ACTOR

Marion Ross

1928 - Today

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Marion Ross (born Marian Ellen Ross; October 25, 1928) is a retired 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marion Ross has received more than 3,747,738 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Ross is the 2,840th most popular actor (down from 2,578th in 2019), the 4,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,134th in 2019) and the 1,285th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marion Rosses by language

Over the past year Marion Ross has had the most page views in the with 551,543 views, followed by Italian (51,731), and French (17,817). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (269.79%), Afrikaans (52.00%), and Persian (43.99%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marion Ross ranks 2,840 out of 13,578. Before her are Amy Madigan, Antonio Fargas, Morena Baccarin, Sally Hawkins, Daniel Dae Kim, and Maria Grazia Cucinotta. After her are José Wilker, Susan Strasberg, Norman Lloyd, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny Montana, and Carol Lynley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Marion Ross ranks 279. Before her are Marcel Bozzuffi, Dušan Džamonja, Julien Guiomar, Eve Meyer, Anna Kolesárová, and Chaim Kanievsky. After her are Eric Porter, Tahir Salahov, Mitchell Ryan, Ian Bannen, Arthur Melvin Okun, and Elio Sgreccia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Ross ranks 4,394 out of 20,380. Before her are Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), Antonio Fargas (1946), Arthur L. Newton (1883), Melanie Thornton (1967), and Clark Terry (1920). After her are Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Susan Strasberg (1938), Mickey Mantle (1931), Dorothy Arzner (1897), Jimmy Buffett (1946), and Norman Lloyd (1914).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marion Ross ranks 1,285. Before her are Eileen Brennan (1932), Roy Thinnes (1938), Lena Horne (1917), Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), and Antonio Fargas (1946). After her are Susan Strasberg (1938), Norman Lloyd (1914), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Lenny Montana (1926), Carol Lynley (1942), and Patrick O'Neal (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

Happy Days
Marion Cunningham
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
7.7 / 10
Superhero Movie
Aunt Lucille
The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker, a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
Mar 28o 20085.2 / 10
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
Hilda Trowburg
Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But in addition to sneaking suspicions, there's some romance in the air.
Oct 16o 20106.154 / 10