5 Favorites #24: 5 Favorite On-Screen Mothers

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May 3, 2011

Wesley Lovell

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Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.

This week’s favorite selection comes courtesy Peter J. Patrick: Who are your favorite on-screen, big screen mothers?

What are your 5 Favorite On-Screen Mothers?

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7 responses to “5 Favorites #24: 5 Favorite On-Screen Mothers”

Tarek

May 5, 2011

Cher – Mask
Sally Field – Forrest Gump
Kathy Bates – Dolores
Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
(Can I add a”special” mother?
the mother of Dumbo for her boundless love 🙂

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Mike Furlong

May 4, 2011

Good Mothers:
Dianne Wiest, Parenthood
Cher, Mask
Holly Hunter, Thirteen
Crissy Rock, Ladybird, Ladybird
Kathy Bates, Dolores Claiborne
Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Melinda Dillon, A Christmas Story

Favorite Bad Mothers:
Piper Laurie, Carrie
Maureen O’Hara, Only the Lonely
Kathleen Turner, Serial Mom
Mo’Nique, Precious
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate
Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
Debbie Reynolds, Mother
Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
Anne Ramsey, Throw Momma From the Train

Favorite Surrogate Mothers:
Lillian Gish, The Night of the Hunter
Norma Aleandro, Gaby – A True Story
Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights

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1. Peter J Patrick
  
  May 4, 2011
  
  More excellent picks. We could easily do a top 25 instead of a top 5 on this one.
  
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Scott W

May 4, 2011

Interesting category …
These aren’t necessarily good or bad mothers, just one’s that have left an impression on me.
1. Joan Crawford – Mildred Pierce
2. Mia Farrow – Rosemary’s Baby
3. Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
4. Katherine Hepburn – Suddenly Last Summer
5. Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer

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Mike Kelly

May 3, 2011

Great picks, Peter.

Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath
Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas
Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot
Margaret Wycherly, White Heat

Favorite Bad Mother
Anthony Perkins, Psycho

Favorite Surrotgate Mother
Fly, the Border Collie, Babe

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1. Peter J Patrick
  
  May 3, 2011
  
  Thanks, Mike.
  
  I knew there was a more recent one I should acknowledge but I couldn’t recall who – it was one of your picks, Brenda Fricker.
  
  Also, I wanted to inlcude Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas but I couldn’t decide whether she belonged to the good or bad group. She had elements of both.
  
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Peter J Patrick

May 3, 2011

Favortie good mothers:

Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
Irene Dunne, The White Cliffs of Dover
Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath
Sara Allgood, How Green Was My Valley
Beulah Bondi, Of Human Hearts

Favortie bad mothers:

Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate
Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
Gladys Cooper, Now, Voyager
Mary Astor, Return to Peyton Place
Laura Hope Crews, The Silver Cord

Favorite surrogate mothers:

Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
Bette Davis, The Corn Is Green
Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary’s
Greer Garson, The Valley of Decision
Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy

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