maggie
(1998)
About Sarah
as Grandma Rose McCaffrey
(1996)
The Evening Star
as Rosie Dunlop
(1996)
Hidden in Silence
as Mrs. Diamant
(1996)
Me And My Hormones
as Ruth
(1995)
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
as Maureen Collier
(1994)
A Perfect Stranger
as Charlotte Brandon
(1987)
The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
as Billie Silverman
(1985)
(1983)
Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
as Mrs. Davies
(1981)
Midnight Offerings
as Emily Moore
(1980)
Skyward
as Natalie Ward
(1979)
The Survival of Dana
as Madeline Lee
(1979)
(1977)
Grand Theft Auto
as Vivian Hedgeworth
(1972)
The Weekend Nun
as Mrs. Crowe
(1971)
Honky
as Mrs. Divine
(1970)
Airport
as Joan Myers (uncredited)
(1970)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as Angela Fields
(1970)
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
as Mrs. Pilgrim
(1969)
Any Second Now
as Mrs. Hoyt
(1961)
Blueprint for Robbery
as Young Woman
(1960)
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Elsie May Slocum
(1959)
Operation Petticoat
as 2nd Lieutenant Colfax
(1958)
Teacher's Pet
as Katy Fuller
(1958)
Some Came Running
as Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
(1957)
Lizzie
as Ruth Seaton
(1957)
God Is My Partner
as Frances Denning
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)
(1956)
Lust for Life
as Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
(1956)
The Proud and Profane
as Joan
(1956)
Blithe Spirit
as Edith
(1954)
Sabrina
as Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
(1954)
The Glenn Miller Story
as Polly Haynes (uncredited)
(1954)
Secret of the Incas
as Miss Morris (uncredited)
(1954)
Pushover
as Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
(1953)
Forever Female
as Patty