greatreporter.com, October 5th, 2007
Everyone remembers
Melanie
Griffith
as the plucky office prodigy in ‘Working Girl’. But did you know her mother is
Tippi
Hendren, star
of
Hitchcock
's ‘The Birds’?
9.
Diane
and
Laura
‘Jurassic Park’
star
Laura
Dern
and her mother
Diane
Ladd
are both rather underrated as actresses. That said, in 1991 they became the first mother and daughter in history to have Oscar nominations in the same year.
8.
Hawn
and
Hudson
If you haven't heard of
Kate
Hudson
yet, just wait. Being the daughter of
Goldie
Hawn
, this rising actress has the looks and connections that can take a girl to the top of the A-list.
7. The
Osbournes
‘The Osbournes’ has given us the wildest mum-and-daughter act of them all. Who can fail to admire the softly-spoken
Sharon
Osbourne
as she patiently puts up with the berserk tantrums of her darling
Kelly
?
6. The
McCartneys
It's no mean feat that Sir Paul
's first wife and daughter both succeeded on their own terms.
Linda
was the very voice of vegetarianism, while her daughter
Stella
is now one of the world's hottest clothes designers.
5.
Ingrid
and
Isabella
Ingrid
Bergman
's fame was assured when she was cast as
Bogart
's lost love in ‘Casablanca’. Daughter
Isabella
Rossellini
inherited the exotic demeanour but hasn't quite achieved the same iconic heights.
4.
Debbie
and
Carrie
Although many will recall
Debbie
Reynolds
in legendary musical ‘Singin' in the Rain’, many more will need to be prompted by the clue: ‘Princess Leia's mum’. Yep, her daughter is sci-fi icon
Carrie
Fisher
.
3.
Thompson
and
Law
Oscar-winning British export
Emma
Thompson
needs no introduction, but let's also applaud her exotically named mum,
Phyllida
Law
. She's starred in everything from ‘Monarch of the Glen’ to the
Gwyneth
Paltrow
version of ‘Emma’.
2.
Janet
and
Jamie
Her horror flicks secured
Jamie Lee
Curtis
the nickname ‘scream queen’, but her mum
Janet
Leigh
has been cinema's quintessential victim ever since checking into the Bates Motel.
1.
Judy
and
Liza
‘The Wizard of Oz’ made
Judy
Garland
immortal, but her daughter
Liza
Minnelli
has also been a bona fide legend ever since her turn as the decadent songstress in ‘Cabaret’. Bravo!
