Favorite Movie "Mother" of all time...

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 9:58pm

Some of my nominees:

Faye Dunnaway in Mommie Dearest
The Alien in Alien
Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama
Debbie Reynolds in Mother
Anne Revere in National Velvet
Sara Algood in How Green Was My Valley
Anthony Perkins in Psycho
Kay Medford in Funny Girl
Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music
Joan Van Fleet in East of Eden
Betsy Palmer in Friday the 13th
Gladys Cooper in Separate Tables, Now Voyager, and My Fair Lady
Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce
Louise Latham in Marnie
Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life
Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People
Lana Turner in Peyton Place
Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne

I know you'll think of others...

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 9:59pm

Kathleen Turner in Serial Mom
(after John Crawford in Mildred Pierce)

[Patronus]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:02pm

Mary Steenburgen in Parenthood
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream

I STRONGLY 2nd Betsy Palmer in Friday the 13th!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:08pm

Marietta Fortune in WILD AT HEART

[justme2]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:08pm

May Robson in Lady for a Day (weren't we just talking about that movie?)
Marie Dressler in Min and Bill
Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas
Ruth Chatterton in Frisco Jenny
Kay Francis (yes, her!) in I found Stella Parrish

...and some of the ones Best12 already mentioned, of course!

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:10pm

Great choices!!

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:12pm

Bette Davis in The Little Foxes.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:48pm

I just saw Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama......What a Joy!!

[mateo]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:54pm

Divine in Hairspray
Maureen O'Hara in Parent Trap

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 10:55pm

Myrna Loy in Cheaper by the Dozen, and Belles on their Toes

[suzycat]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 11:04pm

Carmen Maura in Volver

[chris d]

Posted: 5/13/07 at 11:08pm

^ ooh, yes. Carmen Maura.

also, Cecilia Roth in Todo Sobre Mi Madre.

Posted: 5/13/07 at 11:41pm

Piper Laurie in CARRIE
Grace Zabriskie in FIRE WALK WITH ME
Cloris Leachman in CRAZY MAMA
Ronee Blakely in NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (even tho its too scary for me)
Deborah Rush in STRANGERS WITH CANDY: The Movie
Divine in POLYESTER

[mattonstage]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 1:05am

Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (most heartbreaking)
Angela Landsbury in The Manchurian Candidate (most frightening)

Posted: 5/14/07 at 6:41am

Vivian Pickles in HAROLD & MAUD

[tazber]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 7:14am

Greer Garson in Mrs. Minniver
And a controversial choice:
Liz Taylor in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? In her mind she was a mother!

Posted: 5/14/07 at 7:28am

Dianne Weist in EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Jane Darwell in GRAPES OF WRATH

[D2]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 7:45am

Both Mary Steenburgen and Darlene Cates in WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 8:10am

Rosalind Russell in Gypsy
Cher in Mask

[Urban]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 8:50am

I like this thread.

Arnold Swartenegger in "Junior".
Marsha Mason in "Drop Dead Fred"

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:15am

Marion Lorne in Strangers on a Train
Frances Fisher in Titanic
Betty Field in Picnic
Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue

[singtopher]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:24am

I love the mom in Christmas Story. I can't remember the actress, but I'm too lazy to imdb her right now.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:25am

Melinda Dillon. I love her too.

EDIT: She can be a "favorite movie mom" for both A Christmas Story and Close Encounters!

Updated On: 5/14/07 at 09:25 AM

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:31am

Jumbo in Dumbo
Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
Phyllis Somerville in Little Children
Bette Davis in A Pocketful of Miracles

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:32am

Cicely Tyson in Sounder
Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun

EDIT: blueroses---Mrs. Jumbo in Dumbo!!! Yes! *cries*

Updated On: 5/14/07 at 09:32 AM