Tag: Moms

No other type of character seems to tug at our nostalgic heartstrings like TV moms. So we asked you to tell us: who are your favorite moms on television? While the answers crossed boundaries of socio-economic status, race and TV genre, the female characters named embody many similar traits — warm, intelligent, loving, educated, stern, classy, hard-working, sarcastic, ambitious, tough, funny. Our faves remind us of our own moms or for some of us, the moms we wish we had.

Oh and spoiler alert! Clair Huxtable tops almost everyone’s list as favorite TV mom. But you probably already knew that…she is pretty fabulous after all!

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Morticia Addams (Carolyn Jones) — The Addams Family

Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) — Grey’s Anatomy

Vivian Banks (Janet Hubert-Whitten) — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Lucille Bluth (Jessica Walter) — Arrested Development

Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) — Mad About You

Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) — Roseanne

Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) — Star Trek: The Next Generation

Florida Evans (Esther Rolle) — Good Times

Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy) — Six Feet Under

Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) — Gilmore Girls

Ellen Harvelle (Samantha Ferris) — Supernatural

Clair Huxtable, Esq. (Phylicia Rashad) — The Cosby Show

Elyse Keaton (Meredith Baxter-Birney) — Family Ties

Grace Kelly (Brett Butler) — Grace Under Fire

Kate McArdle (Susan Saint James) and Allie Lowell (Jane Curtin) — Kate and Allie

Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner) — The Simpsons

Dr. Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) — Cheers, Frasier 

Hilda Suarez (Ana Ortiz) — Ugly Betty

Joyce Summers (Kristine Sutherland) — Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) — Friday Night Lights

Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) — Grey’s Anatomy

Skyler White (Anna Gunn) — Breaking Bad