The 14 Best TV Moms of All Time

Sitcom saints, cartoon matriarchs and one or two mothers you would never want to cross, all fighting for the same apron.

1. 1
   Marge Simpson

   The blue-haired, endlessly patient mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie on The Simpsons since 1989.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Joyce Byers

   Winona Ryder's relentless mother searching for her son on Stranger Things.
   514pts
3. 3
   Lois Griffin

   Peter's sharp-tongued, piano-teaching wife and mother of three on Family Guy since 1999.
   466pts
4. 4
   Marie Barone

   Doris Roberts' meddling, food-wielding mother on Everybody Loves Raymond.
   411pts
5. 5
   Rainbow Johnson

   Tracee Ellis Ross's doctor and mother of five on Black-ish.
   411pts
6. 6
   Clair Huxtable

   Phylicia Rashad's lawyer mom who ran the Huxtable house on The Cosby Show.
   348pts
7. 7
   Kitty Forman

   Debra Jo Rupp's cheerful, laugh-snorting mom on That '70s Show.
   348pts
8. 8
   Beth Pearson

   Susan Kelechi Watson's steady, funny mother of three on This Is Us.
   348pts
9. 9
   Lois Wilkerson

   Jane Kaczmarek's ferocious mother of five boys on Malcolm in the Middle.
   348pts
10. 10
    Claire Dunphy

    Julie Bowen's control-loving mom of three on Modern Family.
    348pts
11. 11
    Lucille Bluth

    Jessica Walter's icy matriarch of Arrested Development.
    274pts
12. 12
    Lorelai Gilmore

    Lauren Graham's fast-talking, coffee-fuelled single mom on Gilmore Girls.
    187pts
13. 13
    Peggy Bundy

    Katey Sagal's bonbon-loving housewife on Married... with Children.
    0pts
14. 14
    Moira Rose

    Catherine O'Hara's wig-collecting former soap star on Schitt's Creek.
    0pts

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