The Mother Of All Quizzes

Answer: Laura Linney

Kyra Sedgwick played Haley's mama in "Secondhand Lions", and Helen Hunt played the mama in "Pay It Forward". Toni Collette was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar playing Osment's mother in "The Sixth Sense". Her movie son received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Answer: Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci

"Mermaids" is told from the older daughter, Charlotte's (Winona Ryder) point of view. She speaks of her disdain for her mother (she calls her Mrs. Flax) who picks up and moves everytime she has a problem with a man. The younger daughter, Kate (Christina Ricci), seems to adjust to each move, but Charlotte is a bit more uptight, especially after she falls in love with a young man. Bob Hoskins and Michael Schoeffling also starred in 1990's "Mermaids". Winona Ryder earned a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe nomination for her performance.

Answer: Dianne Wiest

Jason Patric and Corey Haim played sons, Michael and Sam, to Dianne Wiest in 1987's "The Lost Boys". Joaquin Phoenix (then billed as Leaf Phoenix) played Wiest's son, Garry, in "Parenthood", from 1989.

Answer: Brad Renfro

Lorraine Bracco played Teresa D'Onofrio, the mother of Beverly (Barrymore) in "Riding in Cars with Boys". In "Radio Flyer", she played the mother of both Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazzello, and in "The Basketball Diaries", Bracco played the mother of Jim (DiCaprio).

Answer: 1

Diane Lane played Connie Sumner, a seemingly happy suburban wife and mother of one son, Charlie, who has an affair with a young man she meets in the city one windy day. Lane was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. The movie also starred Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez and Erik Per Sullivan.

Answer: Jessica Lange

Billy Crudup played Will Bloom, who returns home to visit his dying father. Will decides to find out whether the tall tales his father has been telling him all of his life are really true. Albert Finney and Jessica Lange played the senior Ed and Sandra Bloom, and Ewan McGregor and Alison Lohman played the younger Ed and Sandra.

Answer: Almost Famous

Frances McDormand played the strict, but loving, mother of William (Patrick Fugit) and Anita (Zooey Deschanel) in "Almost Famous". Her worry over her son's trip with a rock band, to write a story about them for 'Rolling Stone' magazine, prompts her to tell her college students, "Rock stars have kidnapped my son".

Answer: JoBeth Williams

Rose (Annabeth Gish) remembers growing up in Nevada in the 1950s with her mother, her step-father and her sisters. Jon Voight, Ellen Barkin and Jay Underwood also starred in this 1986 drama.

Answer: The Scarlet Letter

Demi's daughters, Tallulah and Scout, played her character's daughter, Pearl, in "The Scarlet Letter" (1995). Tallulah played Pearl as an infant, and Scout played her as a toddler. Gary Oldman played Pearl's father, Arthur Dimmesdale, in the movie, which was based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel. Rumer Willis also appeared with her mother in "Now and Then", but not as her daughter.

Answer: Where The Heart Is

In "Where The Heart Is", Natalie played a pregnant teenager whose boyfriend abandons her at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart. With the help of some new friends, she and her daughter, Americus, start a new life there. James Frain, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd and Dylan Bruno also starred in the movie.