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She grew up in Waconia, Willmar and Albert Lea. At the young 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 Marion completed her sophomore year in high school, she moved to Minneapolis and took a job as an au pair so she could take drama lessons at the MacPhail Center for the Arts. After a year in Minneapolis, where she attended Southwest High School, her family moved to San Diego, California, and Marion enrolled in San Diego State College.

Ross 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 Hollywood.

In 1953, Ross made her big-screen debut in Forever Female where she appeared with Ginger RogersVirginia Katherine McMath ( July 16, 1911 April 25, 1995), better known as Ginger Rogers was an American actress and dancer. She is most remembered as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten all-singing all-dancing Hollywoo. A steady stream of film work followed, including parts in The Glenn Miller Story ( 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati), SabrinaSabrina is the ancient name of the English River Severn as well as the goddess of that river in Insular Brythonic mythology. Sabrina is the title of an American comedy movie produced in 1954 and later remade in 1995. The story was originally written by Sa (1954), and Operation PetticoatOperation Petticoat is a 1959 movie directed by Blake Edwards and starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, later adapted for television in 1977. It tells the story of the World War II American submarine USS Sea Tiger damaged during the opening days of the Pac ( 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac).

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Marion Ross' most famous role was in the long-running series Happy Days from 1974 to 1984). She played as Marion Cunningham, Ritchie and Joanie's mother.

Ross has acted on Broadway and in films, but she adores doing TV. In recent years, she played recurring roles as Drew Carey's mother on The Drew Carey Show and Grandma Forman on That '70s Show. She is also seen frequently on Hollywood Squares, and does voiceovers for Grandma SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants.

Ross lives in Los Angeles with actor Paul Michael . Her two children also work in entertainment: Jim Meskimen s acting credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Ellen Plummer is a writer/producer on Friends.