Marion Ross
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.
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TV Series
That '70s Show
7.94
The Drew Carey Show
6.5
Ford Star Jubilee
7
The John Larroquette Show
6.7
Brothers and Sisters
7.1
Cain's Hundred
4.7
Family Guy
7.4
The Great Adventure
0
The Love Boat
6.3
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Early Edition
7.3
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
King of the Hill
7.353
The Brady Bunch
6.7
Route 66
6.3
The Wild Thornberrys
6.9
The Streets of San Francisco
6.935
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
Mannix
6.7
Happy Days
7.6
The Boondocks
8.146
Perry Mason
7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
7.606
Out of Practice
7.5
General Electric Theater
6.25
Mission: Impossible
7.6
Gilmore Girls
7.9
You Again?
5.3
Philip Marlowe
5
Felony Squad
6.4
Celebrities Uncensored
2.5
Rawhide
7.2
Love Boat: The Next Wave
5
The Fugitive
7.2
Father Knows Best
6.5
The Millionaire
5
Family Law
8.2
Thriller
6.417
The Thin Man
7.6
The Donna Reed Show
6.2
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
5.5
Mr. Novak
6.5
Brooklyn Bridge
7.5
Life With Father
0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Paradise Bay
0
Dr. Kildare
5.5
The Walter Winchell File
5
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
8.224
The Middle
7.564
Letter to Loretta
6.5
The Gertrude Berg Show
9
Generator Rex
8.51
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
6.2
Chasing Life
7.3
Chasing Life
7.3
Two and a Half Men
7.452
Marcus Welby, M.D.
6.5
Intimate Portrait
4.5
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
Insight
6
Rawhide
7.2
Letter to Loretta
6.5
The Outer Limits
7.8
The Odd Couple
5.8
Gilmore Girls
7.9
Childrens Hospital
7.175
SpongeBob SquarePants
7.68
The Third Twin
5.1
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
6.5
American Experience
7.4
The Great Adventure
0
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Route 66
6.3
Mannix
6.7
The Love Boat
6.3
The Brothers Brannagan
0
Viral Vignettes
10
The Very Very Best of the 70s
0
The Love Boat
6.3
Ironside
6.8
Love, American Style
6.056
Up All Night
6
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Burke's Law
6.7
Emergency!
7.8
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
Grey's Anatomy
8.225
Ironside
6.8
Night Court
7.4
The Streets of San Francisco
6.935
MacGyver
7.7
The Brothers Brannagan
0
The Love Boat
6.3
The Love Boat
6.3
Dream On
6.9
Hot in Cleveland
7.4
The Untouchables
7.9
The Chevy Mystery Show
6.333
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
6.941
The New Adventures of Old Christine
7.032
Pearl
6.4
Petrocelli
7
Petrocelli
7
The Exes
6.538
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Best Friends Whenever
8
Dinah!
6.667
Anger Management
6.2
Ironside
6.8
The Love Boat
6.3
Hotel
6.8
The Detectives
5.6
Vicki!
5
The Mod Squad
6.3
Movies
Superhero Movie
5.273
Operation Petticoat
7.187
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
5.1
Colossus: The Forbin Project
6.886
Music Within
6.5
The Proud and Profane
6
Teacher's Pet
6.8
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
6.1
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
9.385
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever
10
Midnight Offerings
5.8
Flower Girl
5.9
Grand Theft Auto
5.3
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
0
Blueprint for Robbery
5.3
Keeping Up with the Randalls
6.6
The Weekend Nun
6.3
Lizzie
6.9
About Sarah
6
Where There's a Will
6.7
Sins of the Father
0
A Perfect Stranger
4.8
Hidden in Silence
7.1
Skyward
6.9
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
5.727
The Survival of Dana
0
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
6.7
A Perfect Christmas List
5.5
Airport
6.43
God Is My Partner
5
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
10
The Lake
5
Pushover
6.5
Honky
4.8
Dear Dracula
8.5
Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
0
The Slowest Gun in the West
2
A Reason
4.3
Sabrina
7.505
The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
0
The Glenn Miller Story
6.928
Ladies and The Champ
0
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
0
Around the World in Eighty Days
6.648
Sweet Surrender
5.5
Secret of the Incas
5.75
Some Came Running
6.912
I Know That Voice
7.087
Angels on Tap
5
Heebie Jeebies
4.462
My Music: A Classic Christmas
7.5
Any Second Now
6.7
The Evening Star
5.9
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
9
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
7.7
Forever Female
6.7
Smiley Face
6
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
7.1
Blithe Spirit
8
Senior Entourage
2
Lust for Life
7.161
Me And My Hormones
0