Lillian Bronson
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.
120 acting credits
Acting · 120
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Rifleman
1958
Wagon Train
1957
Adam-12
1968
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Emergency!
1972
Climax!
1954
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
My Three Sons
1960
Happy Days
1974
The F.B.I.
1965
Cheyenne
1955
Ben Casey
1961
Four Star Playhouse
1952
The Untouchables
1959
Rawhide
1959
Matinee Theater
1955
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Studio One
1948
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Thriller
1960
Omnibus
1967
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Donna Reed Show
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Peter Gunn
1958
The Detectives
1959
Dragnet
1967
The Mod Squad
1968
Studio 57
1954
The Millionaire
1955
Trackdown
1957
The Deputy
1959
Arrest and Trial
1963
Alcoa Theatre
1957
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Nichols
1971
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Yancy Derringer
1958
Pete and Gladys
1960
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Outsider
1968
The Thin Man
1957
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Medical Story
1975
The Whistler
1954
Chevron Theatre
1952
Dan August
1970
The Gale Storm Show
1956
Date with the Angels
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Goodyear Theatre
1957
Hank
1965
Gaslight
1944
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Marnie
1964
Father of the Bride
1950
Funny Face
1971
Spencer's Mountain
1963
Dressed to Kill
1946
Stage 7
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Room for One More
1952
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
Foxfire
1955
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
The Suspect
1945
The Hucksters
1947
Nocturne
1946
Sleep, My Love
1948
The Pearl of Death
1944
The Brighton Strangler
1945
No Room for the Groom
1952
Kisses for My President
1964
Welcome Stranger
1947
They Won't Believe Me
1947
Sentimental Journey
1946
First Love
1939
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
Over 21
1945
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
Happy Land
1943
Family Honeymoon
1948
Dakota Lil
1950
Mademoiselle Fifi
1944
Affair with a Stranger
1953
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
Molly and Me
1945
Rose of Cimarron
1952
The Judge Steps Out
1947
So This Is Love
1953
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961
Excuse My Dust
1951
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
I've Always Loved You
1946
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
1969
Junior Miss
1945
Beauty on Parade
1950
Rusty's Birthday
1949
What a Man!
1944
Road to Alcatraz
1945
The Girl of the Limberlost
1945
Hollywood and Vine
1945