The Most Memorable Mothers In Movie History

5.) Aurora Greenway, played by Shirley Maclaine (1981)

Terms of Endearment is the The ideal mother-daugther bond film. In the movie, Aurora is an almost too loving mother to her daughter Emma, causing Emma to move far, far away. But as the film progresses, mother and daughter soon realize that they need each other more than the men in their lives.

6.) Beatrice Henderson, played by Debbie Reynolds (1996 )

In the film Mother, a depressed novelist John (Albert Brooks,) bites the bullet and moves back in with his retired mom, Beatrice (Debbie Reynolds). She’s is always unknowingly annoying him with embarrassing criticisms, suggestions and too much information about his late father and her love life. However, no matter how much her aggravating persona carries on, there are definitely  obvious traits revealed of that loving mother, just worried about her son!

7.) Charlotte Haze played by Shelley Winters (1962 )

In another Stanley Kubrick classic/adaptation of a famous novel (in this case written by Vladamir Nabokov), entitled Lolita, Shelley Winters’s paints the perfect portrait of a generic social-climbing suburban mom.

8.) Doris Mann, played by Shirley Maclaine (1991)

In this adaptation of the famous Carrie Fisher novel with the same title, Postcards From The Edge stars Meryl Streep as Suzanne Vale, a star whose career is plummeting due to drugs. After doing some time in rehab, Suzanne ends up living back at home with her mother, Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine). The film focuses onthe complicated but loving relationship between an struggling actress and her successful movie star mother. While many viewers drew parallels between the characters and Fisher’s real-life relationship with her own mother.

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