Marion Ross

Marion Ross

1928-10-25 Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA 62 Credits

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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 ...

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Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story

Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story

2021

as Self

9.4
Acting

DARK SHADOWS & BEYOND – THE JONATHAN FRID STORY reveals the real man beneath the vampire’s cloak, exploring Frid’s personal and professional struggles...

Senior Entourage

Senior Entourage

2021

as Marion

2.0
Acting

Senior Entourage is a wild, wacky "Mockumentary" comedy featuring a zany, multi-racial cast ranging in age from 9 to 90. It's "Seinfeld for seniors" s...

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

2021

as Self

7.1
Acting

The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully revealing autobiographical record of his much-too-brief time ...

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

2020

as Self

7.7
Acting

In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

My Music: A Classic Christmas

My Music: A Classic Christmas

2019

as Self - Host

7.5
Acting

Gavin MacLeod and Marion Ross host a Christmas celebration that features classic performances of popular holiday standards and traditional carols perf...

Angels on Tap

Angels on Tap

2018

as Waitress

5.0
Acting

A reporter stumbles into a bar where the heavenly messengers hang out when they're not looking out for humanity.

A Perfect Christmas List

A Perfect Christmas List

2014

as Evie

5.5
Acting

As a last wish, a recently hospitalized grandmother, Evie, tasks her daughter and granddaughter, Sara, with a list of festive accomplishments to do to...

Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas

Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas

2014

as Marion

6.7
Acting

With a duty to deliver every last letter before Christmas, the beloved quartet of post office detectives—Oliver, Shane, Rita and Norman—are working ar...

Sweet Surrender

Sweet Surrender

2014

as Grandma

5.5
Acting

After getting his heart broken by his childhood sweetheart, Tom Campbell escaped from his home town to join the military. Years later, Tom returns hom...

A Reason

A Reason

2014

as Aunt Irene Hilgrim

4.3
Acting

Serena, a young, gay introvert and her controlling older brother Nathan, are forced to endure a dreaded family gathering at the house of their elegant...

I Know That Voice

I Know That Voice

2014

as Self

7.1
Acting

Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

Heebie Jeebies

Heebie Jeebies

2013

as Agnes Whitehead

4.5
Acting

When a haunted gold mine is reopened after a 150 years, a horrific supernatural creature escapes to exact vengeance on a small Southern town.

Dear Dracula

Dear Dracula

2012

as Grandma (voice)

8.5
Acting

Sam loves scary movies, especially the ones with Dracula. This year, instead of writing to Santa for Christmas, Sam writes to Dracula, telling Dracula...

Keeping Up with the Randalls

Keeping Up with the Randalls

2011

as Grandma Dorie

6.6
Acting

Alicia Crosby is a hugely successful children's fashion designer based in Los Angeles. Her personal life is equally successful as Alicia suspects her ...

Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

2010

as Hilda Trowburg

6.1
Acting

Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne,...

Flower Girl

Flower Girl

2009

as Rose Durham

5.9
Acting

Dr. Evan Cooper is the ideal match on paper and according to her grandmother, Rose Durham and friends, including an equally pushy wedding planner, for...

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009

as Self

10.0
Acting

Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop cultur...

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie

2008

as Aunt Lucille

5.3
Acting

Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the vill...

Smiley Face

Smiley Face

2007

as Shirley

6.0
Acting

Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana....

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever

2007

as Annabelle Crow (voice)

10.0
Acting

Holly and the Hey Girls learn that you never know who might make the perfect friend when they meet the town witch and find out she's really a wonderfu...

Music Within

Music Within

2007

as Grandma

6.5
Acting

After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to...

Where There's a Will

Where There's a Will

2006

as Leslie Clyde Onstott

6.7
Acting

A hapless grifter stands to inherit a small fortune from his estranged grandmother if he travels to Harmony, Texas to live with her. Instead of a shor...

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002

2004

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

9.0
Acting

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures From the Vault 1991-2002 contains every one of Weezer's music videos from that time period (including the cla...

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

as Self

5.1
Acting

TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but th...

Ladies and The Champ

Ladies and The Champ

2001

as Margaret Smith

Acting

Two retired women (Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross) find their lives rejuvenated when they decide to train a street thug (David deLuise) to become a priz...

About Sarah

About Sarah

1998

as Grandma Rose McCaffrey

6.0
Acting

When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited by her normal daughter.

The Lake

The Lake

1998

as Maggie

5.4
Acting

Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely diff...

The Evening Star

The Evening Star

1996

as Rosie Dunlop

5.9
Acting

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has on...

Me And My Hormones

1996

as Ruth

Acting

Three women of various generations deal with the many changes taking place in their lives.

Hidden in Silence

Hidden in Silence

1996

as Mrs. Diamant

7.1
Acting

Poland 1939, shortly before invasion of the German troops. To save their belongings from the Nazis, the Jewish family Diamant transfers them to their ...

Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart

Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart

1995

as Maureen Collier

5.7
Acting

Set in San Francisco, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are faced with the prospect of being reunited with Jonathan's long lost sister, and her nephew. Is it...

A Perfect Stranger

A Perfect Stranger

1994

as Charlotte Brandon

4.8
Acting

A television movie based on "A Perfect Stranger," Danielle Steel's novel about an attorney who falls in love with the young wife of a wealthy man who ...

The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story

1987

as Billie Silverman

Acting

True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.

Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father

1985

Acting

Fresh out of law school, Kevan Harris is hired by her dead father's ex-partner, Frank Murchison, and immediately 'falls into bed' with him. She then f...

Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?

Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?

1983

as Mrs. Davies

Acting

Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.

Midnight Offerings

Midnight Offerings

1981

as Emily Moore

5.8
Acting

Vivian has magic powers. She doesn't hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tire...

Skyward

Skyward

1980

as Natalie Ward

6.9
Acting

Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides...

The Survival of Dana

The Survival of Dana

1979

as Madeline Lee

Acting

High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd...

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

1979

as Self

Acting

A day-in-the-life documentary with Garry Marshall. Marshall was an executive producer for ABC and was responsible for such hit shows as Laverne and Sh...

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto

1977

as Vivian Hedgeworth

5.3
Acting

A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of rewar...

The Weekend Nun

The Weekend Nun

1972

as Mrs. Crowe

6.3
Acting

Drama based on the life of Joyce Duco, with Joanna Pettet as a young nun torn between the reality of her secular job as a daytime juvenile probation o...

Honky

Honky

1971

as Mrs. Divine

4.8
Acting

Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

1970

as Mrs. Pilgrim

Acting

A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970

as Angela Fields

6.9
Acting

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes...

Airport

Airport

1970

as Joan Myers (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

Any Second Now

Any Second Now

1969

as Mrs. Hoyt

6.7
Acting

A photographer plans to murder his rich young wife after she catches him cheating on her and threatens to divorce him so he won't get any of her money...

Blueprint for Robbery

Blueprint for Robbery

1961

as Young Woman

5.3
Acting

A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long ...

The Slowest Gun in the West

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960

as Elsie May Slocum

2.0
Acting

The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. ...

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

1959

as 2nd Lieutenant Colfax

7.2
Acting

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Some Came Running

Some Came Running

1958

as Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes ...

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

1958

as Katy Fuller

6.8
Acting

A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.

God Is My Partner

God Is My Partner

1957

as Frances Denning

5.0
Acting

A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.

Lizzie

Lizzie

1957

as Ruth Seaton

6.9
Acting

A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

as Extra (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...

Lust for Life

Lust for Life

1956

as Sister Clothilde (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustr...

The Proud and Profane

The Proud and Profane

1956

as Joan

6.0
Acting

In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumst...

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

1956

as Edith

8.0
Acting

Television adaptation of Noël Coward's famous play about an unhappily married man plagued by the spirit of his dead previous wife.

Sabrina

Sabrina

1954

as Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for...

Pushover

Pushover

1954

as Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Secret of the Incas

Secret of the Incas

1954

as Miss Morris (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954

as Polly Haynes (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1...

Forever Female

Forever Female

1953

as Patty

6.7
Acting

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.