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Biography

Born

Alberta Lea, Minnesota

Birth Name

Marian Ross

Gender

Female

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Star (6)

Role
- Brooklyn Bridge
  Sophie Berger
  - S 2: Ep 13 No Time Like the Future
    8/6/93
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Hollywood Country Club
    7/30/93
  - S 2: Ep 11 Keeping up with the Joneses
    7/23/93
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Date
    7/16/93
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Wild Pitch
    4/24/93
  - + 28 More Credits
- Happy Days
  Marion Kelp Cunningham
  - S 11: Ep 22 Fonzie's Spots
    9/24/84
  - S 11: Ep 21 Good News, Bad News
    7/19/84
  - S 11: Ep 20 School Dazed
    7/12/84
  - S 11: Ep 19 Low Notes
    7/5/84
  - S 11: Ep 18 So How Was Your Weekend?
    6/28/84
  - + 250 More Credits
- Community Service
  Helen
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
- Channing
  Assistant Dean Ryker
  - — Freedom Is A Lovesome Thing, God Wot!
    3/4/64
  - — Rupee, Expresso and A Little Nirvana
  - — My Son, the All-American
- The Gertrude Berg Show
  Susan Green (1961)
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mrs. G.'s Private Telephone
    12/27/61
  - S 1: Ep 12 Mrs. G. Meets the Faculty
    12/20/61
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Teacher
    12/13/61
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Trouble with Crayton
    12/6/61
  - S 1: Ep 9 Romance for Maxie
    11/29/61
  - + 7 More Credits
- Life With Father
  Nora
  - S 2: Ep 2 Father Does a Land Office Business
    11/22/54
Recurring Role (9)

Role
- Gilmore Girls
  Marilyn
  - S 5: Ep 13 Wedding Bell Blues
    2/8/05
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Reigning Lorelai
    3/2/04
- The Drew Carey Show
  Beulah Carey
  - S 9: Ep 26 Finale
    9/8/04
  - S 9: Ep 16 Girlfriend, Interrupted
    7/21/04
  - S 9: Ep 6 Sealed in a Kiss
    6/16/04
  - S 9: Ep 1 Drew Hunts Silver Fox
    6/2/04
  - S 8: Ep 26 The Bataan Wedding March
    8/27/03
  - + 11 More Credits
- Gilmore Girls
  Trix Gilmore
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Incredible Sinking Lorelais
    2/17/04
  - S 3: Ep 15 Face-Off
    2/18/03
  - S 3: Ep 10 That'll Do, Pig
    1/14/03
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Third Lorelai
    3/22/01
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 76 December 22 - 26, 1986 - Friday
    12/26/86
  - S 1: Ep 75 December 22 - 26, 1986 - Thursday
    12/25/86
  - S 1: Ep 74 December 22 - 26, 1986 - Wednesday
    12/24/86
  - S 1: Ep 73 December 22 - 26, 1986 - Tuesday
    12/23/86
  - S 1: Ep 72 December 22 - 26, 1986 - Monday
    12/22/86
- The Love Boat
  Emily Hayward
  - S 9: Ep 25 Happily Ever After/Have I Got a Job for You/Mrs. Smith Goes to Minikulu
    5/24/86
  - S 9: Ep 24 My Stepmother, Myself/ Almost Roommates/ Cornerback Sneak
    5/17/86
  - S 9: Ep 17 The Second Time Around/ Hello, Spencer/ Runaway, Go Home
    2/22/86
  - S 9: Ep 16 Hello Emily/ The Tour Guide/ The Winning Number
    2/15/86
- The Love Boat
  Mary Hammond
  - S 9: Ep 3 Hidden Treasure/Picture from the Past/Ace's Salary
    10/12/85
- The Love Boat
  Recurring Role
  - S 6: Ep 5 Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love
    10/30/82
- The Love Boat
  Emmy Schofield
  - S 3: Ep 18 Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (1)
    1/19/80
  - S 3: Ep 19 Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (2)
    1/19/80
- The Love Boat
  Rose
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Last of the Stubings/The Million Dollar Man/The Sisters
    2/4/78
Guest Star (107)

