![]() She struggled with substance abuse years before and more recently had financial difficulties and was reportedly homeless at one point. Ross’s “TV daughter” died from complications from cancer on April 22, 2017, at the age of 56. There are chapters dedicated to Marshall and various cast members, each of whom spent time talking with Laurell for the book, including Moran. Ross writes about her personal life – growing up moving to California and getting started as an actress her marriage, divorce and two children, actor Meskimen and writer/producer Ellen Kreamer – as well as her memories of “Happy Days.” Once she got started she realized she had lots of stories to tell. “I didn’t want to write the book at all,” she said. It was her son, Jim Meskimen, who encouraged her to write it and brought award-winning reporter and editor-in-chief of “Life After 50” magazine David Laurell to her home to collaborate. Retired from acting and 89, Ross is still busy – now touring to promote the book and looking forward to meeting fans at signings. MARVEL-OUS: Disney making room for Marvel-themed land at California AdventureĬOOL: Palm Springs becoming the 'new capital of cool' for spring break vacationers LEGACY: Lucie Arnaz is working on a film to depict the real life behind 'I Love Lucy' “It’s amazing to meet young people that know about it,” said Ross. The show has maintained its popularity over the decades and still airs in syndication. “So many people say they watched the show with their parents (and) we don’t watch any other show with our parents,” Ross said. The show was a springboard for several spinoffs, including “Laverne & Shirley,” “Mork & Mindy” and “Joanie Loves Chachi.” “Then to have the Fonz – Henry Winkler – walk off with that show was … another plus.” It was a real call-back to time – to the 1950s – “and everybody wanted to go there,” she said. #Happy days movie characters tv#It took TV viewers back to the 1950s and provided them a weekly 30-minute escape to a simpler time than the ’70s when the Vietnam War was starting to wind down and equal rights was at the center of nationwide protests. ![]() … I’m glad you’re calling this morning.”Ĭreated by the late Garry Marshall, “Happy Days” aired from January 1974 to September 1984 and centered around the Cunninghams – Howard (Tom Bosley) and Marion and their children, Richie (Ron Howard) and Joanie (Erin Moran).Īnd, of course, Fonzie (Henry Winkler), the motorcycle-riding dropout who defined cool and coined such phrases as “Sit on it” and “exactamundo.” ![]() She answers her own phone: “Hello, Palm Springs. In a recent phone interview from her “Happy Days Farm” in Woodland Hills, Ross’s cheerful, friendly and funny nature make you feel like you have just stepped into the Cunningham home and been offered a seat at the family dining table. Who knew that we would become an American legend,” said Ross, whose new memoir, “My Days: Happy and Otherwise,” will bring her to Palm Springs for a book-signing on April 7. It was a life-changing role for the woman who decided at a young age she wanted to be an actress and one for which she will forever remembered – and is eternally grateful. Ross was 45, divorced and renting out rooms in her home to help support her and her two young children when the role of Marion Cunningham came along. C,” the always upbeat, compassionate and endearing wife and mother on “Happy Days” – a character not much different from who she is in real life. Watch Video: Writer-Director Garry Marshall Dead at 81įor 11 seasons Marion Ross played “Mrs. ![]()
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