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Marion Ross

Marion Cunningham in Happy Days

Photos Marion Ross Birth name: Marion Ross
Birth date: 1928/10/25 (95 years old)
Birth place : Albert Lea, Minnesota (USA)
Height: 1.65 m

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Biography for Marion Ross

Born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, she grew up there, and in nearby Waconia and Willmar. 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 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.

Ross enrolled in San Diego State College, 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 cinema.

Ross made her 1953 film debut in Forever Female, starring Ginger Rogers and William Holden. She found steady work in film, appearing in The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Sabrina (1954), and Operation Petticoat (1959).

Her career on television began in 1953, when she played the Irish maid on the series Life With Father for two years. Her list of credits spans the history of classic TV, from Burns and Allen Show, Love Boat and Night Court. Ross's most famous role was in the long-running series Happy Days from 1974 to 1984, in which she played Marion Cunningham, Ritchie and Joanie's mother.

Ross has acted on Broadway and in film, but she adores doing TV. In recent years, she played recurring roles as Drew Carey's mother, on The Drew Carey Show; as Grandma Forman, on That '70s Show; and as Lorelei's grandmother on The Gilmore Girls. She also frequently appears on Hollywood Squares, and did voiceovers for Grandma SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants.

Ross lives in Los Angeles with actor Paul Michael. Her two children also work in entertainment: Jim Meskimens acting credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Ellen Plummer is a writer/producer on Friends.

Born in 1928, in Albert Lea in Minnesota, she changed her first name Marian in Marion at the age of 13 because she thinks that it would do better.

She always wanted to leave her native region where winters are very cold to go to California to become an actress.

In the second year of high school she went to work as a young girl in the peer in Minneapolis to pay for dramatic art lessons at the Mac Phail center. One after having settled in Minneapolis her parents her party to live in San Diego, California and she followed them to register at the State University of San Diego. During her studies she participated in several plays from the University Club. One summer she played at the Jolla theater and was noticed by the director who helped her win a role in Holywood.

From 1953 she played in several TV movies but she never became a star of the big screen her environment turning to be that of television.

She likes fans to ask her for autographs and there is a new generation fans thanks to reruns and she said to Henry Winkler (Fonzie), that one day for Halloween there were lots of young disguise as fonzie who sounded his gate.

She is the spokesperson for the city of Marion in Illinois whose bank bears her name and they pay her so that she sometimes comes.

She obtained her star on Hollywood Boulevard on July 12, 2001.

Marion Ross is an American actress born October 25, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She is best known for her role as Marion Cunningham in the television series "Happy Days".

Ross began her acting career in 1948 at the theater and then played in several plays in Broadway, notably in "The Tender Trap" and "The Music Man". She also appeared in television series such as "The Lone Ranger", "The Rifleman" and "The Addams Family".

Her most famous role is that of Marion Cunningham in "Happy Days", in which she played for 11 seasons, from 1974 to 1984. In this series, she embodied the mother who takes care of her husband and her Three children, Richie, Joanie and Chuck.

Since the end of "Happy Days", Ross has continued to work in the world of entertainment, making appearances in television series such as "Lizzie McGuire", "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Drew Carey Show". She also played in films such as "Miss Congeniality" and "That's What I am".

In addition to her acting career, Ross has also written two books, "My Days: Happy and Otherwise" and "My Days: Love, Life and Joy After Happy Days". She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1982 for her role in "Happy Days".

Today, at the age of 93, Ross continues to work in the world of entertainment and is considered one of the most famous and respected actresses of its generation.