Role
- Brothers & Sisters
  Ida Holden
  - S 4: Ep 21 Where There's Smoke...
    4/25/10
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Road Ahead
    9/27/09
  - S 1: Ep 13 Something Ida This Way Comes
    1/21/07
- Nurse Jackie
  Renata Thurber
  - S 2: Ep 5 Caregiver
    4/19/10
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
  Agnes
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Curious Case of Britney B.
    11/4/09
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 19: Ep 10 Tyler, Gretta, Mally & Marion
    11/24/08
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 40 February 25, 2008
    2/25/08
- SpongeBob SquarePants
  Gramma
  - S 5: Ep 12 Picture Day / Pat No Pay / Blackjack
    8/2/07
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 129 Marion Ross/Radha Mitchell/Erin Boheme
    4/25/06
- Out of Practice
  Norma
  - S 1: Ep 13 Model Behavior
    3/22/06
- Family Guy
  Mrs. Cunningham
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz
    12/18/05
- Happy Days
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 24 Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion
    2/3/05
  - S 11: Ep 23 Happy Days: The Reunion
    3/3/92
- King of The Hill
  Ms. Wakefield
  - S 9: Ep 2 Ms. Wakefield
    12/19/04
- The Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 126 March 22 - 26, 2004 - Monday
    3/22/04
  - S 6: Ep 112 March 1 - 5, 2004 - Tuesday
    3/2/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 60 11/21/03
    11/21/03
- Touched By an Angel
  Sophie
  - S 9: Ep 22 I Will Walk With You (2)
    4/27/03
  - S 9: Ep 21 I Will Walk With You (1)
    4/26/03
  - S 1: Ep 10 There, But For the Grace of God
    2/25/95
- ET In TV Land
  Herself
  - — Happy Days
    1/12/03
- TVography
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Happy Days
    9/3/01
- The Wild Thornberrys
  Rebecca
  - S 2: Ep 27 Forget Me Not
    2/24/00
- Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
  Carol
  - S 1: Ep 17 Thinking of You / Mama's Soup Pot / The Letter
    2/1/00
- Family Law
  Mrs. Richardson
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Nanny
    10/25/99
- Touched By an Angel
  Emma
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Wind Beneath Our Wings
    11/8/98
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave
  Judy Glacken
  - S 1: Ep 4 How Long Has This Been Going On?
    5/4/98
- Superman: The Animated Series
  General Richter
  - S 2: Ep 4 Speed Demons
    9/13/97
- Early Edition
  Eunice Fadiman
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Cat
    4/13/97
- Promised Land
  Lillian Hightower
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Motel
    10/1/96
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Frances Farnsworth
  - S 2: Ep 11 Who Killed the King of the Country Club?
    7/6/95
- Hart To Hart
  Maureen Collier
  - S 6: Ep 5 Secrets of the Hart (TV Movie)
    3/6/95
- The John Larroquette Show
  Mrs. Eggers
  - S 2: Ep 11 A Cult to the System
    12/6/94
- The Boys are Back
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Favorite
    11/2/94
- Dream On
  Mother Superior
  - S 4: Ep 13 Silent Night, Holy Cow
    12/18/93
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 73 Show #4484
    2/24/92
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 54 November 21, 1991
    11/21/91
- The Chuck Woolery Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 44 November 14, 1991
    11/14/91
- MacGyver
  Sister Robin
  - S 6: Ep 7 Harry's Will
    11/5/90
- American Experience
  voice of Edith Wilson
  - S 2: Ep 2 Demon Rum
    10/10/89
- Night Court
  Mrs. Daley
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Trouble is Not in Your Set
    2/1/89
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Billie
  - S 16: Ep 2 The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
    9/23/87
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  Margaret Sturdevant
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Initiation
    1/24/87
- You Again?
  Celeste
  - S 2: Ep 9 Personals
    12/10/86
- Hotel
  Nora Wheeler
  - S 3: Ep 2 Rallying Cry
    10/2/85
- Fantasy Island
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 20 Don Juan's Last Affair / The Final Adieu
    4/14/84
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Mrs. Davies
  - S 11: Ep 6 Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?
    3/16/83
- Joanie Loves Chachi
  Marion Cunningham
  - S 2: Ep 2 Joanie's Roommate
    10/14/82
  - S 1: Ep 1 Chicago
    3/23/82
- The John Davidson Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 46 September 1, 1980
    9/1/80
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 20 November 12-16, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    11/12/79
  - S 14: Ep 5 September 17-23, 1979 (2)
    9/17/79
  - S 13: Ep 51 March 5-9, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    3/5/79
  - S 12: Ep 84 July 24-28, 1978 (NBC-TV)
    7/24/78
  - S 12: Ep 47 February 20-26, 1978 (2)
    2/20/78
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 32 October 16, 1979
    10/16/79
  - S 15: Ep 204 June 17, 1977
    6/17/77
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Lila Dennis
  - S 8: Ep 1 Which Mother is Mine?
    9/26/79
- Password Plus
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 101 PWP-101
    5/28/79
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 42 Marion Ross & Adam Arkin
    6/13/77
  - S 4: Ep 33 Marion Ross & Larry Linville
    4/19/76
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Mrs. Ross
