Lillian Bronson
53 movies · 66 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 21, 1902
- Died
- Aug 2, 1995 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Lillian Rumsey Bronson
Biography
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Lillian Bronson (October 21, 1902 - August 2, 1995) was an American character actress.
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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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Lillian Bronson: movies and TV shows
Acting (119)
- Upcoming
- 1975
- 1974
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Mrs. Louise Murphy
- 1970
- 1969 The Over the Hill Gang
as Mrs. Louise Murphy
- 1969 Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler
as Cissie Chandler
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Kisses for My President
as Miss Currier (uncredited)
- 1964 Marnie
as Mrs. Maitland (uncredited)
- 1963
- 1963 Spencer's Mountain
as Grandma Spencer
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Battle at Bloody Beach
as Delia Ellis
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
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- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Foxfire
as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953 So This Is Love
as Mrs. Green
- 1953
- 1953 Affair with a Stranger
as Miss Crutcher
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 No Room for the Groom
as Aunt Elsa
- 1952 Here Come the Nelsons
as Miss Tompkins
- 1952 Rose of Cimarron
as Emmy Anders
- 1952 Room for One More
as Teacher (uncredited)
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951 Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Matilda Bullitt
- 1951
- 1951 The Sword of Monte Cristo
as Pepite
- 1950
- 1950 The Next Voice You Hear...
as Aunt Ethel
- 1950 Father of the Bride
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- 1950 Beauty on Parade
as Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch
- 1950 Dakota Lil
as Sheriff's Wife
- 1950 Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Prunella Pennyworth - Humphrey's Sister
- 1949 Rusty's Birthday
as Carrie Simmons
- 1949 In the Good Old Summertime
as Aunt Addie
- 1948 Family Honeymoon
as Aunt Jo
- 1948
- 1948 Sleep, My Love
as Helen
- 1947 The Judge Steps Out
as Harriett (uncredited)
- 1947 The Hucksters
as Miss Hammer - Secretary
- 1947 They Won't Believe Me
as Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)
- 1947 Welcome Stranger
as Miss Lennek
- 1946 I've Always Loved You
as Music Teacher 1
- 1946 Nocturne
as Gotham Cashier (uncredited)
- 1946 Dressed to Kill
as Minister's Wife (uncredited)
- 1946 Murder in the Music Hall
as Cleaning Woman
- 1946 Sentimental Journey
as Miss Benson (uncredited)
- 1945 The Girl of the Limberlost
as Miss Blodgett
- 1945 Over 21
as Elsie - Paula's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut
as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1945 Road to Alcatraz
as Dorothy Stone
- 1945 Junior Miss
as Maid
- 1945 Molly and Me
as Perkins
- 1945 The Brighton Strangler
as Hotel Maid (Uncredited)
- 1945 Hollywood and Vine
as Abigail Wrighthouse
- 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Librarian (uncredited)
- 1945 The Suspect
as Miss Crevy (uncredited)
- 1944 Enter Arsène Lupin
as Wheeler
- 1944 In the Meantime, Darling
as Mrs, Dalrymple
- 1944 The Pearl of Death
as Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1944 Mademoiselle Fifi
as Mme. Follenvie
- 1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Norma, the Maid (uncredited)
- 1944 Gaslight
as Lady (uncredited)
- 1944 What a Man!
as Constance
- 1943 Happy Land
as Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
- 1939 First Love
as Violin Player
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode