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Lillian Bronson

Lillian Bronson

Actor · 1902 – 1995 · Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA

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.

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  • Movie7.1

    Marnie

    1964 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Gaslight

    1944 · 593 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Father of the Bride

    1950 · 244 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Spencer's Mountain

    1963 · 42 votes

  • Movie7.5

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    1945 · 110 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Dressed to Kill

    1946 · 143 votes

  • Movie6.8
  • Movie6.6

    Room for One More

    1952 · 54 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Pearl of Death

    1944 · 106 votes

  • Movie5.6
  • Movie6.5

    They Won't Believe Me

    1947 · 50 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Sleep, My Love

    1948 · 53 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Over the Hill Gang

    1969 · 12 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Affair with a Stranger

    1953 · 13 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Judge Steps Out

    1947 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Suspect

    1945 · 69 votes

  • Movie5.6
  • Movie7.0

    Christmas in Connecticut

    1945 · 180 votes

  • Movie5.8

    No Room for the Groom

    1952 · 9 votes

  • Movie4.6
  • Movie7.0

    The Hucksters

    1947 · 21 votes

  • Movie4.3

    So This Is Love

    1953 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Mademoiselle Fifi

    1944 · 8 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV7.1

    Adam-12

    1968 · 48 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV5.3

    Matinee Theater

    1955 · 7 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV7.6

    Happy Days

    1974 · 320 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Donna Reed Show

    1958 · 19 votes

  • TV8.0

    Emergency!

    1972 · 53 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV6.6

    My Three Sons

    1960 · 41 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV5.9

    Ben Casey

    1961 · 15 votes

  • TV8.0

    The Untouchables

    1959 · 139 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 266 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV7.2

    Omnibus

    1967 · 9 votes