List of stage mothers

This is a list of stage mothers. In the entertainment industry, a stage mother is the term for the mother of a child performer. Often the stage mother is the manager of the child's career and oversees their auditions, costuming and preparation for performances and negotiates financial remuneration on the child's behalf.

There is sometimes a negative connotation for the term, sometimes implying a mother who exerts unreasonable demands for the child's treatment, or puts undue pressure on the child, or who may take advantage of the child's income or notoriety for her own selfish purposes.

Well-known stage mothers

• Carol Connors (mother of Thora Birch)^[1]
• Ruby Dandridge (mother of Dorothy Dandridge)
• Ethel Gumm (mother of Judy Garland)
• Lynn Harless (mother of Justin Timberlake)
• Wanda Holloway (The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom)
• Rose Hovick (mother of Gypsy Rose Lee and June Havoc)
• Tina Knowles (mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles)
• Dina Lohan (mother of Lindsay and Ali Lohan)
• Minnie Marx (mother of The Marx Brothers)
• Colette Momsen (mother of Taylor Momsen)
• Patsy Ramsey (mother of JonBenét Ramsey)
• Mama June Shannon (Here Comes Honey Boo Boo)
• Teri Shields (mother of Brooke Shields)
• Lynne Spears (mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears)
• Sara Taylor (mother of Elizabeth Taylor)

References

1. "Dad Crashes Star's Sex Shoot- New York Post". nypost.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-27. Retrieved 2008-09-13.