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  Marion Ross
  MarionRossSept2011.jpg
  Ross in September 2011
  Born October 25, 1928 (age 89)
  Watertown, Minnesota, U.S.
  Alma mater San Diego State University
  Occupation Actress
  Years active 1953–present
  Spouse(s) Freeman Meskimen (1951–1969; divorced; 2 children)
  Partner(s) Paul Michael (1988–2011; his death)
  Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress. Her best-known role is that of Marion Cunningham on the ABC television sitcom Happy Days, on which she starred from 1974 to 1984 and received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Before her success on Happy Days, Ross appeared in a variety of film roles, appearing in The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Sabrina (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Teacher's Pet (1958), Some Came Running (1958), Operation Petticoat (1959), and Honky (1971), as well as several minor television roles, one of which was on television’s "The Lone Ranger" (1954). Ross also starred in The Evening Star (1996), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

  Since the 1990s, Ross has been known for voice-over work on animated television series such as King of the Hill and SpongeBob SquarePants among others, and recurring roles on The Drew Carey Show, That '70s Show, Gilmore Girls, and Brothers & Sisters, and guest spots.

  Contents
  1 Early life
  2 Career
  2.1 Early film and television roles, 1953–73
  2.2 Happy Days success and roles thereafter, 1974–95
  2.3 Recent roles, 1996–present
  3 Personal life
  4 Happy Days lawsuit
  5 References
  6 External links
  Early life
  Ross was born in Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, the daughter of Gordon and Ellen (Hamilton) Ross,[1] She lived in Waconia, then moved to Willmar, and eventually to Albert Lea, Minnesota.[2] 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, studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts and attending Southwest High School. A year later, her family moved to San Diego, California.[3] She graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego.[4]

  Ross enrolled in San Diego State University,[5] 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.

  Career
  Early film and television roles, 1953–73
  Ross made her 1953 film debut in Forever Female, starring Ginger Rogers and William Holden. She found steady work in film, appearing in The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Sabrina (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Lizzie (1957), Teacher's Pet (1958), Some Came Running (1958), Operation Petticoat (1959), Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Honky (1971), and Grand Theft Auto (1977).

  Ross' career on television also began in 1953, when she played the Irish maid on the series Life With Father for two years. In 1954, she appeared as Ginny Thorpe on The Lone Ranger, and in 1958, she appeared on NBC's Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mary Williams. In 1959, she appeared as a teacher Miss McGinnis on ABC's The Donna Reed Show.

  Ross also appeared on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Millionaire (1956 episode), Steve Canyon, Perry Mason (The Case of the Romantic Rogue), Buckskin, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Father Knows Best, The Outer Limits, Thriller (U.S. TV series) (The Special One, The Man in the Mirror), The Brothers Brannagan (two episodes as Diane Warren), The Eleventh Hour, Route 66, Mr. Novak, Death Valley Days, Hawaii Five-O, The Brady Bunch, The Fugitive, and Night Court.

  In the 1961–62 television season, she played Gertrude Berg's daughter on the CBS sitcom Mrs. G. Goes to College as well as starred as a mail order bride on Rawhide. Ross had an uncredited and non-speaking role as one of the hapless passengers on board Trans Global Flight #2 in Airport (1970). That year, Ross played a computer scientist opposite Eric Braeden in the sci-fi thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project.

  Happy Days success and roles thereafter, 1974–95

  Happy Days press photo, 1974
  Ross' best known role is on the sitcom Happy Days, which aired for 11 seasons on ABC, from 1974 to 1984. She portrayed matriarch Marion Cunningham, mother of Richie, Joanie, and (briefly) Chuck. She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her work on the show in 1979 and 1984. Ross later reprised Marion Cunningham on the spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi and on Family Guy.

  Between 1978 and 1986, she appeared as different characters on The Love Boat. In the 1986–87 television season, Ross became a series regular, playing Emily Haywood. She later starred in the short-lived, critically acclaimed comedy-drama Brooklyn Bridge, which ran on CBS from 1991 to 1993. The series won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award following its first season.

  Recent roles, 1996–present

  Ross at the 1992 Emmy Awards
  In 1996, she starred as housekeeper Rosie Dunlop opposite Shirley MacLaine in The Evening Star, a sequel to Terms of Endearment. Despite panning the film, New York Times critic Janet Maslin enthused that, "Marion Ross does a warm, sturdy job as the devoted housekeeper who has been kept too long under Aurora's wing."[6] She went on to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

  Ross had a recurring role on Touched by an Angel as a homeless woman and was in the final two episodes which closed the series. Additionally, she played a secretly ill mother in "The Cat", an episode of Early Edition that first aired in April 1997. She had recurring roles as Drew Carey's mother on The Drew Carey Show (during one episode of which she was referred to as her Happy Days character Mrs. Cunningham, a deliberate error for a contest the show was running); as mean grandmother Bernice Forman on That '70s Show; and as Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore on Gilmore Girls. She also frequently appeared on Hollywood Squares.

  During the 1990s, Ross became active in voice-over work. She played Ms. Wakefield on the Fox animated series King of the Hill, Grandma SquarePants on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, Crane's mother on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Mrs. Lopart on Handy Manny. She also guest-starred on The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, The Wild Thornberrys, and Generator Rex.

  In 2007, Ross appeared in Music Within. In 2007 and 2010, she played Ida Holden on ABC's Brothers & Sisters. In June 2008, the Albert Lea Civic Theater in Albert Lea, Minnesota changed its name to the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center.[7] That year, Ross played Aunt Lucille in the film Superhero Movie,[8] and in 2009 she appeared in a guest spot on The New Adventures of Old Christine.

  In 2010, Ross guest-starred on Nurse Jackie and Grey's Anatomy,[9] and appeared in the Cartoon Network television film Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster as Mrs. Trowburg. In 2013, she guest-starred on The Middle, and in 2014 on Two and a Half Men. In September 2015, she began making brief appearances on MeTV to share her memories of her Happy Days co-stars.

  Personal life

  The Marion Ross Performing Arts Center in Albert Lea, Minnesota
  Ross lives in Cardiff by the Sea, a neighborhood of the city of Encinitas, California, in north San Diego County. In July 2011, she was grand marshal of Cardiff Centennial Celebrations. Ross also lived in Los Angeles, California, with actor Paul Michael (died July 8, 2011).

  Her two adult children also work in entertainment: Son Jim Meskimen's credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas and appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Marion and Jim have both acted in The Boondocks and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (though not always in the same episodes). Daughter Ellen Plummer was a writer/producer on Friends.

