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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 21, 1902
Place of Birth:
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
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Lillian Bronson
Biography
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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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Mrs. Louise Murphy |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Mrs. Louise Murphy |
| 1969 | Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler | |
| 1964 | Marnie | Mrs. Maitland (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Miss Currier (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Grandma Spencer |
| 1961 | Battle at Bloody Beach | Delia Ellis |
| 1955 | Foxfire | Mrs. Potter (uncredited) |
| 1953 | So This Is Love | Mrs. Green |
| 1953 | Affair with a Stranger | Miss Crutcher |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron | Emmy Anders |
| 1952 | No Room for the Groom | Aunt Elsa |
| 1952 | Here Come the Nelsons | Miss Tompkins |
| 1952 | Room for One More | Teacher (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Sword of Monte Cristo | Pepite |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust | Mrs. Matilda Bullitt |
| 1950 | The Next Voice You Hear... | Aunt Ethel |
| 1950 | Beauty on Parade | Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil | Sheriff's Wife |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Schoolteacher (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Prunella Pennyworth - Humphrey's Sister |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Aunt Addie |
| 1949 | Rusty's Birthday | Carrie Simmons |
| 1948 | Sleep, My Love | Helen |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon | Aunt Jo |
| 1947 | Welcome Stranger | Miss Lennek |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | Miss Hammer - Secretary |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Harriett (uncredited) |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey | Miss Benson (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill | Minister's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1946 | I've Always Loved You | Music Teacher 1 |
| 1946 | Murder in the Music Hall | Cleaning Woman |
| 1946 | Nocturne | Gotham Cashier (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Suspect | Miss Crevy (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Road to Alcatraz | Dorothy Stone |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Librarian (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Molly and Me | Perkins |
| 1945 | Over 21 | Elsie - Paula's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Junior Miss | Maid |
| 1945 | Hollywood and Vine | Abigail Wrighthouse |
| 1945 | The Brighton Strangler | Hotel Maid (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Pearl of Death | Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Norma, the Maid (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Enter Arsène Lupin | Wheeler |
| 1944 | What a Man! | Constance |
| 1944 | Mademoiselle Fifi | Mme. Follenvie |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Lady (uncredited) |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling | Mrs, Dalrymple |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Mattie Dyer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | First Love | Violin Player |
| Because I Love Him |