Best TV Moms of the 1970s Who Defined the Decade

The 1970s offered some of the most unforgettable moms in TV history. There was just something extra special about TV moms in the 1970s. As viewers moved past the sweet homemaker-type moms like Barbara Billingsley‘s June Cleaver, Donna Reed, or Harriet Nelson in the 1950s and 1960s, they were introduced to a wider range of personalities.

The 1970s offered sweet, enduring moms like Florence Henderson‘s Carol Brady and Marion Ross‘ Marion Cunningham, who nurtured every need, but also had the hard-working, single moms balancing careers and family needs, from Diahann Carroll in Julia or Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family to the divorced Bonnie Franklin‘s Ann Romano in One Day at a Time.