  Happy Days lawsuit
  On April 19, 2011, Ross and four of her Happy Days co-stars, Erin Moran, Don Most, Anson Williams, and the estate of Tom Bosley filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the show, claiming they had not been paid for merchandising revenue owed under their contracts. The cast members claimed they had not received revenue from show-related items, including comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, lunch boxes, dolls, toy cars, magnets, greeting cards, and DVDs where their images appear on the box covers. Under their contracts, they were supposed to be paid five percent from the net proceeds of merchandising if their sole images were used, and half that amount if they were in a group. CBS said it owed the actors $8,500 and $9,000 each, most of it from slot machine revenue, but the group said they were owed millions. The lawsuit was initiated after Ross was informed by a friend playing slots at a casino of a "Happy Days" machine on which players win the jackpot when five Marion Rosses are rolled.[10]

  In October 2011, a judge rejected the group's fraud claim, which rejects their claim to millions of dollars in potential damages.[11] On June 5, 2012, a judge denied a motion filed by CBS to have the case thrown out, which meant it would go to trial on July 17 if the matter was not settled by then.[12] In July 2012, the actors settled their lawsuit with CBS. Each received a payment of $65,000 and a promise by CBS to continue honoring the terms of their contracts.[13][14]

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  Overview (3)
  Born October 25, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
  Birth Name Marian Ellen Ross
  Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)
  Mini Bio (1)
  The lovely, continuously upbeat and iconic All-American mom from the classic Happy Days (1974) TV sitcom had fervent desires of becoming an actress while growing up in her obscure Minnesota town. Born Marian Ross (with an "a") in 1928, she grew up in her native state and, at one time, worked as a teenage au pair in order to earn money for drama lessons at the MacPhail Center in Minneapolis. The family eventually relocated to San Diego (she was in her late teens) and Marion attended and graduated from Point Loma High School.

  Changing her stage moniker to Marion (with an "o") Ross because it read classier to her, the young hopeful enrolled at San Diego University and appeared in the theater department's various productions. Graduating in 1950, Marion worked in summer theater in and around the San Diego area, including the Old Globe Theatre. She then managed to land a Paramount Studio contract with the assist of an old college professor and found a few unbilled parts to play as various actress, tourist and girlfriend types in a variety of films such as The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Secret of the Incas (1954), Sabrina (1954) and Pushover (1954). At the same time, she won a regular role as the Irish maid "Nora" in the Victorian-TV comedy Life with Father (1953) which ran a couple of seasons and was headed by Leon Ames and Lurene Tuttle. This program happened to be the first live color series for network Hollywood TV. Not your conventional leading lady type, Marion landed slightly larger parts in such movies as The Proud and Profane (1956), Lizzie (1957), Teacher's Pet (1958) and Operation Petticoat (1959), but any and all attempts to move further up the Hollywood film ladder proved a long-lasting frustration. Marking her Broadway debut in 1958 with a role in "Edwin Booth" starring José Ferrer, Marion nevertheless continued to focus on TV work. Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in a fairly steady amount of shows, both comedies and dramas, including Father Knows Best (1954), Rawhide (1959), Route 66 (1960), The Outer Limits (1963), The Felony Squad (1966) and The Brady Bunch (1969). By the end of the decade, however, she was still disillusioned, but now she was divorced from her husband of 18 years, Freeman Meskimen, and struggling to raise two children. Middle-aged stardom came to her (in her 46th year) with the nostalgic sitcom series Happy Days (1974), which arrived on a wave of 50s popularity triggered by the huge box-office reception to the film American Graffiti (1973). The show starred "Graffiti" lead Ron Howard and co-starred Henry Winkler as "The Fonz". Marion was ideally paired with Tom Bosley, who expertly played her beleaguered hubby. The series became a certifiable hit and Marion's ever-pleasant "Marion Cunningham" the new, slightly blended version of Lucille Ball's ditzy and Barbara Billingsley's pristine perfect moms. Two Emmy nominations came Marion's way during the show's long tenure (ten seasons).

  Following the demise of such an exalting hit, many actors often find themselves either resting on their laurels or witnessing a sad decline in their career. Not Marion. She continued to pursue her career assertively and challengingly and the critics kept taking notice. She earned terrific reviews for her recurring The Love Boat (1977) role in 1986, and enjoyed standard guest turns on Night Court (1984), MacGyver (1985), Burke's Law (1963) and (the revived) "Superman". One of Marion's finest hours on TV occurred with her role as the obstinate, iron-willed Jewish matriarch in the Brooklyn Bridge (1991) series, which neatly deflected any broad, daffy stereotype she might have incurred from her Happy Days (1974) role. Irritating yet ingratiating at the same time, Marion's fine interpretation garnered the veteran actress two more Emmy nominations. Sadly, a lack of viewership triggered an abrupt cancellation and deep disappointment in Marion. While never making a strong dent in films, an excellent supporting turn for Marion came in the form of her moving portrayal of Shirley MacLaine's loyal housekeeper and confidante in The Evening Star (1996), the long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-winning Terms of Endearment (1983). Critics predicted an Academy Award nomination for the actress but, surprisingly, it did not pan out. Other films over the years have included Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970); Grand Theft Auto (1977), which starred Happy Days (1974) son Ron Howard (who also made his directorial debut); and, more recently, Music Within (2007) and the silly spoof Superhero Movie (2008).

  In her post-"Happy Days" years, Marion reinvigorated her career on the stage. As a result, she earned renewed acclaim and respect for her roles in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (which brought her back to Broadway), "Steel Magnolias", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "The Glass Menagerie", "Pippin" and "Barefoot in the Park", among others. She also toured with her one-woman show as poet Edna St. Vincent Millay entitled "A Lovely Light". On TV, Marion found recurring flinty-like roles on Touched by an Angel (1994) (a fifth Emmy nomination), That '70s Show (1998), The Drew Carey Show (1995), Gilmore Girls (2000) and Brothers & Sisters (2006) and also provided a voice in the cartoon "Spongebob Squarepants" as Spongebob's grandmother. The ever-vital copper-haired octogenarian continues to reside at her country-style home she calls the "Happy Days Farm" in California's San Fernando Valley.
  - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

