Lillian Bronson
Acting
- Born:
- 1902-10-21
- Died:
- 1995-08-02
- Place of birth:
- Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
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
Happy Days
The Streets of San Francisco
Emergency!
Funny Face
Nichols
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Dan August
The Over the Hill Gang
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler
The Mod Squad
Adam-12
The Outsider
Omnibus
Dragnet
Hank
The F.B.I.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Kisses for My President
Marnie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Arrest and Trial
Spencer's Mountain
The Virginian
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Battle at Bloody Beach
The Roaring 20's
The Andy Griffith Show
My Three Sons
Pete and Gladys
Thriller
Mr. Lucky
The Detectives
The Untouchables
The Deputy
Rawhide
77 Sunset Strip
Yancy Derringer
The Rifleman
The Donna Reed Show
Peter Gunn
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Leave It to Beaver
Trackdown
Goodyear Theatre
Alcoa Theatre
Perry Mason
The Thin Man
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Date with the Angels
The Gale Storm Show
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Matinee Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cheyenne
Foxfire
The Millionaire
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Climax!
Studio 57
The Whistler
So This Is Love
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Affair with a Stranger
General Electric Theater
The Abbott and Costello Show
Mr. & Mrs. North
Four Star Playhouse
No Room for the Groom
Here Come the Nelsons
Rose of Cimarron
Room for One More
Chevron Theatre
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Excuse My Dust
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Lux Video Theatre
The Next Voice You Hear...
Father of the Bride
Beauty on Parade
Dakota Lil
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Rusty's Birthday
In the Good Old Summertime
Family Honeymoon
Studio One
Sleep, My Love
The Judge Steps Out
The Hucksters
They Won't Believe Me
Welcome Stranger
I've Always Loved You
Nocturne
Dressed to Kill
Murder in the Music Hall
Sentimental Journey
The Girl of the Limberlost
Over 21
Christmas in Connecticut
Road to Alcatraz
Junior Miss
Molly and Me
The Brighton Strangler
Hollywood and Vine
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Suspect
Enter Arsène Lupin
In the Meantime, Darling
The Pearl of Death
Mademoiselle Fifi
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Gaslight
What a Man!
Happy Land
First Love
Stage 7