Marion Ross

• Birthplace: Albert Lea, Minnesota
• Birthday: October 25, 1928

Once a Hollywood starlet, Marion Ross found stardom in maturity as the good-hearted Marion Cunningham on the long-running sitcom "Happy Days" (ABC, 1974-84), then proved her acting mettle as the Yiddish-accented grandmother on the short-lived but critically-acclaimed series "Brooklyn Bridge" (CBS, 1991-93).

Sweet-looking, Ross actually began in Hollywood on the 1953-55 series "Life With Father", based on the Broadway play. She made her feature film debut in "Forever Female" (1953) at Paramount, which she joined during the very waning days of …more