  Spouse (1)
  Freeman Herman Meskiman, Jr. (1950 - 1968) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
  Trade Mark (1)
  Red hair and blue eyes
  Trivia (19)
  She and her late companion, Paul Michael, co-starred in Southern California stage productions of "Over the River and Through the Woods", "Love Letters" and "The Last Romance".
  She appeared on Broadway in 1987 with Jean Stapleton in a revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace".
  At age 13, she changed the spelling of her name from "Marian" to "Marion" because she thought it would look better on a marquee.
  She lives in the San Fernando Valley, California in a country-style home which she calls "Happy Days farm".
  Mother of actor Jim Meskimen and actress Ellen Kreamer.
  Mother-in-law of Tamra Meskimen.
  She is the Associate Artist for the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, California.
  Older sister, Alicia, and younger brother, Gordon.
  Best remembered by the public for her role as "Marion Cunningham" on the television series Happy Days (1974).
  Raised in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the Albert Lea Civic Theatre was renamed the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center on June 7, 2008 in honor of the veteran actress. Her life partner Paul Michael sang "The Impossible Dream" during the dedication ceremony and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed a proclamation declaring June 7th "Marion Ross Day".
  In 1972, Marion was hired to play Marion Cunningham in an episode of the comedy series Love, American Style (1969) called "Love and the Happy Days". On the show, she was the mother of a teenager named Richie (played by Ron Howard) and the wife of Howard Cunningham (played by Harold Gould. Two years later, when the segment was developed into a television series called Happy Days (1974), Marion was invited back to play her part and so was Howard, while Gould was replaced by Tom Bosley.
  She credits her late friend, character actress Sandra Gould, with helping her get the role in Happy Days (1974). She was invited to a dinner hosted by Gould and a casting person from "Happy Days" also was in attendance. Not long after the dinner Marion got a call from the studio.
  Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6420 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California in 2001.
  She is a registered Democrat.
  She has played the same character (Marion Cunningham) in four different series: Love, American Style (1969), Happy Days (1974), Joanie Loves Chachi (1982) and Family Guy (1998).
  Guest starred on the last 2 episodes of Touched by an Angel (1994).
  Costarred with Clayton Moore, on the Lone Ranger TV series, and with John Hart, Moore's temporary replacement, as the Lone Ranger in an episode of Happy Days.
  Although she herself never appeared in "Dark Shadows," many of her old friend actors did appear on the series during their early acting careers in New York. In a show of nostalgic support, Marion would occasionally attend the Dark Shadows Fan Festivals in their memory.
  Friends with Erin Moran, Barbara Billingsley, and Gavin MacLeod.
  Personal Quotes (2)
  People have different opinions about this, but I'll use it to my advantage. If I call the plumber and he says, "I can't come right away", I'll say, "Did you ever watch Happy Days (1974)? I'm Mrs. C, you know". And not only does he get over here right away, but he brings his entire family.
  In those days, you would walk into the dining room at Paramount and there were all of these big portraits of all these big movie stars on the wall. Around the corner was Cecil B. DeMille. The dining room was filled with big movie stars. It's all gone now.

