Marion Ross Marion Cunningham in Happy Days
Birth name: Marion Ross Biography for Marion RossBorn 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. Filmography
TriviaLives 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" FamilyMother of actor Jim Meskimen. Spouse : Freeman Meskiman (1951 - 1969) (divorced) 2 children. Author of the card
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