Name some female characters that did not put up with anyone's crap.

Harriett Winslow (Family Matters)
Winnie (forgot last name) (USA High)
Roz Russelson (Night Court)
Roseanne Conner (Roseanne)
Jo Polniachzek (The Facts Of Life)
Thelma Harper (Mama's Family)
Amanda Woodward (Melrose Place)
Kimberly Shaw (Melrose Place)
Judith Scheindlin (Judge Judy)
Dana Foster (Step By Step)

Actress Sharon Barr did a couple roles (Night Court and Full House) where she was real tough.

Actress Dot Jones did a few roles (Roseanne, Lizzie McGuire, and Full House) where she was real tough.

Leather Tuscadero - Happy Days
Margaret Houlihan - M*A*S*H
Willona Woods - Good Times
Sapphire Stevens - The Amos 'N Andy Show
Esther Anderson - Sanford and Son

Maude Findley - Maude
Pinky Tuscadero - Happy Days
Rosie Greenbaum - Laverne and Shirley
Ellie May Clampett - The Beverly Hillbillies

Daisy Duke - The Dukes of Hazzard
Endora - Bewitched
Rosalie "Hotsy-Totsy" - Welcome Back Kotter

Florence Johnston - The Jeffersons
Sally Rogers - The Dick Van Dyke Show
Laverne DeFazio - Laverne and Shirley

Wilma Flintstone (The Flintstones) - it seemed like she was being the one wearing the pants whenever Fred gets himself into one of his crazy schemes

Mary Jenkins (227) - it seems like pretty much every character Marla Gibbs plated has some type of tough girl role in it. Although on this show, she didn't have as much presence as she did on The Jeffersons.

Mama Thomas (What's Happening!!) - she was one of the few moms that wasn't afraid of whippin' out that belt!

Gretchen Kraus (Benson) - she managed to do a good job of holding up her own against Benson's wisecracks.

Carrie Heffernin - The King of Queens
Tori Scott - Saved by the Bell
Judy Watkins - Coach

Judy Borden- Welcome Back Kotter
Florida & Thelma Evans and Wilona Woods-Good Times
Dee Thomas and Shirley Wilson-What's Happening

Wilma Flintstone (The Flintstones) - it seemed like she was being the one wearing the pants whenever Fred gets himself into one of his crazy schemes

Mary Jenkins (227) - it seems like pretty much every character Marla Gibbs plated has some type of tough girl role in it. Although on this show, she didn't have as much presence as she did on The Jeffersons.

Mama Thomas (What's Happening!!) - she was one of the few moms that wasn't afraid of whippin' out that belt!

Gretchen Kraus (Benson) - she managed to do a good job of holding up her own against Benson's wisecracks.

"The reason Fred [Flintstone] didn't wear the pants was ... pants hadn't been
invented it." -- Tim Conway (The Flintstones 25th Anniversary)

Helen (Wings)
Carla (Cheers)
Carla (Scrubs)
Margaret (MASH)
Lisa (NewsRadio)
Leela (Futurama)

Name some female characters that did not put up with anyone's crap.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace - Battlestar Galactica
Carla Tortelli - Cheers
Susie Greene - Curb Your Enthusiasm
Susan Lewis - ER
Elizabeth Corday - ER
Abby Lockhart - ER
Kim Kelly - Freaks and Geeks
Emily Gilmore - Gilmore Girls
Paris Geller - Gilmore Girls
Alice Kramden - The Honeymooners
Florence Johnston - The Jeffersons
Jo Reynolds - Melrose Place
Nicole Julian - Popular
Darlene Connor - Roseanne
Samantha Jones - Sex and The City
Maritza Cruz - Third Watch
Veronica Mars - Veronica Mars

Jordon Perry's wife on Scrubs.
Dana (According To Jim)
Megan Parker (Drake & Josh)
Helen (Drake & Josh)
Sam (iCarly)

Louise & Florence (The Jeffersons)
Cybill & Maryann (Cybill)
Pinky & Leather (Happy Days)

Clair Huxtable-The Cosby Show
(Dwayne's Mom?) I don't remember her name aka Patti Labelle - A Different World
Naomi Harper (the first three seasons) - Mama's Family
Nell Harper - Gimmie a Break

Daisy Duke (Dukes of Hazzard)
Kelly, Jill, Sabrina, Kris, Tiffany, Julie (Charlie's Angels)

annie spadaro- caroline in the city
hilda suarez- ugly betty
jackie warren- in the house
rochelle rock - everybody hates chris

Phoebe Buffay...FRIENDS.. she threatened to kick peoples asses
Monica Geller ..her husband was scared of her and she beat up her brother when they were kids
Rosario Will and Grace... She put up with Karen and told her off
Dr Carrie Weaver ... ER
Donna Piciotti That 70's Show
Maddie Hayes ... Moonlighting
Gina Tribbiani... JOEY
Julia Sugarbaker...they called her terminator Designing Women
Flo from Alice
Angela Channing of Falcon Crest
Eleanor Southworth Ewing or Miss Elllie of Dallas
Roseanne Connor of Roseanne
Lucy Spiller from DIRT
Mimi Bobeck of The Drew Carey Show
Carmela Soprano of the Sopranos

