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Marion Ross
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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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Acting (146)
Betty Donahue
Marion Cunningham (voice)
Margaret
Grandma SquarePants (voice)
Aunt Lucille
Grandma Forman
Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Trix Gilmore / Marilyn Gilmore
Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
Sister Robin
Ms. Dunlap
Ms. Wakefield (voice)
Extra (uncredited)
Hilda Trowburg
Mrs. von Hausen (voice)
Joan Myers (uncredited)
2nd Lieutenant Colfax
General Richter (voice)
Shirley
Mrs. Foster
Marion Cunningham
Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
Dr. Murphy
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Angela Fields
Renata Thurber
Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
Emily Heywood / Emily Stubing / Mrs. Jenny Heller / Amy Scofield / Gladys Johnson / Mary Hammond
Ida Holden
Sophie / Emma
Beulah Carey
Eunice Fadiman
Polly Haynes (uncredited)
Edith Lavallo / Anita
Agnes Benjamin
Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
Mrs. Daley
Vera Schultz
Helen Harvey
Olga
Flavia (voice)
Agnes
Katy Fuller
Mrs. Ross
Elderly Nurse
Edna
Rita McCallister
Rosie Dunlop
Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
Grandma
Gloria Bosner / Mrs. Bartell / Shirley Petrizzi
Marian Eckhardt
Margaret Sturdevant
Miss Morris (uncredited)
Gammy
Vivian Hedgeworth
Muriel Enright
Pearl
April's Granmother
Margaret
Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
Flora / Pricilla Brewer
Evie
Mrs. Lopart (voice)
Mother Superior
Marion
Louise Johnson
Grandma (voice)
Nora Wheeler
Emily Moore
Mary Sloan / Janet Williamson
Rose Durham
Grandma
Marion Cunningham
Marion Cunningham
Dr. Helen Cartwright
Ann / Nora Belden
Dixie
Kay Forrest
Nurse Ann Patterson
Diane (uncredited)
Patty
Ruth Eggers
Charlotte Brandon
Ruth Seaton
Maggie
Agnes Whitehead
Maureen Collier
Grandma Dorie
Joan
Mrs. Richardson
Lila Ferrami
Mollie O'Brien
Stacey
Judy Glacken
Greek (uncredited)
Young Woman
Mrs. Diamant
Mrs. Divine
Aunt Irene Hilgrim
Nurse / Peg Santos
Ellie North
Natalie Ward
Mrs. Larksmont
Mrs. Wilson
Leslie Clyde Onstott
Sophie Berger
Dottie Moll
Grandma Rose McCaffrey
Mrs. Hoyt
Frances Farnsworth
Laura Harding
Ann Bell
Cathy Hardin
Mrs. Crowe
Nurse Bromfield
Edith
Frances Denning
Elsie May Slocum
Waitress
Mrs. Davies
Annabelle Crow (voice)
Margaret Smith
Marion
Caroline Harris
Kate / Susan
Sister Marcella / Etta Wheeler
Mrs. Pilgrim
Madeline Lee
Mom
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Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
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