Who Played Mum on TV Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jane Wyatt

Jane Wyatt (1910-2006) was an American actress and is best remembered on TV as Margaret Anderson the housewife and mother on the TV series "Father Knows Best" (1954-1960). The other main cast members on the show were husband, James "Jim" Anderson (Robert Young), son James "Bud" Anderson (Billy Gray) and daughters, Betty "Princess" Anderson (Elinor Donohue) and Kathy "Kitten" Anderson (Lauren Chapin).

The series followed the lives of a middle-class American family in the Midwestern town of Springfield. Jane Wyatt also played Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock in the TV series "Star Trek".

Answer: Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Billingsley (1915-2010) was an American film, stage and television actress. She may be best known for her role as June Cleaver, the mother of Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) in the TV series "Leave It to Beaver" (1957-1963) and "The New Leave It to Beaver" (!983-1989). Barbara appeared in 335 episodes of a total of 339 of the two Beaver series.

Answer: Marion Ross

Marion Ross played the All-American mum in the TV series "Happy Days" (1974-1984). She was Marion Cunningham, the mother of Chuck (who appeared in only the first 2 seasons in 9 episodes), Richie (Ron Howard) and Joanie (Erin Moran) and the wife of Howard (Tom Bosley). Marion Ross has also appeared in movies such as "The Glenn Miller Story", "Teachers Pet" and "Operation Petticoat".

She also appeared in various TV shows including "Rawhide", "Route 66", "Father Knows Best" and "The Brady Bunch".

Answer: Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) was an American film and television actress. She played the role of Victoria Barkley, the mother of Jarrod (Richard Long), Nick (Peter Breck) and Audra (Linda Evans) in the western series "The Big Valley" (1965-1969). Victoria Barkley is the widow of Thomas Barkley and the family runs the Barkley Ranch and she also calls her late husbands illegitimate son, Heath (Lee Majors" her son. Barbara Stanwyck was also nominated four times for an Academy Award for Best Actress in "Stella Dallas" (1937), "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Double Indemnity" (1944) and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948).

Answer: Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad is an American television and stage actress. She appeared as Clair Huxtable on the TV series "The Cosby Show" (1984-1992). She was the wife of Dr. Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and the mother of Denise (Lisa Bonet), Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe), Rudy (Keshia Knight Pulliam) and Sondra (Sabrina Le Beauf).

The series focused on this upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York. In 2004, Phylicia became the first African-American actress to win a Tony Award for Best Actress on the stage for her role in "A Raisin in the Sun".

Answer: Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter is an American actress and producer. She appeared as Elyse Keaton in the TV series "Family Ties" (1982-1989). She was the wife of Steven (Michael Gross) and the mother of Alex (Michael J. Fox), Mallory (Justine Bateman), Jennifer (Tina Yothers) and Andy (Brian Bonsall).

The show won a number of awards including three Emmy Awards for Michael J. Fox for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The series is set in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio and the humour of the show normally centres around the cultural divide between the parents who are "baby boomers" and "ex-hippies" and their Republican children of the 1980s who embraces Reaganomics.

Answer: Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She may be best known as the sarcastic and lazy wife of Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) in the sitcom "Married... With Children" (1987-1997). The family is completely dysfunctional and she is the mother of Kelly (Christina Applegate) and Bud (David Faustino).

The family live in a fictional suburb of Chicago. The theme song of the show is "Love and Marriage" which was performed by Frank Sinatra for a TV production called "Our Town" (1955).

Answer: Judith Light

Judith Light is an American actress and producer. Judith played the role of Angela Bower in the series "Who's the Boss?" (1984-1992). He son Jonathan was played by Danny Pintauro and Angela's feisty mother, Mona Robinson was played by Katherine Helmond. Angela's live-in housekeeper was Tony Micelli (Tony Danza) with his daughter Samantha (Alyssa Milano).

The series revolves around Tony taking a job as a live-in housekeeper in an upmarket area in Connecticut to give his daughter a better life and environment.

He takes on the job for a divorced advertising executive Angela Bower. The series showed the reversal roles of man and woman. Although not married, she was the bread winner and he, the stay at home housekeeper.

Answer: Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr is an American actress, writer, comedian, producer and director. Roseanne Barr played the role of Roseanne Conner on the sitcom "Roseanne" (1988-1997). She is the wife of Dan (John Goodman) and the mother of Becky (Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke), Darlene (Sara Gilbert), D.J. (Michael Fishman) and Jerry (Cole and Morgan Roberts).

The show revolved around an average American working-class family living in Illinois.

Answer: Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones (1930-1983) was an American actress who started her film career in the 1950s. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "The Bachelor Party" (1957). She is best known for her role as Morticia Addams in the TV series "The Addams Family" (1964-1966).

She is the wife of Gomez (John Astin) and the mother of Wednesday (Lisa Loring) and Pugsley (Ken Weatherwax). Together with an uncle, grandma and servant they live in a gloomy mansion. Together they have strange interests and supernatural qualities.