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  Angels on Tap (post-production)
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  2018 Senior Entourage (post-production)
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  2018 Guardians of the Galaxy (TV Series)
  MinnErva
  - Gotta Get Outta This Place (2018) ... MinnErva (voice)
  2017 Please Tell Me I'm Adopted! (TV Series short)
  Mrs. Grant
  2016 The Odd Couple (TV Series)
  Edna
  - Taffy Days (2016) ... Edna
  2016 The Final Show (Short)
  Betty
  2016 Best Friends Whenever (TV Series)
  Grandma Rita
  - Jump to the '50's (2016) ... Grandma Rita
  2014-2015 Chasing Life (TV Series)
  Lynn Carver
  - The Last W (2015) ... Lynn Carver
  - Locks of Love (2014) ... Lynn Carver
  2014 A Perfect Christmas List (TV Movie)
  Evie
  2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas (TV Movie)
  Marion
  2014 Hot in Cleveland (TV Series)
  Olga
  - The Bachelors (2014) ... Olga
  2014 A Reason
  Aunt Irene Hilgrim
  2014 Instant Mom (TV Series)
  Marion Cunningham
  - Not Your Mother's Day (2014) ... Marion Cunningham
  2014 Sweet Surrender (TV Movie)
  Grandma
  2014 The Exes (TV Series)
  Pearl
  - The Old Man and the Holly (2014) ... Pearl
  2014 Two and a Half Men (TV Series)
  Older Lady
  - Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball. (2014) ... Older Lady
  2013 Major Crimes (TV Series)
  Pauline Allen
  - There's No Place Like Home (2013) ... Pauline Allen
  2013 Anger Management (TV Series)
  Dr. Murphy
  - Charlie and His New Therapist (2013) ... Dr. Murphy
  2013 The Middle (TV Series)
  Ms. Dunlap
  - The Graduation (2013) ... Ms. Dunlap
  2013 Heebie Jeebies (TV Movie)
  Agnes Whitehead
  2012 Dear Dracula (Video)
  Grandma (voice)
  2006-2012 Handy Manny (TV Series)
  Mrs. Lopart
  - Mrs. Lopart's Attic/Hoop Dream (2012) ... Mrs. Lopart (voice)
  - Wedding Day (2012) ... Mrs. Lopart (voice)
  - Handy Manny and the Seven Tools (2012) ... Mrs. Lopart (voice)
  - St. Patrick's Day (2012) ... Mrs. Lopart
  - Seal Appeal/Pat Lightly (2010) ... Mrs. Lopart (voice)
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  2012 Up All Night (TV Series)
  Gammy
  - The Proposals (2012) ... Gammy
  2001-2011 SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series)
  Grandma SquarePants / Gramma Squarepants / Actress on T.V.
  - Barnacle Face/Pet Sitter Pat (2011) ... Gramma Squarepants / Actress on T.V. (voice)
  - The Abrasive Side/Earworm (2010) ... Grandma SquarePants
  - Picture Day/Pat No Pay/Blackjack (2007) ... Grandma SquarePants (voice)
  - Grandma's Kisses/Squidville (2001) ... Grandma SquarePants (voice)
  2011 Keeping Up with the Randalls (TV Movie)
  Grandma Dorie
  2011 Generator Rex (TV Series)
  Grandma / Grandmother
  - Moonlighting (2011) ... Grandma (voice)
  - Rampage (2011) ... Grandmother (voice)
  2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (TV Series)
  Grandma Moonbeam
  - When the Cicada Calls (2010) ... Grandma Moonbeam (voice)
  2010 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (TV Movie)
  Hilda Trowburg
  2010 Childrens Hospital (TV Series)
  Elderly Nurse
  - I Am Not Afraid of Any Ghost (2010) ... Elderly Nurse
  2007-2010 The Boondocks (TV Series)
  Mrs. von Hausen
  - The Fried Chicken Flu (2010) ... Mrs. von Hausen (voice)
  - The S-Word (2008) ... Mrs. von Hausen (voice)
  - Thank You for Not Snitching (2007) ... Mrs. von Hausen (voice)
  2010 Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)
  Betty Donahue
  - Shiny Happy People (2010) ... Betty Donahue
  2007-2010 Brothers & Sisters (TV Series)
  Ida Holden
  - Where There's Smoke... (2010) ... Ida Holden
  - The Road Ahead (2009) ... Ida Holden
  - Something Ida This Way Comes (2007) ... Ida Holden
  2010 Nurse Jackie (TV Series)
  Renata Thurber
  - Caregiver (2010) ... Renata Thurber
  2009 The New Adventures of Old Christine (TV Series)
  Agnes
  - The Curious Case of Britney B. (2009) ... Agnes
  2009 Flower Girl (TV Movie)
  Rose Durham
  2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Video Game)
  Nana (voice)
  2008 Superhero Movie
  Aunt Lucille
  2007 Whatever Happened To? (TV Series)
  - Moms to Count On (2007)
  2007 Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever (Video)
  Annabelle Crow (voice)
  2007 Smiley Face
  Shirley
  2007 Music Within
  Grandma
  2006 Community Service (TV Movie)
  Helen
  2006 Where There's a Will (TV Movie)
  Leslie Clyde Onstott
  2006 Out of Practice (TV Series)
  Norma
  - Model Behavior (2006) ... Norma
  2005 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
  Narrator
  - The United States in the Twentieth Century: Part 1 1900-1933 (2005) ... Narrator
  2005 Family Guy (TV Series)
  Marion Cunningham
  - The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz (2005) ... Marion Cunningham (voice)
  2005 Sex, Love & Secrets (TV Series)
  Kitty Vanderbeer
  - Territorial Defense (2005) ... Kitty Vanderbeer
  2001-2005 Gilmore Girls (TV Series)
  Lorelai 'Trix' Gilmore / Marilyn Gilmore
  - Wedding Bell Blues (2005) ... Marilyn Gilmore
  - The Reigning Lorelai (2004) ... Marilyn Gilmore
  - The Incredible Sinking Lorelais (2004) ... Lorelai 'Trix' Gilmore
  - Face-Off (2003) ... Lorelai 'Trix' Gilmore
  - That'll Do, Pig (2003) ... Lorelai 'Trix' Gilmore
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  2004 King of the Hill (TV Series)
  Ms. Wakefield
  - Ms Wakefield (2004) ... Ms. Wakefield (voice)
  1997-2004 The Drew Carey Show (TV Series)
  Beulah Carey
  - Finale (2004) ... Beulah Carey
  - Girlfriend, Interrupted (2004) ... Beulah Carey
  - Sealed in a Kiss (2004) ... Beulah Carey
  - Drew Hunts Silver Fox (2004) ... Beulah Carey
  - Bataan Wedding March (2003) ... Beulah Carey
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  2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
  Marion Ross
  1995-2003 Touched by an Angel (TV Series)
  Sophie / Emma
  - I Will Walk with You: Part 2 (2003) ... Sophie
  - I Will Walk with You: Part 1 (2003) ... Sophie
  - The Wind Beneath My Wings (1998) ... Emma
  - There But for the Grace of God (1995) ... Sophie
  2002 SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month (Video Game)
  Grandma SquarePants (voice)
  2001 The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series)
  Margaret Smith
  - Ladies and the Champ (2001) ... Margaret Smith
  2000 The Wild Thornberrys (TV Series)
  Rebecca the Elephant Queen
  - Forget Me Not (2000) ... Rebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
  2000 Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series)
  Carol
  - Thinking of You/Mama's Soup Pot/The Letter (2000) ... Carol
  1999 Postcards from Heaven (TV Series)
  1998-1999 That '70s Show (TV Series)
  Grandma Forman
  - Halloween (1999) ... Grandma Forman
  - Grandma's Dead (1999) ... Grandma Forman
  - The Best Christmas Ever (1998) ... Grandma Forman
  - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1998) ... Grandma Forman
  1999 Family Law (TV Series)
  Mrs. Richardson
  - The Nanny (1999) ... Mrs. Richardson
  1999 The Last Best Sunday
  Mrs. Larksmont
  1998 About Sarah (TV Movie)
  Grandma Rose McCaffrey
  1998 Love Boat: The Next Wave (TV Series)
  Judy Glacken
  - How Long Has This Been Going On? (1998) ... Judy Glacken
  1998 The Lake (TV Movie)
  Maggie
  1997 The Third Twin (TV Movie)
  Lila Ferrami
  1997 Superman (TV Series)
  General Richter
  - Speed Demons (1997) ... General Richter (voice)
  1997 Early Edition (TV Series)
  Eunice Fadiman
  - The Cat (1997) ... Eunice Fadiman
  1996 1914-1918 (TV Mini-Series documentary)
  Kathe Kollwitz
  - War Without End (1996) ... Kathe Kollwitz (voice)
  - Hatred and Hunger (1996) ... Kathe Kollwitz (voice)
  1996 The Evening Star
  Rosie Dunlop
  1979-1996 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)
  Ruth Roberston / Billie Silverman / Mrs. Davies / ...
  - Me and My Hormones (1996) ... Ruth Roberston
  - The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story (1987) ... Billie Silverman
  - Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents? (1983) ... Mrs. Davies
  - Which Mother Is Mine? (1979) ... Lila Dennis
  1996 Promised Land (TV Series)
  Lillian Hightower
  - The Motel (1996) ... Lillian Hightower
  1996 Hidden in Silence (TV Movie)
  Mrs. Diamant
  1995 Burke's Law (TV Series)
  Frances Farnsworth
  - Who Killed the King of the Country Club? (1995) ... Frances Farnsworth
  1995 Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (TV Movie)
  Maureen Collier
  1994 The John Larroquette Show (TV Series)
  Ruth Eggers
  - A Cult to the System (1994) ... Ruth Eggers
  1994 The Boys Are Back (TV Series)
  Helen
  - The Favorite (1994) ... Helen
  1994 Robin's Hoods (TV Series)
  Geraldine
  - Kidnapped Boyfriend (1994) ... Geraldine
  1994 Sweet Justice (TV Series)
  - It's a Grand Old Dame (1994)
  1994 A Perfect Stranger (TV Movie)
  Charlotte Brandon
  1993 Dream On (TV Series)
  Mother Superior
  - Silent Night, Holy Cow Part II (1993) ... Mother Superior
  1991-1993 Brooklyn Bridge (TV Series)
  Sophie Berger
  - No Time Like the Future (1993) ... Sophie Berger
  - The Hollywood Country Club (1993) ... Sophie Berger
  - Keeping Up with the Joneses (1993) ... Sophie Berger
  - The Date (1993) ... Sophie Berger
  - The Wild Pitch (1993) ... Sophie Berger
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  1990 MacGyver (TV Series)
  Sister Robin
  - Harry's Will (1990) ... Sister Robin
  1989 Living Dolls (TV Series)
  Marion
  - Beauty and the Beat (1989) ... Marion
  - And I Thought Modeling Was Hard (1989) ... Marion
  1989 Sister Kate (TV Series)
  Sister Agnes
  - The Nun (1989) ... Sister Agnes
  1989 Brothers (TV Series)
  Madame Sonya
  - The Road Yet Taken (1989) ... Madame Sonya
  1989 Night Court (TV Series)
  Mrs. Daley
  - The Trouble Is Not in Your Set (1989) ... Mrs. Daley
  1978-1987 The Love Boat (TV Series)
  Emily Stubing / Emily Heywood / Emily Haywood / ...
  - Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987) ... Emily Stubing
  - The Christmas Cruise: Part 2 (1986) ... Emily Stubing
  - The Christmas Cruise: Part 1 (1986) ... Emily Stubing
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  Marion Ross reveals the 'Happy Days' co-star she didn't click with at first
  Apr. 3, 2018 at 9:44 AMRandee Dawn
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  Anyone who loved watching the classic TV show "Happy Days" had to love Marion Ross, who played Mrs. Cunningham.

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  "For a couple of years," the 89-year-old explained, she and Tom Bosley (who played Mr. Cunningham) did not precisely click.

  "Either Tom Bosley had somebody else in mind right at the beginning (of the show) ... but I had a very small part at the beginning," she said. "My lines were like, 'Oh, Howard,' 'Oh, children, you're not eating.'"

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  Tom Bosley and Marion Ross as Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, who didn't always have "Happy Days" together.
  But over the course of the show's 11 seasons, "Mrs. C" became an integral member of the cast, beloved by family and associated family alike. And that included Bosley.

  "So we had to work our way through that," she continued. "Because I learned to love him, I loved him and we became very close friends."

  That's just one of the stories in Ross' new memoir, "My Days: Happy and Otherwise," which was published at the end of March.

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  The original "Happy Days" family: Erin Moran, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley and Marion Ross.
  Ross also revealed that sometimes being liked too much in Hollywood can be a problem. She was signed to a film contract at age 24, and explained to Megyn Kelly during her visit that navigating predators in the business was tricky even then.

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  Marion Ross appeared with Clark Gable in 1958's "Teacher's Pet."
  One time, she said, a man promised he could "help" her in the business if she just did things his way.

  "I punched him in the shoulder and I said, 'You have no character! I'm married!'" she said. "He didn't know what to do with me."

  "She wound up getting the job," Kelly said.

  You go, Mrs. C!

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  Marion Ross writes of ‘Happy Days’ and more in new memoir
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  From 1974 to 1984, TV audiences knew Marion Ross as the sitcom mom dispensing patience and wisdom during the 11-season run of the ABC hit series “Happy Days.” But Marion’s days were not entirely happy.

  In her March memoir, “My Days: Happy and Otherwise,” her ‘otherwise’ reminiscences include a bad first marriage and the challenges confronting an actress and single working mother. Even her early years on “Happy Days” weren’t always cheery thanks to TV hubby Tom Bosley.

  “Tom didn’t particularly want me to play his wife, so he was tough on me for a while,” recalled Ross from her home in Woodland Hills, California. “I don’t think he meant too much by it, but I wasn’t well-equipped to handle it.”

  She says the rough treatment lasted the first few seasons.

  Cover of Marion Ross's book My Days Happy and Otherwise,
  Cover of Marion Ross's book My Days Happy and Otherwise, published March 27, 2018 (Photo: Provided by publicist)

  “There was a lot of chatter on the set and I initially found it hard to blend into the conversations, so I just stayed out of it and took up needlepoint. But eventually, I won Tom over and learned to love and admire him even though he had picked on me. That wasn’t really who he was, and I came to realize he was a fine man.”

  The cast as a whole soon developed a bond that lasts to this day.

  “We really were like a family growing together. I saw the kids grow up, get married, and have their own babies. It’s not uncommon to drift apart when a series ends production and you may never see the cast again, but we’ve all remained close.”

  Raised in Minnesota (Watertown, Albert Lea, and Minneapolis), Ross was determined to act from an early age.

  “I was a middle child and my brother was very sickly, so I didn’t get all the attention. I secretly decided I’d better become rich and famous!” she laughed. “I read all the arts and theater magazines and saw acting as a way to achieve that. At the library, I’d look up famous actors in books like ‘Who’s Who?’ I wanted to learn how they became successful.”

  She recalls reading “Present Indicative,” the first volume of Noël Coward’s autobiography.

  Marion Ross, Charles Drake, Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson,
  Marion Ross, Charles Drake, Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, and Harry Morgan in The Glenn Miller Story (Photo: Universal Pictures)

  “He began on the stage as a child, so by 13 I was planning to be successful too,” said Ross, whose family moved 3 years later to California where she graduated college and began to realize her dream in theater. But it soon evolved into film and television.

  “At 25, I landed a role in the TV version of Noël Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ and actually I got to work with Noël Coward!” she recalled about the 1956 production. “He was quite charming, witty and sophisticated, and very nice to me although he could quickly put someone in their place if he chose to. The first reading of the script was at Humphrey Bogart’s house because Lauren Bacall (his wife) was in the production. So too was Claudette Colbert. Can you imagine being a young actress doing that on a Sunday? I just loved it!”

  Ross’s film career began with Paramount, 3 years earlier in “Forever Female.”

  Signed photo of Marion Ross with Clark Gable in Teachers
  Signed photo of Marion Ross with Clark Gable in Teachers Pet, from Ross's personal collection (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

  “Ginger Rogers was so kind to me and gave me a bouquet of flowers on my first day. And the director kept remarking that I looked like Greer Garson. Every day he asked, ‘Miss Garson, what do you think about this part of the script?’ I eventually realized he was making fun of me, but at least I interested him enough to be noticed.”

  Ross would later work with other movie legends such as Tony Curtis and Cary Grant (“Operation Petticoat”), Jimmy Stewart (“The Glenn Miller Story”), and Clark Gable.

  “I played Doris Day’s secretary in ‘Teacher’s Pet’ and she was lovely, but oh, Clark Gable! Some actors just have an aurora and Gable did. It was Easter, so I colored some eggs and on one wrote ‘M.R loves C.G.’ I gave it to his assistant, a suave fellow who protected Gable from everyone. Gable eventually just said ‘Thank you very much’ to me. I’ve met a lot of people in my life but not even (Henry Winkler’s) Fonzie could bowl you over like Gable.”

  Marion Ross and cast of Happy Days
  Marion Ross and cast of Happy Days (Photo: ABC)

  It was, says Ross, a great time to be an actor.

