Marion Ross Filmography

Smiley Face

Actors: Anna Faris, Roscoe Lee Browne, Danny Masterson, Ben Falcone, Adam Brody

Synopsis: One woman's day goes all to pot in this resinous comedy from independent filmmaker Gregg Araki. Jane (Anna Faris) is a college dropout and aspiring actress who suffers from a certain lack of ambition, doubtless reinforced by her fondness for marijuana. One morning, Jane wakes with a busy day ahead Read More

Where There's a Will

Actors: Marion Ross, Frank Whaley, Christine Elise, Paul Michael, Keith Carradine

Gilmore Girls: Wedding Bell Blues

Synopsis: In the series' 100th episode, Lorelei (Lauren Graham) finds her life falling apart even as her parents' marriage comes back together. The situation really boils over when Christopher (David Sutcliffe), the father of Lorelei's daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel), squares off against Lorelei's current Read More

Family Guy: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz

Synopsis: Once again, the Griffin household is invaded by Peter's crabby father Francis, an old-line Catholic who hates anyone who doesn't adhere to his own peculiar set of religious values. In his efforts to re-convert the family, Francis causes little Stewie to become a "bubble boy." As a result Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Girlfriend, Interrupted

Synopsis: Though telecast back-to-back with "Baby Face" on July 21, 2004, this episode was originally intended as The Drew Carey Show's ninth-season opener on June 2 of that year. With his marriage to Lily over virtually before it has begun, Drew nonetheless goes off on his Mexican honeymoon, mainly mull Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Sealed in a Kiss

Synopsis: In flashback, Drew (Drew Carey) recalls the events surrounding the death of his father George (an event that wouldn't be seen until a few episodes later, indicating that this particular installment was originally broadcast out of sequences). First off, Drew is shocked to discover that his late dad Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew Hunts Silver Fox

Synopsis: The ninth and final season of The Drew Carey Show was what is known in showbiz as a "burnoff", with ABC running the last 28 episodes as quickly as possible to compensate for higher costs and lower ratings. Thus, the season opener, "Drew Hunts Silver Fox", was shown in tandem with the second Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Finale

Synopsis: Originally telecast in tandem with "The Passion of the Wick", this aptly titled episode marks the series finale of The Drew Carey Show. At virtually the same moment that she agrees to marry Drew (Drew Carey), Kellie (Cynthia Watros) goes into labor. Racing against time so that Kellie's son won't Read More

Gilmore Girls: The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais

Synopsis: Lorelai (Lauren Graham) is so preoccupied with getting the Dragonfly up and running, and Rory (Alexis Bledel) is so busy trying to catch up with her college class work, that the two Gilmores keep missing each other on the phone. Nor is this the only problem facing the main characters in this Read More

Gilmore Girls: The Reigning Lorelai

Synopsis: Richard (Edward Herrmann) is devastated when his mother Trix unexpectedly dies (though Marion Ross quickly returns to the series in the new role of cousin Marilyn), but this pales in comparison to Emily's (Kelly Bishop) reaction upon unearthing evidence of how truly and deeply Trix despised her. Read More

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Actors: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz, Craig Bierko, Jenna Boyd

Synopsis: In keeping with his background in television sitcoms, Sam Weisman directs the cameo-filled comedy Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. Dickie Roberts (David Spade) was a child actor on the hit TV show "The Glimmer Gang" and remains remembered for a particular catch phrase. Now in his thirties, he Read More

Gilmore Girls: That'll Do, Pig

Synopsis: Emily (Kelly Bishop) is upset when her troublesome mother-in-law Trix (Marion Ross) shows up at Richard's (Edward Herrmann) 60th birthday party...especially upon discovering that Trix has rented her house to the rock band Korn. Meanwhile, Rory (Alexis Bledel) tries to persuade Jess (Milo Ventimiglia Read More

The Drew Carey Show: The Bataan Wedding March

Synopsis: Lily (Tammy Lauren) accepts Drew's marriage proposal, just in time for the wedding that Drew (Drew Carey) arranged long before he'd found a wife. But things take an ominous turn when Lily's mother (Jan Devereaux) forbids any member of her family to attend the ceremony; and meanwhile, Kellie Read More

Gilmore Girls: Face-Off

Synopsis: When Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) fails to call her, Rory (Alexis Bledel) goes "stag" to a high school hockey game, where she links up with Lane (Keiko Agena) and her sham boyfriend Young Chui (Samson Yi) -- and also gets her first look at her ex-beau Dean's new girlfriend, Lindsay (Arielle Kebbel). Read More

Touched by an Angel: I Will Walk With You, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Touched by an Angel's two-part series finale, it appears as though Monica will fail her final test to become a Heavenly Supervisor. The town of Ascention remains entrapped in the grip of bitterness and hatred following a schoolhouse boiler explosion which killed all of the Read More

Touched by an Angel: I Will Walk With You, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of Touched by an Angel's series finale, Heavenly caseworker Monica (Roma Downey) is at long last on the verge of being promoted to supervisor. First, however, she is required to pass one last test--and it's a formidable one indeed. Monica must somehow restore hope and faith to Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Look Mom, One Hand!

