"Roseanne" Thanksgiving 1994 (TV Episode 1994) - Estelle Parsons as Beverly Harris

Roseanne Conner : [seeing Nana Mary's new husband] So uh, who's the looker?

Beverly Harris : This is Joe, that's all she tells me, just Joe.

Roseanne Conner : Hey Joe, whaddaya know?

Nana Mary : Now he doesn't hear so well, Rosey, but that's the price you pay for defending your country against the Kaiser.
Beverly Harris : Now what if I'd decided to have an abortion with you, Roseanne? Or your sister? What would've happened then?

Roseanne Conner : Would you like me to tell you, Mom? Maybe you wouldn't have had to marry some guy you didn't love and you would've had a happy and fulfilling life. Wouldn't that be an abomination?

Beverly Harris : Yes it would, Roseanne, because I know the difference between right and wrong. And abortion is wrong.

Roseanne Conner : Well thank you for giving us all the truth, mother. I've always wondered what that red phone was doing in your apartment with the word GOD on it.
Beverly Harris : So now dinner's been interrupted. I mean, will nothing go right this year?

Nana Mary : Oh stop bellyaching, Beverly! All you do is complain! Try to think of one thing you can be grateful for this year.

Beverly Harris : Yes, I'm grateful for such a sensitive mother who always supports me and nurtures me and never treats me like dirt beneath her feet!

Nana Mary : There you go, you thought of it!
Nana Mary : You know, I had two abortions when I was young.

Beverly Harris : Mother! You what?

Nana Mary : Yeah.

Estelle Parsons: Beverly Harris