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The mother of [[Helen Morgendorffer]], [[Rita Barksdale]], and [[Amy Barksdale]], 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]]"). An old lady who ''could'' be Grandma Barksdale is shown with a (bored) baby Daria in "[[The Daria Diaries]]".
It is implied in "I Don't" that she's unable to travel at that time, and also implied here, in "[[Aunt Nauseum]]", and in "[[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]]" 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.
"Diaries" has Helen making a note to talk with Rita and Amy about who gets Grandma Barksdale for the holidays. "[[The Daria Database]]" has Daria refer to ''a'' visiting grandmother as being incontinent - and since [[Ruth Morgendorffer]] doesn't seem to be, then it has to be Grandma Barksdale. If so, she visited the Morgendorffers at Lawndale around Season 2.
Daria claims in "[[Jake of Hearts]]" that her gran offered her $100 to change her hair.
Of her three daughters, she is closest to Rita and appears to favor her over Helen and Amy. This spawned a long-running feud between the three sisters that is finally (one hopes) resolved in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]".
In [[fanon]], it's assumed she paid for [[Brian Danielson]] to fly out to Switzerland to have a second honeymoon with Erin, saving their marriage ("[[Aunt Nauseum]]"): Brian didn't have a job to pay for it on his own, and she'd already sent Erin there.
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