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Posted May 11, 08 5:34 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – If an ounce of mom is worth a pound of clergy, as they say, these mothers would topple the scales. Time lists its all-time worst moms: 

  1. Mom on Futurama: for bringing her cut-throat business sense home
  2. Mother in The Wall: for making Pink a baby forever
  3. Mrs. Robinson: for not backing off after bedding poor Dustin

  1. Hamlet's Gertrude: for being two-faced
  2. Philip Roth's Sophie Portnoy: for flirting with her son
  3. Livia Soprano: for being so power-hungry
  4. Medea: for killing her kids
To see more bad moms—including iconic Joan Crawford—click on the link below.

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Joan Crawford on the telephone to her agent in 1959.   (Magnum Photos)
Neurotic and controlling mothers top Time's list of worst moms.   (Shutterstock)
Motherhood is no piece of cake, but some mess it up more than most.   (Shutterstock)
Joan Crawford in the kitchen of her 5th Avenue apartment, 1965.   (Magnum Photos)
Joan Crawford and queen are seen in this undated file photo.   ((c) Evil Preacher)
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