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The 11 best TV moms of all time
Insider ^ | 5/8/21 | Jason Guerrasio

Posted on 10/29/2023 11:18:07 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Carol Brady ("The Brady Bunch")

Florence Henderson's portrayal of the always smiling, always calm and collected Carol Brady (even while she has six kids to watch over) became the benchmark all mothers tried to hit in the early 1970s.

Remember, she wasn't just a housewife. She was a freelance writer, sculptor, and even had time for the PTA.

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To: Berlin_Freeper

No. Barry Williams had a crush on Florence and took Florence out on a platonic dinner date. He did, however, have a thing going with actress Maureen McCormick who played Marcia on the show.


21 posted on 10/29/2023 11:59:08 AM PDT by Tareli (Keep calm and dance on.)
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To: DallasBiff
But I Love Lucy

22 posted on 10/29/2023 12:03:28 PM PDT by struggle
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To: DallasBiff

Movie-mom Mary Bailey. Before she became TV-mom Donna Stone.


23 posted on 10/29/2023 12:07:59 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: DallasBiff

Marge is interesting....
Peggy Bundy from “Married with Children” is a classic
tho we all want Kelly for a mom :)


24 posted on 10/29/2023 12:15:59 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: DallasBiff
#1: Peggy Wood, I Remember Mama

25 posted on 10/29/2023 12:25:28 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: chuck allen

How about Wilma Flintstone?


26 posted on 10/29/2023 12:34:46 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: chuck allen

“You can any man with gentle nagging !’’. - Marge Simpson.


27 posted on 10/29/2023 12:56:39 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: JZelle

Wasn’t he acting and making noise like a conservative at one point in the past? I believe he was interviewed by Hannity.


28 posted on 10/29/2023 1:24:21 PM PDT by howlinhound (Tagline in the shop for repairs.)
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To: Ed Condon

https://youtu.be/zKy8CzX4TEU?si=Tn_vpNiNjIZbGdd0


29 posted on 10/29/2023 1:35:56 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: Ed Condon
"How about Wilma Flintstone?"

How could you do that to Fred?

30 posted on 10/29/2023 1:43:06 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: DallasBiff

Morticia Addams, of course.

31 posted on 10/29/2023 1:50:45 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DallasBiff

Carol Brady
“Remember, she wasn’t just a housewife.”

She was a housewife with a live in housekeeper.


32 posted on 10/29/2023 1:52:34 PM PDT by Do_Tar (It took all my interest just to post this.)
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To: Tareli

We need a 10 best TV stepbrother thread.


33 posted on 10/29/2023 2:01:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: DallasBiff
Samantha Stephens?

-PJ

34 posted on 10/29/2023 2:01:54 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DallasBiff

June Cleaver. Not only could she vacuum in heels and pearls, but she was fluent in Jive.


35 posted on 10/29/2023 2:03:46 PM PDT by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: DallasBiff

Jane Wyatt in Father Knows Best.


36 posted on 10/29/2023 2:05:15 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Daveinyork

What about Roseanne Barr?


37 posted on 10/29/2023 2:15:24 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DallasBiff

Some are beautiful. But I don’t think that that was the question.


38 posted on 10/29/2023 2:18:07 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: DallasBiff
Beverly Crusher from Star Trek:TNG. She had to be a saint to not pop Wesley into the airlock and vent him into space.
39 posted on 10/29/2023 2:53:55 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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To: dhs12345

Marion Cunningham (Happy Days)


40 posted on 10/29/2023 2:54:02 PM PDT by freepertoo
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