Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1902-10-21
Day of Death
1995-08-02
Place of Birth
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Lillian Bronson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Bronson (October 21, 1902 - August 2, 1995) was an American character actress. She performed in over 80 films, 60 of the films from 1939 to 1964, and appeared in over one hundred television productions from 1949 to 1975. Bronson was born Lillian Rumsey Bronson in Lockport, New York, the daughter of a carriage builder, and attended the University of Michigan. She began her artistic career by performing plays at Broadway. During the Great Depression, Bronson and her late sister, Dorothy, opened the Bronson Studio in New York, designing and making toy animals and pillows. In 1943, Bronson appeared in the movie Happy Land as Mattie Dyer and on television in the episode "The Druid Circle" of The Philco Television Playhouse, that aired on March 6, 1949, in the role of Miss Dagnall. She then appeared in a long series of minor characters for many television series episodes from the early days of television until the mid-1970s, including many western genres. She became widely known for her role as the grandmother in the Kings Row television series. Bronson's final appearance on the small screen was as "Grandma Nussbaum", Fonzie's grandmother, in the episode "Fonzie Moves In" of the ABC-TV sitcom series Happy Days, which aired on September 9, 1975. Her final big screen appearance was in the film Kisses for My President (1964), in which she plays the part of Miss Currier.
Filmography (53)
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
The Over the Hill Gang
1969Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
1969
Kisses for My President
1964
Marnie
1964
Spencer's Mountain
1963
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961
Foxfire
1955
So This Is Love
1953
Affair with a Stranger
1953
No Room for the Groom
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Rose of Cimarron
1952
Room for One More
1952
