Famous Mothers

A cookbook author, Dorothy Mengering was known better for her appearances on her son David Letterman’s late-night talk show.

Retracing Laura Ingalls Wilder’s steps for her 150th birthday.

Actress and singer starred in “Singin’ in the Rain”…

Actress played Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” blockbusters.

Johannah Deakin, the mother of One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. Deakin, who had leukemia, was 43. Deakin was the mother of seven children, of whom …

Elizabeth Edwards, who lost her long and public fight against breast cancer Dec. 7, 2010, didn’t seek the spotlight. Instead, it found her…

Nancy Dow, an actress, former model, and the mother of actress Jennifer Aniston, died May 25 in Los Angeles, according to multiple news sources. She was 79.

Jeanne Parr, pioneering CBS correspondent and mother of actor Chris Noth, has died at the age of 92.

Philanthropist was hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur’s mother.