
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.

as Marion

as Self - Host

as Waitress

as Evie

as Grandma

as Aunt Irene Hilgrim

as Self

as Agnes Whitehead

as Grandma (voice)

as Grandma Dorie

as Hilda Trowburg

as Rose Durham

as Aunt Lucille

as Shirley

as Annabelle Crow (voice)

as Grandma

as Leslie Clyde Onstott

as Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)

as Margaret Smith

as Mrs. Larksmont

as Grandma Rose McCaffrey

as Maggie

as Rosie Dunlop

as Ruth

as Mrs. Diamant

as Maureen Collier

as Charlotte Brandon

as Billie Silverman

as Caroline Harris

as Mrs. Davies

as Emily Moore

as Natalie Ward

as Madeline Lee

as Vivian Hedgeworth

as Mrs. Crowe

as Mrs. Divine

as Mrs. Pilgrim

as Angela Fields

as Joan Myers (uncredited)

as Mrs. Hoyt

as Young Woman

as Elsie May Slocum

as 2nd Lieutenant Colfax

as Diane (uncredited)

as Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)

as Katy Fuller

as Frances Denning

as Ruth Seaton

as Extra (uncredited)

as Sister Clothilde (uncredited)

as Joan

as Edith

as Greek (uncredited)

as Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)

as Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)

as Miss Morris (uncredited)

as Polly Haynes (uncredited)

as Patty