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    Ceremony date 07/12/2001

About
Marion Ross
Born:
1928-10-25,
Watertown,
Minnesota,
USA
Education:
Point Loma High School in San Diego, CA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Marion Ross

Marion Ross is an American actress, best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the TV series Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.

Born Marian Ross in Watertown, Minnesota, she lived in Waconia and then moved to Willmar and eventually to Albert Lea, Minnesota. 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, and worked as an au pair while studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts, and attending Southwest High School. A year later, her family moved to San Diego, California. She graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego.

Ross enrolled in San Diego State University, 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.

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, Sabrina, Teacher's Pet, and Operation Petticoat .

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