Lillian Bronson
Acting
1902-10-21 · 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.
Filmography
Medical Story
1975 · Series
Happy Days
1974 · Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
Emergency!
1972 · Series
Funny Face
1971 · Series
Nichols
1971 · Series
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970 · Movie
Dan August
1970 · Series
The Over the Hill Gang
1969 · Movie
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler
1969 · Movie
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
The Outsider
1968 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
Dragnet
1967 · Series
Hank
1965 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Series
Kisses for My President
1964 · Movie
Marnie
1964 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
Spencer's Mountain
1963 · Movie
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961 · Movie
The Roaring 20's
1960 · Series
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
My Three Sons
1960 · Series
Pete and Gladys
1960 · Series
Thriller
1960 · Series
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Series
The Detectives
1959 · Series
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
Rawhide
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 · Series
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · Series
Trackdown
1957 · Series
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Series
Goodyear Theatre
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
The Thin Man
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Date with the Angels
1957 · Series
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Matinee Theater
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Foxfire
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
Studio 57
1954 · Series
The Whistler
1954 · Series
So This Is Love
1953 · Movie
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953 · Series
Affair with a Stranger
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Series
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
No Room for the Groom
1952 · Movie
Here Come the Nelsons
1952 · Movie
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Movie
Room for One More
1952 · Movie
Chevron Theatre
1952 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Excuse My Dust
1951 · Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Series
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 · Movie
Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie
Beauty on Parade
1950 · Movie
Dakota Lil
1950 · Movie
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950 · Movie
Rusty's Birthday
1949 · Movie
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Movie
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
Sleep, My Love
1948 · Movie
The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Movie
The Hucksters
1947 · Movie
They Won't Believe Me
1947 · Movie
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Movie
I've Always Loved You
1946 · Movie
Nocturne
1946 · Movie
Dressed to Kill
1946 · Movie
Murder in the Music Hall
1946 · Movie
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Movie
The Girl of the Limberlost
1945 · Movie
Over 21
1945 · Movie
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Movie
Road to Alcatraz
1945 · Movie
Junior Miss
1945 · Movie
Molly and Me
1945 · Movie
The Brighton Strangler
1945 · Movie
Hollywood and Vine
1945 · Movie
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Movie
The Suspect
1945 · Movie
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944 · Movie
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 · Movie
The Pearl of Death
1944 · Movie
Mademoiselle Fifi
1944 · Movie
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944 · Movie
Gaslight
1944 · Movie
What a Man!
1944 · Movie
Happy Land
1943 · Movie
First Love
1939 · Movie
Stage 7
Series