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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 21, 1902
Died
August 2, 1995
Place of Birth
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Lillian Rumsey Bronson
Lillian Bronson
0.6 Popularity
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
7.6
Happy Days
1974
7.0
Mrs. Elliott
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.8
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Winifred Lenover
Emergency!
1972
5.0
Mrs. Morris
Funny Face
1971
5.0
Old Lady
Nichols
1971
5.0
Mrs. Louise Murphy
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
6.8
Amy Phipps
Dan August
1970
5.6
Mrs. Louise Murphy
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
🎬
0.0
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
1969
Credits
Happy Days
1974
7.6
The Streets of San Francisco
as Mrs. Elliott
1972
7.0
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Winifred Lenover
1972
7.8
Funny Face
as Mrs. Morris
1971
5.0
Nichols
as Old Lady
1971
5.0
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Mrs. Louise Murphy
1970
5.0
Dan August
as Amy Phipps
1970
6.8
The Over the Hill Gang
as Mrs. Louise Murphy
1969
5.6
🎬
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
1969
0.0
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
Adam-12
as Norma Fisher
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Edna Digby
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Mrs. O'Brien
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Miss Baker
1968
7.0
The Outsider
as Mrs. Buchanan
1968
5.2
Omnibus
as Cissie Chandler
1967
7.2
Dragnet
as Bird Lady
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as Fay Sager
1967
6.9
Hank
1965
3.5
The F.B.I.
as Librarian
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Guthrie
1965
5.4
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.0
Kisses for My President
as Miss Currier (uncredited)
1964
7.0
Marnie
as Mrs. Maitland (uncredited)
1964
7.1
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Widow
1963
5.7
Arrest and Trial
as Irene Wolcott
1963
7.7
Spencer's Mountain
as Grandma Spencer
1963
6.7
The Virginian
as Mrs. McCleary
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Aunt Grace
1962
6.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Frances Neilson
1961
5.5
Battle at Bloody Beach
as Delia Ellis
1961
4.3
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Erma Bishop
1960
7.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
Thriller
as Adelaide Leggett
1960
6.6
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.4
The Detectives
1959
6.1
The Untouchables
as Mrs. Lindsey
1959
7.8
Rawhide
as Mrs. Lefever
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Mrs. Bowers
1958
6.7
Yancy Derringer
as Carrie Meade
1958
6.0
The Rifleman
as Elizabeth Favor
1958
7.1
The Donna Reed Show
as Mrs. Butler
1958
6.2
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Mother Superior
1958
6.8
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Mrs. Brewster
1958
6.6
Leave It to Beaver
1957
6.9
Trackdown
as Maude Turley
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Granny
1957
6.5
🎬
Goodyear Theatre
as Granny
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Clara
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Judge
1957
7.7
The Thin Man
1957
7.5
Wagon Train
as Alicia Thorton
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Miss Phoebe
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Mrs. Kilmer
1957
7.3
Date with the Angels
1957
6.0
🎬
The Gale Storm Show
as Miss Albright
1956
5.5
🎬
The Gale Storm Show
as Miss Carter
1956
5.5
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Neighbor
1955
7.8
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Foxfire
as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
1955
6.0
The Millionaire
as Ann Trenner
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Tessie Thorne
1955
5.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.9
Climax!
1954
3.3
Studio 57
1954
0.0
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
So This Is Love
as Mrs. Green
1953
3.8
Revlon Mirror Theatre
as Sister
1953
0.0
Affair with a Stranger
as Miss Crutcher
1953
4.0
General Electric Theater
as Momma
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Mrs. Rutledge
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Mrs. Willard
1953
6.4
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Wife of Patient with Propeller
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Ruby Kent
1952
7.2
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Elizabeth
1952
6.7
No Room for the Groom
as Aunt Elsa
1952
5.5
Here Come the Nelsons
as Miss Tompkins
1952
6.0
Rose of Cimarron
as Emmy Anders
1952
5.3
Room for One More
as Teacher (uncredited)
1952
6.5
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Miss Pringle
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lavinia Corey
1951
7.2
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Matilda Bullitt
1951
7.2
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Sword of Monte Cristo
as Pepite
1951
4.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Harold
1950
6.3
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Aunt Ethel
1950
5.2
Father of the Bride
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Beauty on Parade
as Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch
1950
0.0
Dakota Lil
as Sheriff's Wife
1950
5.0
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Prunella Pennyworth - Humphrey's Sister
1950
4.0
🎬
Rusty's Birthday
as Carrie Simmons
1949
4.0
In the Good Old Summertime
as Aunt Addie
1949
6.6
Family Honeymoon
as Aunt Jo
1948
5.7
Studio One
as Miss Rathbone - Secretary
1948
5.0
Sleep, My Love
as Helen
1948
6.3
The Judge Steps Out
as Harriett (uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Hucksters
as Miss Hammer - Secretary
1947
6.9
They Won't Believe Me
as Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)
1947
6.4
Welcome Stranger
as Miss Lennek
1947
6.6
I've Always Loved You
as Music Teacher 1
1946
6.4
Nocturne
as Gotham Cashier (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Dressed to Kill
as Minister's Wife (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Murder in the Music Hall
as Cleaning Woman
1946
4.6
Sentimental Journey
as Miss Benson (uncredited)
1946
6.4
The Girl of the Limberlost
as Miss Blodgett
1945
0.0
Over 21
as Elsie - Paula's Secretary (uncredited)
1945
5.2
Christmas in Connecticut
as Secretary (uncredited)
1945
7.0
Road to Alcatraz
as Dorothy Stone
1945
0.0
Junior Miss
as Maid
1945
7.0
Molly and Me
as Perkins
1945
6.4
The Brighton Strangler
as Hotel Maid (Uncredited)
1945
5.9
Hollywood and Vine
as Abigail Wrighthouse
1945
4.0
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Librarian (uncredited)
1945
7.5
The Suspect
as Miss Crevy (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Wheeler
1944
6.0
In the Meantime, Darling
as Mrs, Dalrymple
1944
5.7
The Pearl of Death
as Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited)
1944
7.1
Mademoiselle Fifi
as Mme. Follenvie
1944
6.1
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Norma, the Maid (uncredited)
1944
5.6
Gaslight
as Lady (uncredited)
1944
7.5
What a Man!
as Constance
1944
0.0
Happy Land
as Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
1943
6.2
First Love
as Violin Player
1939
7.5
Because I Love Him
N/A
0.0
🎬
Stage 7
N/A
10.0