  “I remember one morning in hairdressing and Audrey Hepburn was in the chair next to me. Oh God, I wanted to die! And all the stars ate in the studio’s dining room. Marlene Dietrich would come swooping into the room and a hush would fall over the place. There were big photos of stars on the walls – a huge portrait of Victor Mature as Samson at one end of the room. Those early days in Hollywood were just so thrilling, almost more than I could bear.”

  Though she has no future acting plans, she says working on the book brought back many memories.

  “I had to be talked into writing the book by my family but now I’m having fun discussing it,” says Ross who turns 90 in October and is planning some book signings in the Los Angeles and New York areas. “I’ve certainly had more happy days than ‘otherwise.’”

  Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala, and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 700 newspapers and magazines. Seewww.tinseltowntalks.com

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  'Happy Days' actress Marion Ross still mourns on-screen daughter Erin Moran: 'We all talk about it'
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  Erin Moran (L) and Marion Ross from "Happy Days" arrive for "A Father's Day Salute to TV Dads" hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, June 18, 2009.
  Erin Moran (L) and Marion Ross from "Happy Days" arrive for "A Father's Day Salute to TV Dads" hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, June 18, 2009. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser )

  Marion Ross is still grieving over the loss of her beloved on-screen daughter Erin Moran.

  The former child star, who enchanted audiences as Joanie on “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” died in 2017 at age 56 from cancer.

  Before her untimely passing, Moran described the pressures she endured growing up under the Hollywood spotlight, especially when she turned 15. According to the New York Times, Moran claimed in a 1983 interview that “Happy Days” producers asked her to wear more revealing outfits.

  “They suddenly wanted me to lose weight and become this sexy thing,” she said, as reported by the New York Times.

  “Happy Days” aired from 1974 until 1984. Its spinoff, “Joanie Loves Chachi,” ran from 1982 until 1983.

  Actresses Erin Moran (L) and Marion Ross from "Happy Days" arrive at "A Father's Day Salute to TV Dads" hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, California June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT) - GM1E56J11DP01
  Erin Moran (L) and Marion Ross in 2009. Ross, who is 89, says the “Happy Days” cast continues to keep Moran’s memory alive. (Reuters)

  “It’s a sad thing, and I don’t advise families putting their children into show business unless they can handle it as well as Ron Howard’s family did,” Ross told Closer Weekly Tuesday.

  The 89-year-old stressed the “Happy Days” cast continues to keep Moran’s memory alive.

  “We all talk about it as much as we want to,” she said.

  Ross also told Country Living, “I was very close to her and she was a very dear, precious girl… My warning would be for parents who put their kids in show business — be very careful of that.

  "Ron Howard’s parents just took him off the set and [took him] straight home. I think sometimes it’s the parents that break, not the child. She was such a smart little girl and to see her end up this way was tragic for everyone.”

  Director and actor Ron Howard,Hall of Fame inductee, poses with his former TV co-star Marion Ross from their series "Happy Days" at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 22nd annual Hall of Fame gala in Beverly Hills, California March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - GM1E93C0X1R01
  Director and actor Ron Howard, Hall of Fame inductee, poses with his former TV co-star Marion Ross from "Happy Days" on March 11, 2013. (Reuters)

  The New York Times noted Moran had left behind Hollywood by the mid-1980s. Moran told The Toronto Star in 1988 she had suffered from depression after the shows ended and struggled to find work as an actress.

  “I wanted time off to reassess my life and my career,” she admitted. “I had to ask myself, ‘Do I really want to keep doing this, or do I want to sit back and take it easy for five years, 10 years?’”

  As for Ross, she’s been enjoying her life after “Happy Days.” She recently participated in the annual Macy’s Go Red for Women fashion show in New York City, which raises awareness on heart disease. She’s also gearing up to publish a memoir later this year, titled “My Days: Happy and Otherwise.”

  “Heart disease is in my family,” said Ross. “My mother, my father, my husband, all died from it – and now, I’m 89, and so I take the good appeals from my heart and you can be heart healthy if you work on it and become aware. “We’re all so aware now, and I’m very grateful to Macy’s for putting on this show.”

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  'Happy Days' star Marion Ross says softball kept the cast together over the years
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  'Happy Days' star Marion Ross: Softball kept cast together
  In her new memoir, 'Happy Days' star Marion Ross credits the show's lasting success to the close-knit cast. Saying that softball kept the cast together over the years.

  Before Marion Ross found fame as the beloved all-American mom in “Happy Days,” she was struggling to make ends meet.

  It was 1968 and the actress was having trouble finding work in Hollywood. So when the opportunity came to appear in an uncredited role of a passenger in the 1970 film “Airport,” she didn’t think twice.

  The now 89-year-old recently chronicled her journey to stardom in a new memoir titled “My Days: Happy and Otherwise.”

  “They were hiring all kinds of actors who were down on their luck,” Ross told Fox News. “They paid them not even minimum wage — below minimum… I didn’t have any lines, but they wanted all kinds of actors… and you worked with all these swell people, like Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset and Helen Hayes.”

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  Marion Ross in 1959's "Perry Mason." (Courtesy of Marion Ross)

  Still, Ross, who first made her film debut in 1953’s “Forever Female” opposite Ginger Rogers and William Holden, needed to stay afloat. So she called The Old Globe theatre and asked to appear in their play by Tennessee Williams titled “Summer and Smoke.”

  That's when fate came calling.

  “I was doing this play and then my agent calls and says, ‘You have to try out for this pilot for ‘Love and the Happy Days,’” she recalled. “I did the pilot as the mother and then I went back to the theater. My agent then said, ‘Get out of that play. They’ve picked up this pilot… And my part [in the show as Marion Cunningham] kept getting better and better.”

  “Happy Days,” which premiered in 1974, told the comical tale of the Cunningham family living through the ‘50s. The sitcom, created by Garry Marshall, would thrive on television until 1984 when it came to an end.

  Ross admitted she didn’t think at the time that “Happy Days” would impact American pop culture history. She did however, credit the close-knit cast for the show’s lasting success.

  Actress Marion Ross (3rdL), who portrayed the matriarch on the
  television comedy series "Happy Days," poses with the show's creator
  Garry Marshall (L) and cast members Tom Bosley (2ndL), Erin Moran
  (3rdR), Henry Winkler (2ndR) and Anson Williams following a ceremony
  honoring her with the 2,182nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame July
  12, 2001 in Los Angeles, California.