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Thrill Killers (1)
    9/30/76
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 27 October 21, 1975
    10/21/75
- Petrocelli
  Mary Sloane
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Outsiders
    2/26/75
- Emergency!
  Margaret
  - S 3: Ep 9 Inheritance Tax
    11/17/73
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Mrs. Johnson
  - S 5: Ep 6 A Question of Fault
    10/16/73
- Mannix
  Muriel Enright
  - S 6: Ep 23 A Problem of Innocence
    3/4/73
- Ironside
  Mrs. Bartel
  - S 6: Ep 9 Buddy, Can You Spare a Life? (2)
    11/16/72
  - S 6: Ep 8 Buddy, Can You Spare a Life? (1)
    11/16/72
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Dr. Cartwright
  - S 4: Ep 6 He Could Sell Iceboxes To Eskimos
    10/17/72
- Love, American Style
  Marion
  - S 3: Ep 87 Love and the Happy Days
    2/25/72
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Sandy
  - S 1: Ep 9 Operation: Deadhead
    11/12/71
- Longstreet
  Ilene Decker
  - S 1: Ep 9 Wednesday's Child
    11/11/71
- Sarge
  Joyce Edmonds
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Push Over The Edge
    10/26/71
- Hawaii Five-O
  Anita Putnam
  - S 4: Ep 7 Air Cargo -- Dial for Murder
    10/26/71
- Mannix
  Jean
  - S 5: Ep 4 Wine From These Grapes
    10/6/71
- Ironside
  Gloria Bosner
  - S 5: Ep 2 Contract: Kill Ironside
    9/21/71
- Insight
  Florence
  - S 11: Ep 51 Intrusion
    8/21/71
- Mission: Impossible
  Mrs. Foster
  - S 5: Ep 21 A Ghost Story
    2/27/71
- The Psychiatrist
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 God Bless The Children
    12/14/70
- Insight
  Sheila
  - S 11: Ep 15 Hey! Hey! It's Billy Raye
    12/13/70
- The Mod Squad
  Louise
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Loser
    4/7/70
- Celebrity Profile
  Herself
  - — Melissa Gilbert
- Hawaii Five-O
  Nurse Edith Lavallo
  - S 2: Ep 15 Blind Tiger
    12/31/69
- The Brady Bunch
  Dr. Porter
  - S 1: Ep 13 Is There a Doctor in the House?
    12/26/69
- Mannix
  Lurene Warinsky
  - S 3: Ep 3 Return to Summer Grove
    10/11/69
- The Felony Squad
  Miss Wilkins
  - S 3: Ep 2 Jury Of One
    9/23/68
- Ironside
  Mrs. Petrizzi
  - S 1: Ep 25 Barbara Who
    2/29/68
- The Felony Squad
  Nurse
  - S 2: Ep 14 An Arrangement With Death (2)
    12/7/67
  - S 2: Ep 13 An Arrangement With Death (1)
    12/1/67
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Marion Eckhardt
  - S 3: Ep 4 Trial by Fire
    10/5/65
- The Outer Limits
  Agnes "Aggie" Benjamin
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Special One
    4/6/64
- The Great Adventure
  Etta Wheeler
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Henry Bergh Story
    3/20/64
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Mrs. Stewart
  - S 2: Ep 13 Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?
    12/25/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Ann Patterson
  - S 3: Ep 12 Charile Wade Makes Lots Of Shade
    12/12/63
- The Great Adventure
  Sister Marcella
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Outlaw and the Nun
    12/6/63
- Rawhide
  Pricilla Brewer
  - S 4: Ep 28 Gold Fever
    5/4/62
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Stacy Newcombe
  - S 3: Ep 26 Finders Keepers
    4/13/62
- Route 66
  Ann
  - S 2: Ep 16 1800 Days to Justice
    1/26/62
- Rawhide
  Flora
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Woman Trap
    1/26/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Laura Harding
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Debasers
    1/16/62
- Thriller
  Kay Forrest
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Prisoner in the Mirror
    5/23/61
- Barbara Stanwyck Show
  Dottie Moll
  - S 1: Ep 10 We Are the Women Who Wait
    12/5/60
- Loretta Young Show
  Peg Santos
  - S 8: Ep 9 No Margin for Error
    11/13/60
- The Chevy Mystery Show
  Ann Bell
  - S 1: Ep 4 Dark Possession
    6/19/60
- Zane Grey Theater
  Mollie
  - S 4: Ep 27 Seed Of Evil
    4/7/60
- Philip Marlowe
  Helen Craig
  - S 1: Ep 26 You Kill Me
    3/29/60
- Father Knows Best
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 21 Jim's Big Surprise
    2/29/60
- General Electric Theater
  Sarah Wilson
  - S 8: Ep 16 Sarah's Laughter
    1/3/60
- The Untouchables
  Vera Schultz
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Dutch Schultz Story
    12/17/59
- The Donna Reed Show
  Miss McGuinness
  - S 2: Ep 9 Flowers For the Teacher
    11/19/59
- M Squad
  Lucy Kerr
  - S 2: Ep 35 High School Bride
    5/29/59
- Perry Mason
  Helen Harvey
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Case of the Romantic Rogue
    2/14/59
- Steve Canyon
  Rita Bradshaw
  - S 1: Ep 3 Operation Zero Launch
    9/22/58
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 16 Peace Bond
    5/2/58
- The Thin Man
  Drucilla
  - S 1: Ep 27 Jittery Juror
    3/28/58
- The Walter Winchell File
  June Holloway
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Walkout
    2/28/58
- Ford Star Jubilee
  Edith
  - S 1: Ep 5 Blithe Spirit
    1/14/56
- The Millionaire
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 15 Millionaire Reverend Hardin
    1/11/56
- The Lone Ranger
  Ginny Thorpe
  - S 4: Ep 9 Texas Draw
    11/4/54
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
  Dixie
  - S 4: Ep 35 Emily Vandelip's Elopement
    7/19/54
- Loretta Young Show
  Nurse
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Count of Ten
    3/14/54
Special Guest Star (3)