Synopsis: It's Mother's Day in Cleveland, and all of the gang's moms have arrived to celebrate--including Kate's new stepmom, who looks just like her. The ladies' arrival coincides with the launching of an anti-pornography website which publishes a list of Ohio's biggest porn users--and among those listed Read More

Intimate Portrait: Marion Ross

The Drew Carey Show: Mama Told Me I Should Come

Synopsis: Inasmuch as Drew (Drew Carey) is still seeking a bride for his pre-planned wedding, his mom Beulah (Marion Ross) helpfully sets him up with a blind date named Amy (Kristin Dattilo). She's a sweet girl and all, but there's one odd little quirk: Amy likes to dress up as a squirrel during sex. Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Christening

Synopsis: Though she despises her wealthy cousin Vanessa (guest star Kathie Lee Gifford), Mimi (Kathy Kinney) loves Vanessa's money, so she decides to make her cousin the godmother of her son Gus--and in case you're wondering, Drew (Drew Carey) is the godfather. Mimi's husband Steve (John Carroll Lynch) is Read More

The Drew Carey Show: How Beulah Gets Her Groove Back

Synopsis: Drew's parents Beulah (Marion Ross) and George (Stanley Anderson) allow their personal problems to interfere with a visit to baby Gus. Confessing to Mimi (Kathy Kinney) that George has never satisfied her sexually, Beulah is advised to tell her husband face-to-face--with disastrous results. It Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew's Inheritance

Synopsis: Finally fed up with having abuse (and other things) heaped upon him, Drew (Drew Carey) quits his job at the cafeteria and returns to the store, only to find that his old cubicle is now occupied by a frozen yogurt machine. But salvation may be on the way when Drew's brother Steve (John Carroll Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Steve and Mimi Get Married

Synopsis: The time has come for the wedding of Steve (John Carroll Lynch) and Mimi (John Carroll Lynch), and since Steve and Drew's dad can't come to the ceremony due to a bad back, Uncle Alfred (Earl Schuman) shows up in his place. The various and sundry intrigues arising from the reluctance of Drew (Drew Read More

The Last Best Sunday

Actors: Douglas Spain, Angela Bettis, William Lucking, Kim Darby, Daniel Beer

Synopsis: Two teenagers, each dealing with a different set of emotional burdens, find love and understanding with each other in The Last Best Sunday. Lolly Ann (Angela Bettis) is a high-school student in Pickley, a small agricultural community in California where she's growing up under the thumb of her Read More

The Drew Carey Show: What's Wrong with This Episode II

Synopsis: When this second annual "spot-the-mistakes" show was originally telecast on March 21, 1999, the home viewers were invited to send in their lists of deliberate errors spotted throughout the episode, with the usual Big Prize awarded the person who tallied up the biggest list (38 was the "topper"). Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew's Holiday Punch

Synopsis: Drew (Drew Carey) continues dating 62-year-old Celia (Shirley Jones), but when his parents (Marion Ross, Stanley Anderson) arrive in town, he allows them to assume that Celia is his cleaning lady. An uncomfortable situation becomes downright intolerable when Drew, Celia and his parents settle down Read More

Touched by an Angel: The Wind Beneath Our Wings

Synopsis: Tess (Della Reese) and Monica (Roma Downey) come to the aid of a mother and daughter whose strong mutual dependence is holding both of them back. Mom Emma (Marion Ross) is a feisty veteran of a WW2-era female pilot squadron, while daughter Dorie (Veronica Hamel) is a highly respected judge. When Read More

About Sarah

Actors: Kellie Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Marion Ross, Diane Baker, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: In this provocative made-for-television family drama, Marybeth, a college co-ed finds herself forced to make a choice that will forever alter her life when she learns that her recently-deceased grandmother has chosen her to become the legal guardian of her mentally retarded mother. This crossroads Read More

The Drew Carey Show: The Bachelor Party

Synopsis: This episode opens as Drew (Drew Carey) glumly announces the cancellation of his wedding--but he doesn't tell us why until the very end. In the meantime, Drew's mom Beulah (Marion Ross) begs him to go through with his planned bachelor party so as to avoid breaking the heart of his dad George Read More

The Lake

Synopsis: One of the most heavily promoted TV movies of the 1997-98 season, The Lake is a complex sci-fi/fantasy yarn with echoes of such past genre classics as Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Stepford Wives. Former Baywatch babe Yasmine Bleeth heads the huge cast as Jackie Ivers, a professional Read More

The Third Twin

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jason Gedrick, Larry Hagman

Synopsis: In this two-part suspenser inspired by Ken Follett's bestselling novel, university pscyhobiologist Jenny Ferrami (Kelly McGillis), in the process of studying a possible link between genetics and criminal behavior, stumbles upon a secret cloning experiment conducted by a major company. Figuring Read More

The Drew Carey Show: They're Back

Synopsis: It's déjà vu all over again when Drew (Drew Carey) is forced to live with his parents George (Stanley Anderson) and Beulah (Marion Ross). He'd like them to return to Florida, but they've lost their home after getting clipped in a crooked land deal. Luxuriating in Drew's discomfort, Mimi (Kathy Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Hello/Goodbye

Synopsis: With his parents still encamped in his house, Drew (Drew Carey) moves in with Lewis (Ryan Stiles) and Oswald (Diedrich Bader). Appalled by the boys' wretched living conditions, Drew joins them in their ongoing battle against their landlord (Kenneth Mars). As a result, all three are evicted, and Read More

The Evening Star

Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson

Synopsis: Shirley MacLaine reprises her award-winning performance as Aurora Greenway in this sequel to Terms of Endearment. Fifteen years after the death of her daughter Emma, Aurora is still keeping an eye on her three grandchildren and not having very good luck with it. Tommy (George Newbern) is currently Read More

Touched By an Angel: There But for the Grace of God

Synopsis: Openly contemptuous of homeless people, Monica (Roma Downey) is taken down a peg or two when she is forced to pose as a street person--and is stripped of her angelic powers. "The only way to share his pain is to share his pain!" admonishes Tess (Della Reese) as the humbled Monica struggles to Read More

Danielle Steel's 'A Perfect Stranger'

Actors: Robert Urich, Stacy Haiduk, Marion Ross, Susan Sullivan, Darren McGavin

Synopsis: In this sudsy adaptation of a popular Danielle Steel novel, a beautiful young wife experiences waves of guilt when she finds herself increasingly distracted from caring for her dying, elderly and rich husband by the attentions of a virile stranger named Alex. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Night Court: The Trouble is Not in Your Set

Synopsis: Marion Ross guest stars as Mrs. Daley, who barges into the courtroom with a grenade in her hand, demanding that the staff help her free her husband from prison. Harry (Harry Anderson) would love to oblige, but the fact of the matter is that Mrs. Daley has no husband: she is a hopeless TV soap Read More

The Love Boat: Season 09

Actors: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange, Pat Klous, Jill Whelan, Ted McGinley

How to Plan a Perfect Wedding

Synopsis: Marion Ross, the beloved actress who played Richie Cunningham's mom on "Happy Days," has prepared this video to help couples plan their weddings. Topics include: how to put together a guest list, how to choose appropriate music for nuptials, and how to pick a caterer. Advice is also included on Read More

Happy Days: Season 11

Actors: Henry Winkler, Ted McGinley, Scott Baio, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita

Happy Days: Season 10

Actors: Henry Winkler, Ted McGinley, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Linda Purl, Cathy Silvers, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

Actors: Kari Michaelsen, Marion Ross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hallie Todd, Carol Lawrence

Synopsis: Teenager Fran (Kari Michaelsen) loves her mother (Marion Ross), but is somewhat ashamed that her family is nearly broke, forcing her mom to accept a summer job as a cook for the wealthy Fairchild family. Making things worse as far as Fran is concerned, she will now have to come in contact with Read More

Just Like Us

Synopsis: The 55-minute made-for-TV drama Just Like Us is of interest primarily because of one of its stars. Two young women live in starkly opposite social circles. Fate brings the girls together. Both overcome prejudices over how the "other half" lives. Costars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kari Michaelsen are Read More

Happy Days: Season 09

Actors: Henry Winkler, Scott Baio, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Al Molinaro

Happy Days: Season 08

Actors: Henry Winkler, Scott Baio, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Al Molinaro

Midnight Offerings

Actors: Melissa Sue Anderson, Mary McDonough, Cathryn Damon, Patrick Cassidy, Marion Ross

Synopsis: In a shocking bit of counter-casting, Melissa Sue Anderson stars in this TV-movie shocker as Vivian Sotherland, a beautiful -- and wholly evil -- teenaged witch. Accustomed to eliminating anyone who gets in her way, Vivian has lovingly made certain that her sweetheart David Sterling (Patrick Cassidy Read More

Skyward

Synopsis: Skyward is a 1980 GE Theatre presentation in the lofty tradition of TV's Golden Age. Bette Davis stars (what an inadequate word!) as a 60-year-old retired barnstorming airplane pilot. Real-life paraplegic Suzy Gilstrap portrays a wheelchair-bound team who is "tired of looking up all the time." It Read More

Happy Days: Season 07

Actors: Henry Winkler, Scott Baio, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Al Molinaro

The Survival of Dana

Synopsis: Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Sue Anderson heads the cast of the made-for-TV The Survival of Dana. Dana Lee (Anderson) is a basically decent high school girl who suffers severe culture shock when her family moves to another town. A victim of oppressive peer pressure, Dana begins hanging Read More

Which Mother Is Mine?

