Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 21, 1902
Died
Aug 02, 1995
Place of Birth
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Credits
120 titles
Lillian Bronson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Bronson (October 21, 1902 - August 2, 1995) was an American character actress. She performed in over 80 films, 60 of the films from 1939 to 1964, and appeared in over one hundred television productions from 1949 to 1975. Bronson was born Lillian Rumsey Bronson in Lockport, New York, the daughter of a carriage builder, and attended the University of Michigan. She began her artistic career by performing plays at Broadway. During the Great Depression, Bronson and her late sister, Dorothy, opened the Bronson Studio in New York, designing and making toy animals and pillows. In 1943, Bronson appeared in the movie Happy Land as Mattie Dyer and on television in the episode "The Druid Circle" of The Philco Television Playhouse, that aired on March 6, 1949, in the role of Miss Dagnall. She then appeared in a long series of minor characters for many television series episodes from the early days of television until the mid-1970s, including many western genres. She became widely known for her role as the grandmother in the Kings Row television series. Bronson's final appearance on the small screen was as "Grandma Nussbaum", Fonzie's grandmother, in the episode "Fonzie Moves In" of the ABC-TV sitcom series Happy Days, which aired on September 9, 1975. Her final big screen appearance was in the film Kisses for My President (1964), in which she plays the part of Miss Currier.
Known For
Filmography
Medical Story
Mrs. Henderson
Happy Days
The Streets of San Francisco
Mrs. Elliott
Emergency!
Funny Face
Mrs. Morris
Nichols
Old Lady
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Mrs. Louise Murphy
Dan August
Amy Phipps
The Over the Hill Gang
Mrs. Louise Murphy
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler
Cissie Chandler
The Mod Squad
Adam-12
Norma Fisher
The Outsider
Mrs. Buchanan
Omnibus
Cissie Chandler
Dragnet
Bird Lady
Hank
The F.B.I.
Librarian
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Kisses for My President
Miss Currier (uncredited)
Marnie
Mrs. Maitland (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Widow
Arrest and Trial
Irene Wolcott
Spencer's Mountain
Grandma Spencer
The Virginian
Mrs. McCleary
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Frances Neilson
Battle at Bloody Beach
Delia Ellis
The Roaring 20's
The Andy Griffith Show
Erma Bishop
My Three Sons
Pete and Gladys
Thriller
Adelaide Leggett
Mr. Lucky
The Detectives
The Untouchables
Mrs. Lindsey
The Deputy
Blanche Niles
Rawhide
Mrs. Lefever
77 Sunset Strip
Yancy Derringer
Carrie Meade
The Rifleman
Elizabeth Favor
The Donna Reed Show
Mrs. Butler
Peter Gunn
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mother Superior
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mrs. Brewster
Leave It to Beaver
Trackdown
Maude Turley
Alcoa Theatre
Granny
Goodyear Theatre
Granny
Perry Mason
Clara
The Thin Man