Marion Ross

Marion Ross (born Marian Ellen Ross; October 25, 1928) is an American retired 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 for which she 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), and The Outer Limits (1964). She was also twice nominated successively in 1992 and 1993 for the Primetime Emmy Award for her performance on the CBS television comedy-drama Brooklyn Bridge and later netted another Emmy nomination (her fifth and last) in 1999 for a two-episode appearance on the CBS drama Touched by an Angel. Ross also co-starred in a sequel to the film Terms of Endearment (1983) called The Evening Star (1996), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated and won a Lone Star Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In the 1990s, Ross did some voiceover work, voicing on animated television series such as King of the Hill and SpongeBob SquarePants, among others, and appearing in recurring roles on shows such as The Drew Carey Show, Gilmore Girls, and Brothers & Sisters and a guest appearances on Anger Management E2S5, "Charlie's New Therapist".