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.
Series | Community Service | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self | 2021-02-01 |
Movie | Senior Entourage | Marion | 2021-05-03 |
Movie | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | 2020-05-12 |
Movie | My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self - Host | 2019-11-16 |
Movie | A Reason | Aunt Irene Hilgrim | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
Movie | Sweet Surrender | Grandma | 2014-07-01 |
Series | Chasing Life | Unknown | 2014-06-10 |
Movie | Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas | Marion | 2014-11-23 |
Movie | A Perfect Christmas List | Evie | 2014-12-14 |
Movie | Heebie Jeebies | Agnes Whitehead | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | Dear Dracula | Grandma (voice) | 2012-10-16 |
Movie | Keeping Up with the Randalls | Grandma Dorie | 2011-07-16 |
Series | Generator Rex | Unknown | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster | Hilda Trowburg | 2010-10-16 |
Movie | Flower Girl | Rose Durham | 2009-11-13 |
Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
Movie | Superhero Movie | Aunt Lucille | 2008-03-28 |
Movie | Music Within | Grandma | 2007-01-05 |
Movie | Smiley Face | Shirley | 2007-11-16 |
Movie | Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever | Annabelle Crow | 2007-09-18 |
Series | Brothers and Sisters | Ida Holden | 2006-09-24 |
Movie | Where There's a Will | Leslie Clyde Onstott | 2006-05-06 |
Series | The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
Series | Out of Practice | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
Movie | Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 | Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage) | 2004-03-23 |
Movie | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Self | 2003-09-04 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Series | Gilmore Girls | Unknown | 2000-10-05 |
Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | About Sarah | Grandma Rose McCaffrey | 1998-10-04 |
Movie | The Lake | Maggie | 1998-02-01 |
Series | That '70s Show | Unknown | 1998-08-23 |
Series | The Wild Thornberrys | Unknown | 1998-09-01 |
Series | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown | 1998-04-13 |
Series | King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
Series | The Third Twin | Lila Ferrami | 1997-11-09 |
Movie | The Evening Star | Rosie Dunlop | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Hidden in Silence | Mrs. Diamant | 1996-03-06 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Series | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart | Maureen Collier | 1995-03-06 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Movie | A Perfect Stranger | Charlotte Brandon | 1994-09-12 |
Series | The John Larroquette Show | Unknown | 1993-09-02 |
Series | Brooklyn Bridge | Sophie Berger | 1991-09-20 |
Series | Dream On | Unknown | 1990-07-08 |
Series | You Again? | Unknown | 1986-02-24 |
Movie | Sins of the Father | 1985-01-13 | |
Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | Midnight Offerings | Emily Moore | 1981-02-27 |
Movie | Skyward | Natalie Ward | 1980-11-20 |
Movie | The Survival of Dana | Madeline Lee | 1979-05-29 |
Movie | Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Herself | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | Grand Theft Auto | Vivian Hedgeworth | 1977-06-16 |
Series | The Love Boat | Emily Stubing | 1977-09-24 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Happy Days | Marion Cunningham | 1974-01-15 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Movie | The Weekend Nun | Mrs. Crowe | 1972-12-21 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
Movie | Honky | Mrs. Divine | 1971-11-26 |
Movie | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Angela Fields | 1970-04-08 |
Movie | Airport | Joan Myers (uncredited) | 1970-05-29 |
Series | The Brady Bunch | Unknown | 1969-09-26 |
Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Paradise Bay | 1965-09-27 | |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
Series | Channing | 1963-09-18 | |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | Blueprint for Robbery | Young Woman | 1961-02-01 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The Gertrude Berg Show | Unknown | 1961-10-04 |
Series | Mrs. G. Goes to College | Unknown | 1961-10-04 |
Movie | The Slowest Gun in the West | Elsie May Slocum | 1960-05-07 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | Operation Petticoat | 2nd Lieutenant Colfax | 1959-12-05 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Philip Marlowe | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
Movie | Teacher's Pet | Katy Fuller | 1958-04-01 |
Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
Movie | Some Came Running | Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited) | 1958-12-25 |
Movie | Lizzie | Ruth Seaton | 1957-04-04 |
Movie | God Is My Partner | Frances Denning | 1957-07-01 |
Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Series | The Walter Winchell File | Unknown | 1957-10-02 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Blithe Spirit | Edith | 1956-01-14 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | The Proud and Profane | Joan | 1956-06-13 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Series | Ford Star Jubilee | Unknown | 1955-09-24 |
Movie | The Glenn Miller Story | 1954-01-04 | |
Movie | Secret of the Incas | Miss Morris (uncredited) | 1954-06-06 |
Movie | Pushover | Mrs. Crockett (uncredited) | 1954-07-21 |
Series | Father Knows Best | Unknown | 1954-10-03 |
Movie | Sabrina | Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited) | 1954-09-10 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Life With Father | 1953-11-22 | |
Movie | Forever Female | Patty | 1953-11-28 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |