Favorite Movie "Mother" of all time...- Page 2

[tazber]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:35am

Since you mentioned Shelley Winters, have you seen her turn in Wild In The Streets?
One of the absolute wackiest (as in LSD influenced) movies ever. Check her out in it, I garauntee you won't be disappointed!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:42am

I always kind of liked Jobeth Williams in POLTERGEIST...funny, courageous, sensitive, sexy, and apparently knows where to get some good weed.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:17am

Taz--I haven't seen Wild In the Streets, but it sounds like I need to!

While I'm in an animated state of mind after Mrs. Jumbo, how about...

Bambi's Mother in Bambi
Lady Tremaine in Cinderella
The Queen in Snow White
Duchess in The Aristocats

...and another non-animated Disney favorite: Glynis Johns in Mary Poppins

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:45am

Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life
Lana Turner in Imitation of Life and Peyton Place
Marjorie Bennett in ...Baby Jane
Gladys Cooper in Now, Voyager



...and, of course, Richard Roundtree in Shaft

[broadway86]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:15am

I agree with many of the choices (especially best12's entire list), but I'd like to add...

the one and only, Kay Miniver.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:35am

doodle---Shutcho' mouth!

Thanks bw86! I agree with Mrs. Miniver too.

...and then there's the "Gertrudes"

Eileen Herlie (1948 ) -- Myrtle Fargate on "All My Children!"
Julie Christie (1996)
Judy Parfitt (1969)
Glenn Close (1990)
Diane Venora (2000)

And dozens of others dating back to the stone age of cinema.

Updated On: 5/14/07 at 11:35 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 12:02pm

B12B,
this is one of those movies that you see and wonder what the hell they were smoking when they made it. And I'm telling you Shelley is hillarious! I included the imdb link so you can read for yourself what it's about. But really, it must be seen to be believed.
I also included the amazon link to order it if you're interested.
I don't believe they are still printing this movie, so once it's gone that's it. Every library needs this title!



http://imdb.com/title/tt0063808/

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Streets-Gas-s-s-s-Barry-Shear/dp/B0007R4T3A/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4292726-2656702?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1179158414&sr=1-1

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 1:37pm

I agre with the aforementioned:

Gladys Cooper in NOW VOYAGER
Louise Latham in MARNIE
Piper Laurie in CARRIE
Melinda Dillo-A CHRISTMAS STORY

Barbara Harris-The North Avenue Irregulars
Donna Reed-IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Margaret Wycherly-SERGEANT YORK
Lillian Gish-THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (not the real mother but a mother figure)
Anjelica Huston-THE GRIFTERS

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 1:46pm

This is your brain on Shelley Winters on LSD

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:14pm

Cool, Taz!

lildogs---As long as we're talking Barbara Harris... I'd like to add Ms. Harris AND Jodie Foster (together) for Freaky Friday.

And while I'm in the Disney neighborhood again, I'd like to add Dorothy Maguire for The Swiss Family Robinson.

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:18pm

I WAS tempted to use Barbara twice, though Disney-wise, I'd add Maureen from PARENT TRAP.

Heck, throw Shelley Winters from LOLITA and Ethel from IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD in there too!

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:27pm

Ethel, YES!

All excellent choices.

What a killer Mother's Day Film Festival we could have with everyone's favorite "motherly" performances on this thread!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:30pm

I keep coming back to Mary Astor in Meet Me in St. Louis.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:33pm

We all do, PJ... We all do.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:33pm

Shelly Winters in Bloody Mama. (duh!) lol
And - am I missing it or has no one said Ellen Burstyn in Alice Does not Live Here Anymore - or The Exorcist?

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:46pm

Angela Landsbury in The Manchurian Candidate

Gotta be my favorite.


Oh.. yes... runner up is Ayllene Gibbons as Mr. Joyboy's mother in The Loved One.

For those of you who have never seen it, treat yourself.

[jess20882]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:49pm

I'd like to add Katherine Hepburn in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, Nicole Kidman in THE OTHERS, Toni Collette in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and Catherine Hicks in CHILD'S PLAY...

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:56pm

cheesedoodle...how could I forget Ellen!

She's the mommy trifecta!

Sweet and fun in "Alice..."
Scary and sad in "Requiem..."
and just plain scared in "Exorcist"

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:00pm

Oooh, Jess---I definitely want to add Beah Richards from "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

And Toni Collette from "The Sixth Sense."

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:04pm

Jane Wyman in The Yearling

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:20pm

Do TV movies count?

If so, I'll add Holly Hunter for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:21pm

MBB as Betty Broderick, if we're going there, br.

[jess20882]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:32pm

another must-add...if we're allowing made-for-tv movies...

mercedes ruehl in A GIRL LIKE ME:THE GWEN ARAUJO STORY. such a tragic story, but everyone in the movie gave incredible performances. especially mercedes.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:36pm

Oh, well..TVM's, we must add Farrah Fawcett as that bad seed Diane Downs in SMALL SACRIFICES.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:38pm

Phyllis Frelich in "Love is Never Silent"