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Lillian Bronson
★ Acting

Lillian Bronson

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1902 – 1995 · Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA · Active 1939–1975

Lillian Bronson, born in 1902 in Lockport, New York, left an indelible mark on cult cinema with her role in The Over the Hill Gang (1969). Known for her extensive career in film and television, Bronson often portrayed character roles that added depth to the narratives she inhabited. Her background in Broadway and her experience during the Great Depression shaped her unique presence on screen. In The Over the Hill Gang, she brings her seasoned craft to a film that blends humor and adventure, reflecting her ability to resonate with audiences across generations.

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The Over the Hill Gang

The Over the Hill Gang

1969 ★ 5.6
as Mrs. Louise Murphy

A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff.

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Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Marnie (1964)
Marnie
1964
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight
1944
Happy Days (1974)
Happy Days
1974
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Father of the Bride (1950)
Father of the Bride
1950
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945

Filmography

137 credits
1970s 9 credits
1975
Medical Story
TV ★ 5.0
1974
Happy Days
TV ★ 7.6
1972
Emergency!
TV ★ 7.9
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Mrs. Elliott
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Emergency! as Winifred Lenover
TV ★ 7.9
1971
Nichols as Old Lady
TV ★ 6.3
1971
Funny Face as Mrs. Morris
TV ★ 7.0
1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again as Mrs. Louise Murphy
Movie ★ 5.6
1970
Dan August as Amy Phipps
TV ★ 7.2
1960s 30 credits
1969
The Over the Hill Gang● as Mrs. Louise Murphy
Movie ★ 5.8
1969
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
Movie
1968
The Mod Squad
TV ★ 6.1
1968
Adam-12 as Norma Fisher
TV ★ 7.1
1968
Adam-12 as Edna Digby
TV ★ 7.1
1968
Adam-12 as Mrs. O'Brien
TV ★ 7.1
1968
Adam-12 as Miss Baker
TV ★ 7.1
1968
The Outsider as Mrs. Buchanan
TV ★ 6.0
1967
Dragnet as Bird Lady
TV ★ 7.0
1967
Omnibus as Cissie Chandler
TV ★ 7.2
1967
Dragnet as Fay Sager
TV ★ 7.0
1965
The F.B.I. as Librarian
TV ★ 5.6
1965
Hank
TV ★ 4.7
1965
The F.B.I. as Mrs. Guthrie
TV ★ 5.6
1964
Marnie as Mrs. Maitland (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1964
Kisses for My President as Miss Currier (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.6
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV ★ 7.1
1963
Spencer's Mountain as Grandma Spencer
Movie ★ 6.8
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Widow
TV ★ 5.9
1963
Arrest and Trial as Irene Wolcott
TV ★ 8.3
1962
The Virginian as Mrs. McCleary
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Aunt Grace
TV ★ 6.5
1961
Battle at Bloody Beach as Delia Ellis
Movie ★ 4.9
1961
Ben Casey
TV ★ 5.9
1961
Dr. Kildare as Frances Neilson
TV ★ 5.7
1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Erma Bishop
TV ★ 7.6
1960
My Three Sons
TV ★ 6.6
1960
Thriller as Adelaide Leggett
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Pete and Gladys
TV ★ 6.3
1960
The Roaring 20's
TV
1950s 64 credits
1959
Mr. Lucky
TV ★ 6.7
1959
Rawhide as Mrs. Lefever
TV ★ 7.2
1959
The Detectives
TV ★ 6.7
1959
The Untouchables as Mrs. Lindsey
TV ★ 7.9
1959
The Deputy as Blanche Niles
TV ★ 6.5
1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV ★ 7.1
1958
Yancy Derringer as Carrie Meade
TV ★ 6.2
1958
Peter Gunn
TV ★ 6.6
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Mother Superior
TV ★ 7.0
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Mrs. Bowers
TV ★ 7.1
1958
The Rifleman as Elizabeth Favor
TV ★ 7.1
1958
The Donna Reed Show as Mrs. Butler
TV ★ 6.5
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mrs. Brewster
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Perry Mason as Clara
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Leave It to Beaver
TV ★ 7.0
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV ★ 7.3
1957
The Thin Man
TV ★ 7.6
1957
Date with the Angels
TV ★ 6.3
1957
Goodyear Theatre as Granny
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Perry Mason as Judge
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Alcoa Theatre as Granny
TV ★ 7.0
1957
Wagon Train as Alicia Thorton
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Wagon Train as Miss Phoebe
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Trackdown as Maude Turley
TV ★ 6.9
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Mrs. Kilmer