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  Actress Marion Ross (third, left), who portrayed the matriarch on the television comedy series "Happy Days," poses with the show's creator Garry Marshall (L) and cast members Tom Bosley. Erin Moran, Henry Winkler and Anson Williams following a ceremony honoring her with the 2,182nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame July 12, 2001 in Los Angeles. (Reuters)

  “We had a wonderful softball team because all the boys were very good athletes,” she said. “Ron Howard played right field. Scott Baio was a wonderful first base. Garry Marshall, he loved softball and played first base on a lot of the games.

  "And I had a uniform with my own mitt with my name on it and my own bat! And we played so much softball. It kept the cast together. I don’t know if we would have survived if we didn’t have that softball team.”

  Ross insisted it was always time to play ball when the cast wasn’t filming.

  “I’m a 53-year-old woman telling my girlfriends, ‘Sorry, I can’t go shopping because I’ve gotta go to ball practice,’” she chuckled. “And we traveled to Germany and played softball with the U.S. third infantry… When that was all over, we all flew to Okinawa and played softball with the U.S. Marines. They thought we were joking, but we weren’t.”

  Ron Howard, who starred as Ross’ son Ritchie, also opened up to her about a lifelong passion that would later lead to a career in filmmaking.

  “Ron was always making a film,” recalled Ross. “He always wanted to be a filmmaker. Very early on, he asked me to be in one of the films, ‘Grand Theft Auto.’ I was in that. His whole family was catering the meals for the cast. And then I did another one of his movies, ‘Skyward.’

  Director and actor Ron Howard,Hall of Fame inductee, poses with his former TV co-star Marion Ross from their series "Happy Days" at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 22nd annual Hall of Fame gala in Beverly Hills, California March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - GM1E93C0X1R01
  Marion Ross with Ron Howard. (Reuters)

  "Anson Williams [Potsie] produced it, Ron directed it… We bonded in a way that you never do with any other cast… Very often, Hollywood is filled with the wrong parenting. But Ron Howard’s parents were exceptionally wonderful.”

  Despite the show’s growing success, Ross never forgot her early beginnings in Hollywood and being discovered by Paramount Studios after she ran off and eloped in her final year of college at San Diego State.

  “I felt terribly special,” the rural Minnesota native said about embarking on her film career. “My mother somehow made me feel that I was special. It was a mixed feeling. You think you’re special and then you think you’re nothing all at the same time. So coming to Hollywood? I don’t know.

  "I was incredibly shy and well mannered. And a lot of the girls around me were pretty swift. [But] Ginger Rogers was absolutely wonderful and made me feel so at home with her. She even gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers.”

  Marion Ross Life With Father
  Marion Ross (left) in the hit '50s series "Life with Father." (Courtesy of Marion Ross.)

  It wouldn’t be the last time Ross was paired up with an iconic screen siren. In 1956, she appeared in the TV film “Blithe Spirit,” which starred Lauren Bacall and Claudette Colbert.

  “Lauren Bacall was fabulous and glamorous and just a wonderful person,” said Ross. “Her husband [Humphrey Bogart] was dying when we were making this… But she was so hardworking.

  "Claudette Colbert was a huge star and not so swell. She was tough, tough on me. But it’s good to see all that because as you start your career and you see all these people up close, you think, ‘I don’t want to be that.’ So you begin to smarten up.”

  Ross has kept busy working over the years as an actress, but now says, “I really am retired.” Still, she keeps a close friendship with her “Happy Days” family and wouldn’t have it any other way.

  Marion Ross
  Marion Ross today. (Courtesy of Marion Ross)

  “We took our time [on ‘Happy Days’] very, very seriously,” she said. “It bonded us. We became so close… We were children at play.”

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  'I used to be very poor': Happy Days mom Marion Ross, 86, describes pain of being broke and divorced at 40
  By Charlie Carballo For Mailonline

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  She is best known as the cheerful 'Mrs. C' on Happy Days.

  But actress Marion Ross’ days were once not as charmed as the sitcom’s take on ‘50s-‘60s life.

  ‘When I was 40, I got divorced. Nobody had a job [for me], and I had two small children,’ the TV veteran recently revealed in an interview with Closer weekly.

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  Poor and not happy: Actress Marion Ross was devastated after a divorce left her broke with two children to care for and no prospects for work at the age of 40; she made the revelation in a recent interview with Closer; seen above, she poses at an event in November +4
  Poor and not happy: Actress Marion Ross was devastated after a divorce left her broke with two children to care for and no prospects for work at the age of 40; she made the revelation in a recent interview with Closer; seen above, she poses at an event in November

  Happier times: By 1974 she scored a role as Mrs. C in the hit series Happy Days; seen above, a promotion photo of Marion Ross in 1974 +4
  Happier times: By 1974 she scored a role as Mrs. C in the hit series Happy Days; seen above, a promotion photo of Marion Ross in 1974

  'I rented out one of the bedrooms in my house to pick up some money,' she added. 'I’d think, I made $35 today. It was hard.'

  Marion, who enjoyed TV and film success before losing it all, made her debut at the age of 25 on the big screen alongside Ginger Rogers in Forever Female in 1953.

  She went on to regularly acting in classic TV shows like The Lone Ranger, The Donna Reed Show, The Brady Bunch, The Fugitive, Father Knows Best and more.

  But she found herself struggling to pay bills after her marriage ended in 1968 and career stalled.

  She recalled a moment when her son, Jim, asked why they could not afford a hair dryer and she responded to him: 'We can’t afford it.'

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  Steady work: Marion was on Happy Days for 10 years and earned two Emmy nods; seen above, an image from the Happy Days series in 1972 +4
  Steady work: Marion was on Happy Days for 10 years and earned two Emmy nods; seen above, an image from the Happy Days series in 1972

  The Evening Star Golden Globe Award nominee's hard times paralleled her upbringing, she told the magazine.

  ‘My parents had lived through the Depression,' she said. 'I’d seen my mother always working at something.'

  She added: 'That’s my attitude.'

  Marion reveals heartache she suffered at 40 in Closer weekly +4
  Marion reveals heartache she suffered at 40 in Closer weekly

  Marion's career was revived by 1974, she was then aged 46, and won the role of homemaker Marion Cunningham on Happy Days, which starred Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Scott Baio and her TV husband Tom Bosley, who played hardware store owner Mr. Cunningham.

  Though Marion's career was moving forward, she revealed to the magazine that behind the scenes she still suffered heartache, years later, from her divorce.

  'It had been 10 years (since the breakup),' she explained. 'I'd thought I would get over it quickly, get everything straight in my head. So I went to see a shrink, and I do recommend it for anyone.'

  She credits the therapy sessions for helping her to move on and later find love again. But romance came much later for Marion, as a 60-year-old with her former partner of 23 years, Paul Michael (who died in 2011).