Kate Bradley - Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Rayburn - Leave it to Beaver

Reba Hart
Murphy Brown
Annie Camden- 7th Heaven
Bree VanDeCamp- Desperate Housewives
Tess- Touched by an Angel
Anne Robinson- Weakest Link
Captain Janeway- Star Trek: Voyager

I got some others:

Christine Cagney & Mary Beth Lacey - Cagney & Lacey

Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies
Ann Romano-One Day At A Time

Alex-(The O.C.)
Jo-(The Facts of Life)

Samantha Micelli on Who's The Boss.

Blanche from Golden Girls-She actually decked a fisherman that wanted to stop the protest of innocent dolphins! That's tough.
Valerie Harper-Rhoda(she said she would deck this nurse that was being mean to her mom
Linda Grey(Sue Ellen Ewing)She was tough enough to stand up to JR
Marion Ross(Mrs C on Happy Days)She told the Fonz to sit on it!

Jill Taylor - Home Improvement

Jo-(The Facts of Life)


I'm surprised nobody put her sooner. I immediately thought of her when I saw the thread title!!;)

"The reason Fred [Flintstone] didn't wear the pants was ... pants hadn't been
invented it." -- Tim Conway (The Flintstones 25th Anniversary)
:rotflmao: That's a good one!!!

The one that comes to mind right now is Darlene (Sara Gilbert) from Rosanne.
Jo from Facts of Life should be at the the top of the list!


Andrea

I'm surprised nobody put her sooner. I immediately thought of her when I saw the thread title!!;)
Jo Polniachzek was mentioned in the very first post of the thread. She's the first one that came to my mind too. :)

also Julia Sugarbaker- The Terminator- Designing Women
Xena Warrior princess

Ms.Parker - The Pretender
Lori Baxter - Big Wolf on Campus

Reba Hart - Reba

Jennifer Mosley "Moze" on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide was a tough chick.

What about Marcy Rhodes-D'arcy - Married with Children?

Especially in the later seasons!

Jaleesa Vinson on "A Different World"
Mabel 'Madea' Simmos on "House of Payne" and the Madea Movies.
Eunice Higgins on "Mama's Family"
Ann Romano Royer on "One day at a time"
Julie Cooper Horvath on "One day at a time"
Pamela James on "Martin"
Thelma Frye on "Amen"
Kadijah James on "Living Single"
Maxine Shaw on "Living Single"
Alicia Lambert on "Step by Step"
Jane Mancini on "Melrose Place" (She changed in seasons four and five)
Jo Reynolds on "Melrose Place"
Jessie Spano on "Saved by the bell"
Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner on "Knots Landing"
Dominque Devereaux on "Dynasty"
Sondra Huxtable Tibedeaux on "The Cosby Show"
Alexis Morell Carringtion Colby Dexter Rowan on "Dynasty" (However she took Krystle's beatings).
Blair Cramer Manning on "One Life to Live"
Natalie Buchannan on "One Life to Live"
Brooklyn on "General Hospital"
Carley Benson Corithos Jax on "General Hospital"
Early version of Krystal Carey Chandler Hayward on "All My Children".

Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts specials)
Edna "Mama" Payne (Martin)
Sheneneh Jenkins (Martin)
Grace Musso (Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
Shelly Lewis (Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
Lucy Elkins (Dennis the Menace)
Sarah Connor (Terminator: TSCC)
Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)
Ro Laren (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Kira Nerys (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Dana Scully (The X-Files)
Shane Vansen (Space: Above and Beyond)
Zoe Washburne (Firefly)

Peggy Bundy on "Married...with Children"
Judy Miller on "Still Standing"
Cate Hennessy on "8 Simple Rules"

Sam Puckett (iCarly)

"The reason Fred [Flintstone] didn't wear the pants was ... pants hadn't been
invented it." -- Tim Conway (The Flintstones 25th Anniversary)


:lol: :D


How about Wilma's Mom, Fred's mother in law? She was a really tough lady!!! ;)


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Marie Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond) She told people off all the time!

Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU)

Grace ? (Grace Under Fire)

Mother Winslow (Family Matters)

Aunt Bea (Andy Griffith) remember when she whipped Otis into shape?

Penny (Big Bang Theory)

Hazel Burke - Hazel

Florence "Flo" Castleberry on Alice.

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Rain Pryor's character T.J. on Head Of The Class.

Ed.

Coretta Cox (The Steve Harvey Show)

Alex (Orange is the New Black)
Poussey (Orange is the New Black)
Tasha (The L Word)

Esther on "Sanford and Son."

Coach Beiste- Glee
Olivia Benson- Law & Order: SVU