Marion Ross 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 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 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.
Marion Ross, American actress
On October 25, in the year 1928, Marion Ross, American actress. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of October 25, one of 656 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on October 25, 1928 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
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