Top 10 TV Moms

From animated moms to moms we knew growing up, here's a list of TV's most influential moms

From generation to generation, from sit-coms to animated cartoons there is one-character moms can relate to...and that's other moms!  We thought we'd make up our list of the top ten TV moms to bring back those old memories of growing up, and to take a look at how our culture has changed the role of the mother on television.

1.        Carol Brady   of    "The Brady Bunch"
Florence Henderson

2.        June Cleaver   of  "Leave it to Beaver"
Barbara Billingsley

3.        Edith Bunker   of  " All in the Family"
Jean Stapleton

4.        Claire Huxtable   of   "The Cosby Show"
Phylicia Rashad

5.        Elyse Keating   of   "Family Ties"
Meredith Baxter Birney

6.        Marion Cunningham of   "Happy Days"
Marion Ross

7.        Shirley Partridge   of  "The Partridge Family"
Shirley Jones

8.        Caroline Ingalls of " Little House on the Prairie"
Karen Grassle

9.        Murphy Brown of   "Murphy Brown"
Candace Bergen

10.     Marge Simpson of   " The Simpsons"
Animated character