Actors: Melissa Sue Anderson, Marion Ross, Lee Kessler, Eric Scott, Virginia Capers

Synopsis: Season eight of the ABC Afterschool Special series gets under way with this powerful dramatization of an all-too-common dilemma. For the past six years, teenager Alexandria "Alex" Benton (Melissa Sue Anderson) has lived happily with her foster family, who hopes to adopt her. Suddenly and Read More

Happy Days: Season 06

Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Scott Baio, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most, Al Molinaro

Pearl

Actors: Angie Dickinson, Robert Wagner, Dennis Weaver, Lesley Ann Warren, Gregg Henry

Synopsis: Adapted by Oscar-winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant from his own novel, the three-part, six-hour miniseries Pearl inevitably invoked memories of the strikingly similar From Here to Eternity. The focus was on three military couples living in Honolulu in and around the time of Japan's attack Read More

Happy Days: Season 05

Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Scott Baio, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most, Al Molinaro

Grand Theft Auto

Actors: Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Marion Ross, Peter Isacksen, Barry Cahill

Synopsis: In exchange for being allowed to make his directorial debut in Grand Theft Auto, Ron Howard agreed to take no salary as a director, merely as star and co-screenwriter (with his dad Rance). The plot finds Sam Freeman (Howard) eloping with his heiress girlfriend Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan). Her Read More

Happy Days: Season 04

Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most, Al Molinaro

Happy Days: Season 03

Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita

The Streets of San Francisco: The Thrill Killers, Part 1

Synopsis: The two-part opener of Streets of San Francisco's fifth and final season marks a major transition, as SFPD homicide detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) loses his longtime partner Steve Keller (Michael Douglas) and gains a new one, athletic young inspector Dan Robbins (Richard Hatch). But before Read More

Happy Days: Season 02

Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita

Happy Days: Season 01

Actors: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita

Emergency!: Inheritance Tax

Synopsis: Squad 51 paramedics Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth) don't quite know what to do with a large inheritance they've received from a former patient--until the IRS tells them exactly what do. On a more serious note, the emegency team must deal with a hard-driving stockbroker (Warren Read More

Ironside: Buddy, Can You Spare a Life?, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Ironside (Raymond Burr) begins to question his judgment in a manslaughter case which occurred seven years ago. At the time, the Chief rammed through the conviction of chief suspect Walter Booth (William Read More

The Weekend Nun

Synopsis: Weekend Nun was an unsold TV pilot film based on the life and career of Louisiana nun Sister Fabian (real name: Joyce Duco). Joanna Pettet stars as Sister Mary Damien (aka: Marjorie Walker), who on weekdays holds down a job as a probation officer (she even packs a gun). The schism between the Read More

Ironside: Buddy, Can You Spare a Life?, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Ironside (Raymond Burr) works in concert with attorney Ken Klaven (Cameron Mitchell) to secure the release of Walter Booth (William Campbell), whom the Chief had sent to prison on a manslaughter charge seven Read More

Ironside: Contract: Kill Ironside

Synopsis: Scheduled to give evidence in a Federal trial, Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr) is all too aware that there are those who hope to silence him before he can appear in court. In fact, the Chief gets word from the grapevine that a professional assassin has been hired to shut him up permanently. What Read More

Honky

Actors: Brenda Sykes

Synopsis: Honky chronicles the public outcry that greets an interracial relationship between a white teen (John Nielson) and an affluent black woman (Brenda Sykes). Also titled Sheila. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Mission: Impossible: A Ghost Story

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: American defector Howard Bainbridge (Frank Farmer) returns to the US for one last reunion with his son Paul (Anthony Norwalk). Unfortunately, Bainbridge gets into an argument with his ultra-right wing father Justin Bainbridge (Andrew Duggan), who ends up killing Howard and burying the body on his Read More

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Actors: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Leonid Rostoff

Synopsis: The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian Read More

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

Synopsis: The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children was the pilot film for the brief TV series The Psychiatrist, which ran as part of Universal's Four in One drama wheel from 1970 to 1971. Roy Thinnes stars as progressive psychiatrist James Whitman, with Luther Adler as his conservative mentor, Dr. Bernard Read More

Any Second Now

Actors: Stewart Granger

Synopsis: In his TV-movie debut, Stewart Granger plays a philandering photographer whose wealthy wife, Lois Nettleton, catches him in an adulterous situation. Not wishing to give up his cushy life style, Granger rigs a fatal automobile accident for Nettleton before she begins divorce proceedings. She Read More