10 Greatest Moms in Television History

Over the decades, many maternal figures have entertained on our home screens. Do you have a personal favorite? After polling the internet to determine which television moms were the greatest in history, these were the top responses.

10. Jill Taylor

Jill Taylor from Home Improvement is a loving mother to three sons and wife to Tim the Tool Man Taylor. She is the common sense and voice of reason in the relationship, as Tim often behaves like a teenage boy.

While the early seasons showcase Jill being a caring matriarch and homemaker, she evolves into going back to school to get her psychology degree. 

9. Peggy Bundy

Peggy Bundy from Married With Children is a lazy stay-at-home mom who refuses to cook and clean for her family. However, she genuinely loves her family, and despite her backhanded comments and insults, she tries to care for them.

Despite no long-time career, Peggy dabbled in jobs, including a Mary Bright consultant, fast food employee, and department store sales clerk. 

8. Clair Huxtable

Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show is a groundbreaking television mom. She is always loving, honest, brilliant, and nurturing to her husband, five children, siblings, and extended family.

She’s eloquent, intelligent, and classy. Additionally, she’s an attorney who values the importance of a work-life balance.

7. Joyce Summers

Joyce Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a stereotypical mother relying on pop psychology methods of raising her daughter Buffy. In addition to running an art gallery, Joyce served as a positive role model for Buffy and her friends. 

6. Lois Wilkerson

Lois Wilkerson is the main antagonist and anti-hero of Malcolm in the Middle. She’s overstressed, manipulative, intolerant, an absolute control freak, and she could use anger management.

Lois has also been arrested several times for crazy shenanigans. She’s easy to hate but still gets lots of love and earned her spot on this list.

5. Linda Belcher

Linda Belcher from Bob’s Burgers is an intelligent, eccentric mother of three with a great sense of humor. She’s always joking with her family and friends and loves her children very much. Additionally, she supports her husband, Bob, through thick and thin. 

4. Joyce Byers

Joyce Byers from Stranger Things is a struggling, divorced mother of two sons in Hawkins, Indiana. After her youngest son Will disappears, Joyce refuses to believe he is dead.

She knew she was communicating with him through Christmas lights, despite the entire town thinking she had suffered a mental breakdown. She never gives up on her son. 

3. Marge Simpson

Marge Simpson from The Simpsons is a loving, devoted mother of three who always does the right thing. She puts up with insane amounts of stress without a deal of complaining to ensure her family is provided for happily.

While primarily a homemaker, Marge has brief careers, including a police officer, a real estate agent, and an anti-violence activist.

2. Kitty Forman

Kitty Forman from That ’70s Show was voted the best television mom in a series. Kitty is a nurse and homemaker who is not only a mother to her children but also cares for the neighborhood kids in Point Place, Wisconsin. She’s famous for hiding wine around the house and her infectious laugh. 

1. Morticia Addams

Morticia Addams from The Addams Family is an unusual mother with a sexy gothic look and low voice. She is intelligent and devoted to her adoring husband, Gomez, and kids, Wednesday and Pugsley.

Her favorite activities include cutting the rose buds off the stems, discarding them, and feeding her carnivorous plant, Cleopatra.

We hope you enjoyed this Reddit picks list of the best mothers in television history. This article is inspired by the internet and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Motherhood Life Balance.

Did the internet miss one of your favorite Tv Moms? Let us know in the comments.

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