Marion Ross
Marion Ross
Marion Rossis 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 received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Prior to her success on Happy Days, Ross appeared in a variety of film roles, appearing in The Glenn Miller Story, Sabrina, Lust for Life, Teacher's Pet, Some Came Running, Operation Petticoat, and Honky, as well as several minor television roles. Ross also starred...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth25 October 1928
CityWatertown, MN
CountryUnited States of America
Because I'm everybody's mother, I'm a beloved character. It makes life so sweet for me. No matter where I go people are happy to meet me, so I try to be a nice person. I don't want to disappoint them.
We had many luxuries, such as books an the theater, but not many of the necessities,
Oh, we saw a lot. My goodness, we saw a lot,
Shouting does not help if you are talking to someone who has a hearing loss, especially if they wear hearing aids. Shouting just makes things worse.
I love being her. She just burned at an intensity. She's outrageous and brilliant and sensitive. She's a rapturous person, so (the play) is filled with emotion. It's very funny and fun.
That pesky tradesman who won't turn up: "Oh, hello, did you ever watch Happy Days?" and when they say yes, I say, "Well, I'm Mrs C." Then I get everything I want.
Somebody said to me, "You won the Olympics, didn't you?" I said, "Yes." Wouldn't it be a shame if you didn't let yourself enjoy that.
I have to constantly remind myself that I am communicating with a person with hearing loss.
I like to see what's happening in town,
I have tremendous faith in theuniverse. I feel at home on this planet. Even though it's a very big world out there, I plan on walking right through the middle of it unharmed.
Happy Days, which we did for 11 years, we did with three cameras in front of a live audience. Very special. We had a party every Friday night. The boys, Ron, Henry, they grew up on that show.
Happy Days was a wonderful, wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for the world.
But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.
I think in Mrs. C, I certainly played myself. A very compulsive, sweet person.