Lillian Bronson
Known for: Acting
Born: October 21, 1902
Died: August 2, 1995
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
53 movies · 67 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Medical Story
1975
7.6
Happy Days
1974
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
8.0
Emergency!
1972
7.0
Funny Face
1971
6.3
Nichols
1971
5.6
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
7.2
Dan August
1970
5.8
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
NR
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
7.1
Adam-12
1968
6.0
The Outsider
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
Dragnet
1967
4.7
Hank
1965
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
7.1
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.6
Kisses for My President
1964
7.1
Marnie
19645.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.8
Spencer's Mountain
1963
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
4.9
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961
NR
The Roaring 20's
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.7
The Detectives
1959
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.8
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
6.9
Trackdown
19576.8
Goodyear Theatre
1957
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
7.6
The Thin Man
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.3
Date with the Angels
1957
6.7
The Gale Storm Show
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.7
Foxfire
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
7.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
NR
The Whistler
1954
4.3
So This Is Love
1953
NR
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
4.8
Affair with a Stranger
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
5.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
5.8
No Room for the Groom
1952
7.0
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
5.6
Rose of Cimarron
1952
6.6
Room for One More
19528.0
Chevron Theatre
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.8
Excuse My Dust
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.6
The Sword of Monte Cristo
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
5.8
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
9.0
Beauty on Parade
1950
5.4
Dakota Lil
1950
5.3
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
19507.0
Rusty's Birthday
1949
6.8
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
6.3
Family Honeymoon
1948
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.3
Sleep, My Love
1948
6.8
The Judge Steps Out
1947
7.0
The Hucksters
1947
6.5
They Won't Believe Me
1947
6.9
Welcome Stranger
1947
6.5
I've Always Loved You
1946
5.9
Nocturne
1946
6.6
Dressed to Kill
1946
5.3
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
8.0
The Girl of the Limberlost
1945
6.7
Over 21
1945
7.0
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
9.0
Road to Alcatraz
1945
7.8
Junior Miss
1945
6.7
Molly and Me
1945
6.3
The Brighton Strangler
1945
4.4
Hollywood and Vine
1945
7.5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
6.8
The Suspect
1945
6.2
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
6.8
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
7.1
The Pearl of Death
1944
6.4
Mademoiselle Fifi
1944
5.6
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
7.5
Gaslight
1944
7.0
What a Man!
1944
7.1
Happy Land
1943
7.6
First Love
193910.0
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