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TV Moms: 1980s
In the 1980s, TV moms began juggling family life with professional careers. Phylicia Rashad played lawyer and mom to a big family on The Cosby Show, and Candace Bergen portrayed a TV news anchor who has an unplanned pregnancy out of wedlock. Judith Light played a busy, single advertising executive on Who's the Boss, and even hired a male housekeeper—who happened to be a single dad. Joanna Kerns played the much-loved mom on Growing Pains, whose husband worked from home so she could go back to working as a reporter. This bending of gender roles reflected more modern family structures, and the new choices that women faced.
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Katey Sagal
- In these groups:
- TV Moms: 1980s
- Famous Capricorns
- Famous Actors
Katey Sagal
Television Actor, Singer / 1954 -
Actress and singer Katey Sagal is often associated with her role as wife and mother Peg Bundy on the hit comedy Married... With Children.
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Meredith Baxter
- In these groups:
- TV Moms: 1980s
- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Actresses
Meredith Baxter
Actress / 1947 -
Star of the 1980s sitcom Family Ties, Meredith Baxter has appeared in several films and television shows throughout her lifetime.
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Phylicia Rashad
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- TV Moms: 1980s
- Famous Geminis
- Famous Actresses
Phylicia Rashad
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1948 -
Phylicia Rashad is an Toby-winning African American actress who is best known as Clair Huxtable on NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.
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Candice Bergen
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- TV Moms: 1980s
- Girl Scouts
- Beatty's Babes
Candice Bergen
Film Actress, Television Actress, Model, Journalist / 1946 -
Candice Bergen starred on the sitcom Murphy Brown in the title role as a smart, independent anchorwoman. She won five Emmy's during the show’s 10-year run. -
Susan Saint James
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- TV Moms: 1980s
- Famous Leos
- Famous Actresses
Susan Saint James
Television Actress / 1946 -
Actress Susan Saint James is best known for her roles on hit TV shows The Name of the Game (1968) and McMillan & Wife (1971). She was nominated twice for an Emmy award for her role as a divorced mom on the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984).
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Judith Light
- In these groups:
- TV Moms: 1980s
- Famous Aquarians
- Famous Actresses
Judith Light
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1949 -
Actress Judith Light has successfully tackled daytime dramas, prime time sitcoms and the New York stage. She played Angela Bower on the sitcom Who’s the Boss? and a witty alcoholic in the Broadway production Other Desert Cities.
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