Lillian Bronson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Clara
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Judge
1957
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Erma Bishop
1960
Series
Wagon Train
Alicia Thorton
1957
Series
Wagon Train
Miss Phoebe
1957
Series
Adam-12
Norma Fisher
1968
Series
Adam-12
Edna Digby
1968
Series
Adam-12
Mrs. O'Brien
1968
Series
Adam-12
Miss Baker
1968
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Mrs. Kilmer
1957
Series
Climax!
1954
Series
The Rifleman
Elizabeth Favor
1958
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Elizabeth
1952
Series
Happy Days
1974
Series
Dr. Kildare
Frances Neilson
1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Widow
1963
Series
The Virginian
Mrs. McCleary
1962
Series
The Virginian
Aunt Grace
1962
Series
Emergency!
Norma
1972
Series
Emergency!
Winifred Lenover
1972
Series
My Three Sons
1960
Series
The Donna Reed Show
Mrs. Butler
1958
Series
Studio One
Miss Rathbone - Secretary
1948
Series
The Untouchables
Mrs. Lindsey
1959
Series
The F.B.I.
Librarian
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Guthrie
1965
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Rawhide
Mrs. Lefever
1959
Series
Cheyenne
1955
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mother Superior
1958
Series
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Series
Omnibus
Cissie Chandler
1967
Series
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Mrs. Elliott
1972
Series
Thriller
Adelaide Leggett
1960
Series
Dragnet
Bird Lady
1967
Series
Dragnet
Fay Sager
1967
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Mrs. Bowers
1958
Series
Peter Gunn
1958
Series
The Detectives
1959
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Neighbor
1955
Series
The Mod Squad
1968
Series
Studio 57
1954
Series
The Millionaire
Ann Trenner
1955
Series
The Millionaire
Tessie Thorne
1955
Series
Trackdown
Maude Turley
1957
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Series
The Deputy
Blanche Niles
1959
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Wife of Patient with Propeller
1952
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Ruby Kent
1952
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Harold
1950
Series
Arrest and Trial
Irene Wolcott
1963
Series
Yancy Derringer
Carrie Meade
1958
Series
The Gale Storm Show
Miss Albright
1956
Series
The Gale Storm Show
Miss Carter
1956
Series
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mrs. Brewster
1958
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Granny
1957
Series
The Thin Man
1957
Series
Mr. Lucky
1959
Series
Pete and Gladys
1960
Series
The Roaring 20's
1960
Series
Nichols
Old Lady
1971
Chevron Theatre
1952
Series
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Series
Dan August
Amy Phipps
1970
Series
The Outsider
Mrs. Buchanan
1968
Series
The Whistler
Mrs. Clark
1954
Series
Medical Story
Mrs. Henderson
1975
Series
Date with the Angels
1957
Series
Hank
1965
Goodyear Theatre
Granny
1957
Series
General Electric Theater
Momma
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Mrs. Rutledge
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Mrs. Willard
1953
Series
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Sister
1953
Series
Funny Face
Mrs. Morris
1971
Film
Gaslight
Lady (uncredited)
1944
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Miss Pringle
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lavinia Corey
1951
Film
Marnie
Mrs. Maitland (uncredited)
1964
Film
Father of the Bride
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Pearl of Death
Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Norma, the Maid (uncredited)
1944
Film
They Won't Believe Me
Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)
1947
Film
Room for One More
Teacher (uncredited)
1952
Film
Dressed to Kill
Minister's Wife (uncredited)
1946
Film
In the Good Old Summertime
Aunt Addie
1949
Film
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Librarian (uncredited)
1945
Film
Family Honeymoon
Aunt Jo
1948
Film
Spencer's Mountain
Grandma Spencer
1963
Film
Affair with a Stranger
Miss Crutcher
1953
Film
No Room for the Groom
Aunt Elsa
1952
Film
The Judge Steps Out
Harriett (uncredited)
1947
Film
Sleep, My Love
Helen
1948
Stage 7
Film
Kisses for My President
Miss Currier (uncredited)
1964
Film
The Hucksters
Miss Hammer - Secretary
1947
Film
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Mrs. Louise Murphy
1970
Film
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler
Cissie Chandler
1969
Film
Welcome Stranger
Miss Lennek
1947
Film
So This Is Love
Mrs. Green
1953
Film
The Next Voice You Hear...
Aunt Ethel
1950
Film
In the Meantime, Darling
Mrs, Dalrymple
1944
Film
Christmas in Connecticut
Secretary (uncredited)
1945
Film
Here Come the Nelsons
Miss Tompkins
1952
Film
I've Always Loved You
Music Teacher 1
1946
Film
Murder in the Music Hall
Cleaning Woman
1946
Film
The Girl of the Limberlost
Miss Blodgett
1945
Film
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Prunella Pennyworth - Humphrey's Sister
1950
Film
Happy Land
Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
1943
Film
Rose of Cimarron
Emmy Anders
1952
Film
The Over the Hill Gang
Mrs. Louise Murphy
1969
Film
The Suspect
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
1945
Film
Nocturne
Gotham Cashier (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Pepite
1951
Film
Over 21
Elsie - Paula's Secretary (uncredited)
1945
Film
Mademoiselle Fifi
Mme. Follenvie
1944
Film
Battle at Bloody Beach
Delia Ellis
1961
Film
Foxfire
Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
1955
Film
Excuse My Dust
Mrs. Matilda Bullitt
1951
Film
First Love
Violin Player
1939
Film
Road to Alcatraz
Dorothy Stone
1945
Film
What a Man!
Constance
1944
Film
The Brighton Strangler
Hotel Maid (Uncredited)
1945
Film
Enter Arsène Lupin
Wheeler
1944
Film
Hollywood and Vine
Abigail Wrighthouse
1945
Film
Dakota Lil
Sheriff's Wife
1950
Film
Junior Miss
Maid
1945
Film
Sentimental Journey
Miss Benson (uncredited)
1946
Rusty's Birthday
Carrie Simmons
1949
Film
Beauty on Parade
Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch
1950
Film
Molly and Me
Perkins
1945