  For her performance in Happy Days, where she spent a decade on screen, she received two Primetime Emmy nominations. The series ended in 1984, but job offers continued, including spots on The Love Boat, Brooklyn Bridge and movies.

  In her role opposite Shirley MacLaine in 1996's The Evening Star, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

  Now aged 86 and with plenty of projects in her queue, she compared her work ethic to her peers Betty White, aged 93, and Carl Reiner, 92, who are still steadily working, saying, 'It's such a joy to be in the game at my age.'

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My Days: Happy and Otherwise
Publishers Weekly. 265.3 (Jan. 15, 2018): p53+.
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My Days: Happy and Otherwise

Marion Ross, with David Laurell. Kensington, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1515-9

In an autobiography as cheerful and straightforward as the author's character on Happy Days, Ross uncomplainingly recounts a life filled with more melodrama than comedy. For 11 years the actress regularly entered American households as the iconic TV mother Mrs. Cunningham, but here she shares the struggles that preceded that success. Growing up in Minnesota during the Great Depression, Ross dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. With her supportive mother's help, Ross scraped together the money to study drama and speech (losing, in the process, her heavy Minnesota accent when it was pointed out to her). A move to California and a Paramount Studios contract seemed to mark the fulfillment of Ross's dreams--until the contract wasn't renewed. Neither an impulsive marriage to an alcoholic nor having to work while raising two children dimmed Ross's dream, but these circumstances did force her to abandon hopes of film or theater stardom and focus on television. Following her divorce, Ross took a small part in the 1970 film Airport, which role led to her being cast in the Happy Days pilot. Interviews with the series' cast and crew, including Ron Howard and the late Gary Marshall, add insight into Ross's contributions to the show's success. While lacking in the behind-the-scenes gossip readers might expect, this book will please fans with its down-to-earth account of the dedicated actress behind an adored character. (Mar.)

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  Marion Ross – For fans of classic television shows, if they decided to create a hall of fame for the tube’s greatest moms, the following names would automatically come to mind: Harriet Nelson, June Cleaver, Carol Brady, Shirley Partridge and Marion Cunningham.

  They wouldn’t be immortalized for how they looked so fashionable in an apron and high heels, or how they kept their TV families well fed with milk & cookies or meat loaf & mashed potatoes, but how – in their own right – managed to keep their respective family dynamics intact with plenty of humor, wisdom and strength.

  Marion Ross

  “I always found the role of Mrs. C to be an evolving one. At the table reads I always read the girls’ parts, as a way of constantly auditioning for the writers on Happy Days. I kept showing them what I can do and what others things I can do with the part. As a result, the writers kept on expanding the role of Mrs. C, and it kept on growing throughout the show’s run,” said Ms. Ross during a recent phone interview to promote the publication of her memoir My Days: Happy and Otherwise.

  Although many people remember Marion Ross for her role as Mrs. C on the ABC hit sitcom “Happy Days” throughout its decade-long run from 1974 to 1984, her book shows that her life – both professional and personal – wasn’t always idyllic as that of the life of the fictional Cunningham family of Milwaukee.

  Born in October of 1928 in the small Minnesota town of Albert Lea (her mother was actually Canadian, born and raised in northern Saskatchewan), Ms. Ross knew from an early age that a career as an actress (in particular a Broadway stage actress) was destined for her. Ironically, when her family moved to California, she began to get small roles in a variety of movies and TV shows, including “Perry Mason”, “General Electric Theatre”, “The Untouchables”, “Rawhide”, “Teacher’s Pet” with Clark Gable, “Operation Petticoat” with Cary Grant and “The Glenn Miller Story” with Jimmy Stewart, and “Airport” with Burt Lancaster.

  It was after completing a small part in the latter movie that she met a casting agent through a mutual friend, who told her that she was casting for a new sitcom pilot for ABC called “A New Kind of Family” that was being produced by a young man named Garry Marshall, and that she would be ideal for the role of the mother. The pilot, which also starred Ron Howard, was shot but was not picked up; instead, it became an episode on the ABC anthology comedy series “Love American Style” in 1972. Two years later, as a result of the pilot’s popularity on that show, ABC finally picked up the pilot and debuted in January of 1974 as “Happy Days”.

  As well, the book baldly portrays how her actual married life was never like that of Howard and Marion Cunningham. During the early 50s, while she was a contract player for Paramount, Ms. Ross married Freeman (“Effie”) Meskimen, an aspiring actor who was less motivated to pursue a career in acting and whose only passion was for alcohol. And by the time they were divorced more than a decade later, she had to face the struggle of being a single mother, who was constantly auditioning for – and acting in – any TV or movie role that came her way, so that she can support herself and her two children, son Jim and daughter Ellen.

  Although Ms. Ross uses the first half of the book to tell her story in a very introspective, revealing and philosophical tone, she allows ghost writer David Laurell to allow the people she is close with both personally and professionally to give their point of view of who and what Marion Ross is all about. Telling their sides of the story in the book are her real life children, her personal assistant Gwen Berohn, and her “Happy Days” family including Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Anson Williams, Don Most and the late Erin Moran and the late Garry Marshall. This device works quite well, as it helps to complete the well rounded portrait of Marion Ross, which is a combination of a complex, strong individual who faced and conquered adversity, and the co-star who was just as much a mother figure to her TV family offscreen as she was onscreen. And the family dynamic of that cast made working on “Happy Days” such a joy for her.

  My Days: Happy and Otherwise Book Jacket by Marion Ross

  “The cast of Happy Days was a close knit group, and we still are,” she said. “And when we found out after season five that the show was a solid hit, we never got spoiled by that fact. While Donny (Most) was the most funny member of the cast, Ron (Howard) was quietly being perfect all the time. When he made the announcement that he was leaving the show to go to NBC direct TV movies – and later feature films – it was a big blow to all of us. But I told him that he had to go and do what he had to do.”

  These days are indeed very happy ones for Marion Ross, as she is about to turn 90 this fall. She is happily retired from acting and when she is not promoting her book, she is living at her two acre Happy Days Farm in Serrania Ridge, California (where her former Happy Days co-star Scott Baio is her neighbour), and is the proud grandmother to her three grandchildren.

  Although she was at first reluctant to write this book, classic TV fans are grateful that Marion Ross decided to forgo her reluctance to write My Days: Happy and Otherwise. She admits now that she had a marvellous experience writing a memoir that wasn’t a scandal-filled tell-all. And her many fans and admirers should be satisfied that they got a memoir that’s filled with genuine honesty and affection, not to mention cherished memories of one of TV’s most popular and longest-running sitcoms from the point-of-view of one of TV’s most popular moms.