Marjorie Franklin

Marjorie Franklin (portrayed by Judith Light) is the mother of Holly and her sister Jill. She thinks Jill is more successfull than Holly.

Character Regularities

 * Is more proud of Jill than Holly, she processes this in a typical "passive aggressive mom way".


 * She is attracted to Phil, and he is attracted to her as well.

Story
Season 1 In A Very Wrong Engagement Holly gets an unwanted visit from her mother. Holly hasn't told her that Brad cheated on her and that there isn't going to be a wedding. Marjorie says she's not leaving until they have the wedding completely planned. Holly says she is going to get her mother drunk before she tells her, but Marjorie doesn't want any wine. Holly keeps not telling her because she has a good time with her mother. Later Holly is talking with Stuart about it and Marjorie hears the conversation, and Holly thinks she is going to yell. Surprisingly enough Marjorie ends up blaming herself. Then she says: "You never gave me the chance to do this-" then she carefully demands a hug from her daughter.

Season 2

Season 4