Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!  

Let's celebrate this day by remembering 30 of television's most remembered moms!

Nancy Hughes McClosky
played by: Helen Wagner (1918-2010)
"As the World Turns" (1956-2010)
Mother to: Bob, Susan, Donald & Penny

Alice Grayson Horton
played by: Frances Reid (1914-2010)
"Days of Our Lives" (1965-2007)
Mother to: Addie, Mickey, Bill, Marie & Tommy

Lila Quartermaine
played by: Anna Lee (1913-2004)
"General Hospital" (1978-2003)
Mother to: Alan & Tracy

Eloise Curtis
played by: Theresa Merritt (1922-1998)
"That's My Mama" (1974-1975)
Mother to: Curtis & Tracy

June Cleaver
played by: Barbara Billingsley (1915-2010)
"Leave It to Beaver" (1957-1963)
"The New Leave It to Beaver" (1983-1989)
Mother to: Wally & Theodore

Morticia Addams
played by: Carolyn Jones (1930-1983)
"The Addams Family" (1964-1966)
Mother to: Pugsley & Wednesday

Edith Bunker
played by: Jean Stapleton (1923-2013)
"All in the Family" (1971-1979)
Mother to: Gloria

Donna Stone
played by: Donna Reed (1921-1986)
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966)
Mother to: Jeff, Mary & Trisha

Kate Bradley
played by: Bea Benaderet (1906-1968)
"Petticoat Junction" (1963-1968)
Mother to: Betty Jo, Billie Jo & Bobbie Jo

Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow
played by: Barbara Bel Geddes (1922-2005) & Donna Reed (1921-1986)
"Dallas" (1978-1990)
Mother to: J.R., Bobby & Gary

Harriet Nelson
played by: Harriet Hilliard Nelson (1909-1994)
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952-1966)
Mother to: David & Ricky

Samantha Stephens
played by: Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)
"Bewitched" (1964-1972)
Mother to: Tabitha & Adam

Lily Ruskin 
played by: Spring Byington (1886-1971)
"December Bride" (1954-1959)
Mother to: Ruth

Sophia Petrillo
played by: Estelle Getty (1923-2008)
"The Golden Girls" (1985-1992)
Mother to: Dorothy, Gloria & Phil

Olivia Jefferson
played by: Zara Cully (1892-1978)
"The Jeffersons" (1975-1978)
Mother to: George & Henry

Angela Channing
played by: Jane Wyman (1917-2007)
"Falcon Crest" (1981-1990)
Mother to: Richard, Julia & Emma

Ida Morgenstern
played by: Nancy Walker (1922-1992)
"Rhoda" (1974-1978)
Mother to: Rhoda & Brenda

Iris Martin
played by: Audrey Meadows (1922-1996)
"Too Close for Comfort" (1982-1986)
Mother to: Muriel

Margaret Anderson
played by: Jane Wyatt (1910-2006)
"Father Knows Best" (1954-1960)
Mother to: Bud, Kitten & Princess

Helen Marie
played by: Rosemary DeCamp (1910-2001)
"That Girl" (1966-1970)
Mother to: Ann Marie

Florida Evans
played by: Esther Rolle (1920-1998)
"Good Times" (1974-1977, 1978-1979)
Mother to: J.J., Michael & Thelma

Maude Findlay 
played by: Beatrice Arthur (1922-2009)
"Maude" (1972-1978)
Mother to: Carol

Dorothy Baxter 
played by: Whitney Blake (1926-2002)
"Hazel" (1961-1965)
Mother to: Harold

Peggy Riley
played by: Marjorie Reynolds (1917-1997)
"The Life of Riley" (1953-1958)
Mother to: Babs & Junior

Margaret Williams
played by: Jean Hagen (1923-1977)
"Make Room for Daddy" (1953-1956)
Mother to: Terry & Rusty

Winifred Gillis 
played by: Florida Friebus (1909-1988)
"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959-1963)
Mother to: Dobie & Davey

Ann Romano
played by: Bonnie Franklin (1944-2013)
"One Day at a Time" (1975-1984)
Mother to: Barbara & Julie

Natalie Lane
played by: Jean Byron (1925-2006)
"The Patty Duke Show" (1963-1966)
Mother to: Patty

Livia Soprano
played by: Nancy Marchand (1928-2000)
"The Sopranos" (1999-2001)
Mother to: Tony, Janice & Barbara

Lilimae Clements
played by: Julie Harris (1925-2013)
"Knots Landing" (1980-1987)
Mother to: Valene & Joshua

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