Role
- SpongeBob SquarePants
  Grandma SquarePants
  - S 8: Ep 11 Barnacle Face / Pet Sitter Pat
    9/16/11
  - S 7: Ep 39 The Abrasive Side / Earworm
    11/27/10
  - S 2: Ep 9 Grandma's Kisses / Squidville
    3/6/01
- That '70s Show
  Grandma Forman
  - S 2: Ep 5 Halloween
    10/26/99
  - S 1: Ep 23 Grandma's Dead
    7/12/99
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Best Christmas Ever
    12/13/98
- That '70s Show
  Grandma
  - S 1: Ep 10 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    11/29/98

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- Marion has two children; a son, Jim Meskimen and a daughter, Ellen Plummer.
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- Marion appears as Card #5 in DuoCard's Happy Days collection.
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- Marion met Paul Michael while performing a play in Costa Mesa.
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- Marion Ross (on Superhero Movie): It's really poor taste, you know? But the movie is so funny because it's very smutty -- nice smut, not obscene -- you know what I mean? The kids are going to love it.
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- Marion Ross: Happy Days was a wonderful, wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for the world.
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- Marion Ross: (regarding people with hearing loss) You simply can't look at a person and tell if they have a loss. Most people are so impatient and they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or they may even think that the person is slow witted, when in fact they simply can't hear.
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