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Filmography

Title Role
The Third Annual TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2005) (TV) Bree Van De Kamp Susan Mayer (Desperate Classic Housewives skit
Love, Clyde (2004) (TV) Clyde
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month (2002) (VG) (voice) Gradma SquarePants
Ladies and the Champ (2001) (TV) Margaret Smith
The Last Best Sunday (1999) Mrs. Larksmont
Postcards From Heaven (1999) TV Series
About Sarah (1998) (TV) Rose ... autre titre : Des fleurs pour Sarah (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
The Lake (1998) (TV) Maggie
The Third Twin (1997) (TV) Lila Ferrami ... autre titre : Ken Follett's The Third Twin
The Evening Star (1996) Rosie Dunlop ... autre titre : Étoile du soir (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Me and My Hormones (1996) (TV)
Hidden in Silence (1996) (TV) Mrs. Diamant
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995) (TV) Maureen Collier
A Perfect Stranger (1994) (TV) Charlotte Brandon ... autre titre : Danielle Steel's 'A Perfect Stranger' ... autre titre : Danielle Steel: Un parfait inconnu (Canada: French title) [fr]
Brooklyn Bridge (1991) TV Series Sophie Berger
The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story (1987) (TV) Billie ... autre titre : The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit (USA: short title)
The Love Boat (1977) TV Series Emily Hayward Stubing (1986) ... autre titre : Croisière s'amuse, La (France: dubbed version) [fr]
Sins of the Father (1985) (TV) Caroline Harris
Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents? (1983) (TV) ... autre titre : Just Like Us (USA: video title)
Midnight Offerings (1981) (TV) Emily Moore
Skyward (1980) (TV) Natalie Ward ... autre titre : Ron Howard's 'Skyward'
Which Mother Is Mine? (1979) (TV) Lila Dennis ... autre titre : My Other Mother (USA)
Survival of Dana (1979) (TV) Madeline ... autre titre : On the Edge: The Survival of Dana (USA: video title)
Pearl (1978) (mini) TV Series Ellie North
Grand Theft Auto (1977) Vivian Hedgeworth ... autre titre : Lâchez les bolides (France) [fr]
Happy Days (1974) TV Series Marion Cunningham ... autre titre : Happy Days Again (USA: syndication title) ... autre titre : Happy Days (France: new title (dubbed version)) [fr] ... autre titre : Jours heureux, Les (France: dubbed version) [fr]
The Weekend Nun (1972) (TV) Mrs. Crowe ... autre titre : Matter of the Heart
Honky (1971) Mrs. Divine
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children (1970) (TV) Mrs. Pilgrim ... autre titre : Children of the Lotus Eater (USA)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Angela Fields ... autre titre : The Day the World Changed Hands ... autre titre : The Forbin Project ... autre titre : Cerveau d'acier, Le (France) [fr]
Airport (1970) (uncredited) Passenger: 'Can we get a blanket?' ... autre titre : Airport (France) [fr] Any Second Now (1969) (TV)
Paradise Bay (1965) TV Series Mary Morgan
Mr. Novak (1963) TV Series Nurse Bromfield (1963 - 1964)
The Gertrude Berg Show (1961) TV Series Susan Green (1961)
Blueprint for Robbery (1961) Young Woman
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960) (TV) Elsie May
Operation Petticoat (1959) Lt. Colfax, RN
It Started with a Kiss (1959) (uncredited)
Some Came Running (1958) (uncredited) Sister Mary Joseph (hospital nurse)
Teacher's Pet (1958) Katy Fuller
God Is My Partner (1957) Frances Denning
Lizzie (1957) Ruth Seaton
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (uncredited) Extra
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) (uncredited) Nita Naldi-type
Lust for Life (1956) (uncredited) Sister Clothilde
The Proud and Profane (1956) Joan
Blithe Spirit (1956) (TV) Edith
Sabrina (1954) (uncredited) Spiller's girlfriend
Pushover (1954) (uncredited) Young Woman
Secret of the Incas (1954)
The Glenn Miller Story (1953) (uncredited) Polly Haynes
Forever Female (1953) Patty
Life with Father (1953) TV Series Nora

Trivia

Lives with Paul Michael.

She appeared on Broadway in 1987 with Jean Stapleton in a revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Quotes

"Si j’appelle le plombier et qu’il ne veut pas venir je lui demande si il regardait happy days et je lui dit que j’étais mme Cunningham alors non seulement il vient immédiatement mais il ramène avec lui sa famille entière"

Family

Mother of actor Jim Meskimen.

Spouse : Freeman Meskiman (1951 - 1969) (divorced) 2 children.

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by donovan

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