Marion Ross
Episode description
You loved her as Mrs. C. on Happy Days. You'll be blown away when you see what a passionate go-getter she is in real life.
I sat down with Marion at her home in Los Angeles and we had quite a time!
You'll hear Marion talk about:
- Happy Days - and how the cast really was a family
- Trouble with Tom Bosley, however
- What she learned from her "shrink"
- Why most people in Hollywood are driven "A-types"
- Why her parents were devastated when she got married
- Getting divorced at age 40
- Why she knew she just HAD to be a successful actress
- Her big move to Hollywood
- Not feeling quite up to snuff
- Learning how to "play the game"
- Rubbing elbows with
- Tony Curtis
- Janet Leigh
- Cary Grant
- Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Dinners with Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Don Most, Anson Williams and Scott Baio
- Her son, Jim Meskimen, and a fun factoid!
- Her daughter, Ellen, and a fun factoid!
- Surprising stories from her book, My Days: Happy and Otherwise
TRIVIA: Who did Marion play on The Brady Bunch?
Send me your guess! reallyfamouspodcast@gmail.com
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MARION ROCKS the RUNWAY
Watch my video at https://youtu.be/izHmVjPD-bQ
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Watch us BEHIND THE SCENES! (FUN!)
Have fun with us on a YouTube Q&A: https://youtu.be/suGhrAEn4ZY
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See Marion and me OVER THE YEARS!
reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/marion-ross
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SEE MARION in person at the LA Times Festival of Books
https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/schedule/
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Get Marion's book, My Days: Happy and Otherwise
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Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson.
Music - Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech - Creative Commons