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 (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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
2021
as Self
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
2021
as Marion
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
2021
as Self
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
2020
as Self
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
2019
as Self - Host
Gavin MacLeod and Marion Ross host a Christmas celebration that features classic performances of popular holiday standards and traditional carols perf...

Angels on Tap
2018
as Waitress
A reporter stumbles into a bar where the heavenly messengers hang out when they're not looking out for humanity.

A Perfect Christmas List
2014
as Evie
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
2014
as Marion
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
2014
as Grandma
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
2014
as Aunt Irene Hilgrim
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
2014
as Self
Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

Heebie Jeebies
2013
as Agnes Whitehead
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
2012
as Grandma (voice)
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
2011
as Grandma Dorie
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
2010
as Hilda Trowburg
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
2009
as Rose Durham
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
2009
as Self
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop cultur...

Superhero Movie
2008
as Aunt Lucille
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
2007
as Shirley
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
2007
as Annabelle Crow (voice)
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
2007
as Grandma
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
2006
as Leslie Clyde Onstott
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
2004
as Marion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
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
2003
as Self
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
2001
as Margaret Smith
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
1998
as Grandma Rose McCaffrey
When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited by her normal daughter.

The Lake
1998
as Maggie
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
1996
as Rosie Dunlop
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
Three women of various generations deal with the many changes taking place in their lives.

Hidden in Silence
1996
as Mrs. Diamant
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
1995
as Maureen Collier
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
1994
as Charlotte Brandon
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
True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.

Sins of the Father
1985
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?
1983
as Mrs. Davies
Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.

Midnight Offerings
1981
as Emily Moore
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
1980
as Natalie Ward
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
1979
as Madeline Lee
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
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
1977
as Vivian Hedgeworth
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
1972
as Mrs. Crowe
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
1971
as Mrs. Divine
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
1970
as Mrs. Pilgrim
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
1970
as Angela Fields
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
1970
as Joan Myers (uncredited)
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
1969
as Mrs. Hoyt
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
1961
as Young Woman
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
1960
as Elsie May Slocum
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
1959
as 2nd Lieutenant Colfax
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
1958
as Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
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
1958
as Katy Fuller
A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.

God Is My Partner
1957
as Frances Denning
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.

Lizzie
1957
as Ruth Seaton
A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.

Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
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
1956
as Sister Clothilde (uncredited)
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
1956
as Joan
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
1956
as Edith
Television adaptation of Noël Coward's famous play about an unhappily married man plagued by the spirit of his dead previous wife.

Sabrina
1954
as Spiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
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
1954
as Mrs. Crockett (uncredited)
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Secret of the Incas
1954
as Miss Morris (uncredited)
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

The Glenn Miller Story
1954
as Polly Haynes (uncredited)
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
1953
as Patty
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.