Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress. She portrayed Marion Cunningham in Happy Days. She is the voice of Grandma SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants, and also voiced Rebecca the Elephant Queen in The Wild Thornberrys episode "Forget Me Not".
Biography[]
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-TV's Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mary Williams. In 1959, she appeared as a starting teacher, Miss McGinnis, on ABC's The Donna Reed Show. Within the storyline, Miss McGinnis is unable to relate to her students until housewife Donna Stone (Donna Reed) steps in with advice to help the situation.[1]
Marion 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, Wikipedia: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, Hawaii Five-O, The Brady Bunch, The Fugitive, Night Court.
References[]
- ↑ The Donna Reed Show: Season 2, Episode 9 - Flowers for the Teacher (19 Nov. 1959). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.
External links[]
- Marion Ross article at Wikipedia