TV ★ 7.3
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV ★ 5.3
1956
The Gale Storm Show as Miss Albright
TV ★ 6.7
1956
The Gale Storm Show as Miss Carter
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Foxfire as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1955
Cheyenne
TV ★ 6.1
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Neighbor
TV ★ 7.8
1955
The Millionaire as Ann Trenner
TV ★ 5.8
1955
Matinee Theater
TV ★ 5.3
1955
The Millionaire as Tessie Thorne
TV ★ 5.8
1954
Climax!
TV ★ 3.8
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV ★ 7.0
1954
The Whistler
TV
1954
Studio 57
TV ★ 8.0
1953
So This Is Love as Mrs. Green
Movie ★ 4.3
1953
Affair with a Stranger as Miss Crutcher
Movie ★ 4.8
1953
General Electric Theater as Momma
TV ★ 6.8
1953
General Electric Theater as Mrs. Rutledge
TV ★ 6.8
1953
General Electric Theater as Mrs. Willard
TV ★ 6.8
1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre as Sister
TV
1952
Rose of Cimarron as Emmy Anders
Movie ★ 5.6
1952
No Room for the Groom as Aunt Elsa
Movie ★ 5.8
1952
Here Come the Nelsons as Miss Tompkins
Movie ★ 7.0
1952
Room for One More as Teacher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV ★ 5.0
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Elizabeth
TV ★ 6.8
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as Wife of Patient with Propeller
TV ★ 7.2
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as Ruby Kent
TV ★ 7.2
1952
Chevron Theatre
TV ★ 8.0
1951
The Sword of Monte Cristo as Pepite
Movie ★ 4.6
1951
Excuse My Dust as Mrs. Matilda Bullitt
Movie ★ 7.8
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Miss Pringle
TV ★ 7.2
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV ★ 5.3
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lavinia Corey
TV ★ 7.2
1950
The Next Voice You Hear... as Aunt Ethel
Movie ★ 5.6
1950
Beauty on Parade as Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch
Movie ★ 9.0
1950
Dakota Lil as Sheriff's Wife
Movie ★ 5.4
1950
Father of the Bride as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey as Prunella Pennyworth - Humphrey's Sister
Movie ★ 5.3
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Mrs. Harold
TV ★ 6.7
1940s 32 credits
1949
In the Good Old Summertime as Aunt Addie
Movie ★ 6.7
1949
Rusty's Birthday as Carrie Simmons
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Sleep, My Love as Helen
Movie ★ 6.3
1948
Family Honeymoon as Aunt Jo
Movie ★ 6.3
1948
Studio One as Miss Rathbone - Secretary
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Welcome Stranger as Miss Lennek
Movie ★ 6.9
1947
The Hucksters as Miss Hammer - Secretary
Movie ★ 7.1
1947
The Judge Steps Out as Harriett (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1947
They Won't Believe Me as Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1946
Sentimental Journey as Miss Benson (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Dressed to Kill as Minister's Wife (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1946
I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 1
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Murder in the Music Hall as Cleaning Woman
Movie ★ 5.3
1946
Nocturne as Gotham Cashier (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1945
Christmas in Connecticut as Secretary (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
The Suspect as Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1945
Road to Alcatraz as Dorothy Stone
Movie ★ 9.0
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Librarian (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Molly and Me as Perkins
Movie ★ 6.7
1945
Over 21 as Elsie - Paula's Secretary (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1945
Junior Miss as Maid
Movie ★ 7.8
1945
Hollywood and Vine as Abigail Wrighthouse
Movie ★ 4.4
1945
The Brighton Strangler as Hotel Maid (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1945
The Girl of the Limberlost as Miss Blodgett
Movie ★ 8.0
1944
The Pearl of Death as Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge as Norma, the Maid (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1944
Enter Arsène Lupin as Wheeler
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
What a Man! as Constance
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Mademoiselle Fifi as Mme. Follenvie
Movie ★ 6.4
1944
Gaslight as Lady (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1944
In the Meantime, Darling as Mrs, Dalrymple
Movie ★ 6.8
1943
Happy Land as Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1930s 1 credit
1939
First Love as Violin Player
Movie ★ 7.6
s 1 credit
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Stage 7
TV ★ 10.0