An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy...

Gloria and Joan Blondell with mother, Kathryn Blondell:

Jean Harlow and her mother, Jean Capenter:

Gene Tierney and her mother, Belle Lavina Tierney:

Judy Garland and her mom, Ethel Marion Gumm:

Greta Garbo and her mother, Anna Lovisa Gustafsson :

Marlene Dietrich and her mother, Josefine von Losch:

Claudette Colbert and her mother, Jeanne Loew Chauchoin:

Audrey Hepburn and her mother, Ella Ruston:

Mia Farrow and her mother, Maureen O'Sullivan: