Grandma Barksdale: Difference between revisions

[[Helen Morgendorffer]]'s mother, who is never directly seen or heard from in the [[Daria (TV series)|''Daria'' series]]. Her presence, however, is felt from Erin's wedding onward ("[[I Don't]]").

It is implied that she is unable to travel, and also implied that she is well off enough financially to afford showering Rita and her daughter [[Erin]] with gifts and windfalls. ([[Glenn Eichler]] has said Helen didn't grow up in a wealthy household, but the show itself does show Barksdale with money) We know she could help fund college funds for [[Daria]] and [[Quinn]], but doesn;t.

Of her three daughters, she is closest to [[Rita Barksdale]] and appears to favor her over Helen and [[Amy Barksdale|Amy]]. This spawned a long-running feud between the three sisters that is finally (one hopes) resolved in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]." Before then, Helen occasionally rants about the unfair treatment Rita and Erin get, said rants being remarkably similar to her husband [[Jake Morgendorffer]]'s rants against his father.. Rita once attacked Helen and Amy for never calling their mother themselves, and said that they were partially to blame for the bad relationship; Amy gave a bitter response (with Helen's agreement) of "Why should we when she's never offered us the slightest bit of encouragement or appreciation?".

"[[The Daria Database]]" has Daria refer to ''a'' grandmother as being incontinent - and since [[Ruth Morgendorffer]] doesn't seem to be, then it has to be Grandma Barksdale.