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

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

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2021Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story — Self
• 2021More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story — Self
• 2020The Happy Days of Garry Marshall — Self
• 2019My Music: A Classic Christmas — Self - Host
• The Very Very Best of the 70s — Self - Commentator
• 2014I Know That Voice — Self
• 2009Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 2003Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Vicki! — Self
• 1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee