jakeem Posted April 6, 2017 Cicely Tyson as Rebecca Morgan in "Sounder" (1972). 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted April 6, 2017 Lea Thompson in "Back to the Future" (1985). Hmmmm...speaking of your uncomfortable "strange tension" here!!! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted April 7, 2017 Lea Thompson in "Back to the Future" (1985). Glad the original BTTF mom she played.... ...turned into... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Faiola Posted April 7, 2017 Definitely Beulah Bondi. Either as a saint (MR. SMITH, WONDERFUL LIFE, OF HUMAN HEARTS etc) or sinner (SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, STREET SCENE etc) Beulah was the movies' archetypical mother. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted April 7, 2017 Beah Richards in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a beautiful, sensitive portrayal too often left in the shadows of many viewers' memories, I suspect, because of the mega watt star power of Poitier, Hepburn and Tracy. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne Posted April 7, 2017 Best classic movie mother ever. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted April 7, 2017 Glynis Johns in "All Mine to Give" (1957) as a dying widow who hopes to find homes in Wisconsin of the 1850s for her six children before they're orphaned. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lydecker Posted April 7, 2017 Beah Richards in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a beautiful, sensitive portrayal too often left in the shadows of many viewers' memories, I suspect, because of the mega watt star power of Poitier, Hepburn and Tracy. You are so right. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted April 7, 2017 In "Travels with My Aunt" (1972), the eccentric Augusta Bertram (Dame Maggie Smith) shows up in the life of a London relative (Alec McCowen) and persuades him to accompany her on an urgent mission to Turkey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GordonCole Posted April 7, 2017 Kathleen Howard as the classically nasty mother, Mrs. Bissonette. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted April 7, 2017 Definitely Beulah Bondi. Either as a saint (MR. SMITH, WONDERFUL LIFE, OF HUMAN HEARTS etc) or sinner (SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, STREET SCENE etc) Beulah was the movies' archetypical mother. A mention, too, might be made of Beulah's mother from hell portrayal in Track of the Cat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted April 7, 2017 And for something a little different, how about . . . Arthur Lucan as Old Mother Riley, his encounter with "her" being one of the real low points of Bela Lugosi's career Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoyCronin Posted April 8, 2017 I have always liked and been moved by Dolores Costello in "The Magnificent Ambersons". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VivLeighFan Posted April 10, 2017 What about Anne Revere in National Velvet & The Song of Bernadette? She stood by her daughter in those films no matter what. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristineHoard Posted April 10, 2017 Ann Revere did play some great Moms. Gladys Cooper was a mean Mom (but great performance) in NOW, VOYAGER. Cody's Mom in WHITE HEAT was one tough Mom but she certainly loved her boy. Angela Lansbury in MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - the Mom from H E L L. But for really great Moms and my favorite Moms I love Barbara in STELLA DALLAS and Irene Dunne in I REMEMBER MAMA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted April 10, 2017 I was just thinking here that young Mr. Dean in his short career didn't have much luck in the mother sweepstakes, did he... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted April 10, 2017 Ellen Burstyn as Lois Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 drama "The Last Picture Show" (with Cybill Shepherd as her daughter Jacy). A classic example of how the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted April 10, 2017 I was just thinking here that young Mr. Dean in his short career didn't have much luck in the mother sweepstakes, did he... Ah, but in "Giant," he did have a supportive mother figure in Luz Benedict (Mercedes McCambridge), who left him a nice piece of land in her will. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted April 10, 2017 Ah, but in "Giant," he did have a supportive mother figure in Luz Benedict (Mercedes McCambridge), who left him a nice piece of land in her will. Yeah, good point jakeem. (...but then again, going 1 for 3 is only considered good in baseball, ya know) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted April 10, 2017 Yeah, good point jakeem. (...but then again, going 1 for 3 is only considered good in baseball, ya know) No. You went two for three, so you're batting .666. But maybe that's not so good after all. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted April 10, 2017 No. You went two for three, so you're batting .666. But maybe that's not so good after all. Actually jakeem, I was referring to James Dean's "batting average" with his mothers in his three major films. (...it was he who was batting .333, ya see) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted April 10, 2017 Ann Revere did play some great Moms. Gladys Cooper was a mean Mom (but great performance) in NOW, VOYAGER. Cody's Mom in WHITE HEAT was one tough Mom but she certainly loved her boy. Angela Lansbury in MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - the Mom from H E L L. But for really great Moms and my favorite Moms I love Barbara in STELLA DALLAS and Irene Dunne in I REMEMBER MAMA. As a "movie Mom" I liked Dunne better in LIFE WITH FATHER. MYRNA LOY in CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN works for me. As does BEULAH BONDI in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Sepiatone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaslovesTCM Posted April 10, 2017 call me corny but I loved Donna Reed on the what else "Donna Reed Show" and also loved her in "It's a Wonderful Life" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted April 10, 2017 ... BEULAH BONDI in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Sepiatone Yeah, but if she doesn't know you, don't tell her that you know Uncle Billy. (...that seems to set her off a bit) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted April 10, 2017 call me corny but I loved Donna Reed on the what else "Donna Reed Show" and also loved her in "It's a Wonderful Life" Arthur Bremer....is that YOU??? Sepiatone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites