Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1928-10-25 (Age: 98)
Place of Birth
Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA
Marion Ross
Biography
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 (nÊe 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 (65)
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
2021
Senior Entourage
2021
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
Angels on Tap
2018
A Perfect Christmas List
2014
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
2014
Sweet Surrender
2014
A Reason
2014
I Know That Voice
2014
Heebie Jeebies
2013
Dear Dracula
2012
Keeping Up with the Randalls
2011
