I nominate Harriet Oleson to be one of DL's patron saints.

Yes! I second.

Princess Michael of Kent. She has the style and she can throw shade, which is quite rare for a Brit.

I liked Nellie better.

Emeritus: Barbara Bush

All hail demon-saint Pazuzu

Good one, R5. I second the nomination of Pazuzu.

Nellie's great too, R3, but I think Harriet's even more worthy of DL sainthood.

a-hem!

Princess Michael isn't British, dear.

Another vote for Harriet Oleson

Nelly's enough. What would Harriet be? The patron saint of fraulish outrage over the color of knickers? I like the OP's pic - perfect for the next round of drumpfisms response memes.

Helen Lawson

Ahem!

Vivian is my spirit animal. Bitch.

[quote]Princess Michael isn't British, dear.

When she married into the BRF, Liz had her hairdresser past scrubbed. If it hadn't been for the damn internet, everyone would think she was British.

Yes, R10. Harriet has the perfect combination of ruthlessness, nastiness, bitchiness, and outrage, all important qualities for a DL saint.

Is that a pic from Little House or one she sends out for casting calls for horror films, R15? Holy shite, I think you're right!

Another vote for Harriet here.

Right, R16?

I mean, she has a facial expression for just about any post on DL! She's perfect.

Bitch is the queen of sneer.

Saint Patricia of Northport

Great pic and great Thread OP.

My pick? Marcia Brady and her "Sure, Jan" meme tastic put-down. Works pretty much everywhere.

I like that one too, R20.

Here's a Harriet gif.

R7 - Ahem.

I never understood Nels. He wasn't a bad looking guy. Why did he marry Harriet? Was it to escape that boy that was bringing charges against him in Mankatow?

Hmmm a shopgirl in Flyoverville who thinks she's the Queen of England...it's hard to top Harriet as THE embodiment of DL.

Presiding over all of them is THE First Lady of Datalounge: Arlene Francis.

Shopgirl!? R24, our Harriet owned that damn store and was the taste maker for the whole region.

Margaret Drysdale as Chairwoman.

CoraBeth Godsey.

I like Granny better for overall entertainment and laid back hillbilly fun, but Drysdale did have taste, I'll give her that. She's too much the frau frau though.

Harriet is pretentiously perfect. Margaret knows what class she's from. She never caved like her husband and kowtowed to the Clampetts.

Harriet Oleson was a great character and Katherine Macgregor played her to perfection. The character probably wouldn't have been as memorable under a lesser actress.

It's too bad she retired from acting after LHOTP. She was so memorable in that role, I'd bet she would've gotten more work afterwards. Although, probably typecast in similar roles.

She was actually about to retire from acting before she landed the Harriet role. The show (and Harriet, who was originally planned to be a recurring character) became a hit lasted nearly a decade.

Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor is still alive!!!

R31 - bad link

R31, R32 here

I can't post the link, find it yourselves.

R31 Yes, she's been living in one of the actors retirement homes for a while now.

The female cast members of LHPTP managed to live longer than their male counterparts.

We imagine our patron saint is Alexis Colby when it's really Harriet Oleson.

So we're all in agreement that Harriet should be named a patron saint of DL?

All those in favor, say "aye."

R36 - Nay.

Perfect, R37!

I'm the new girl in town & I will slay all other bitch goddesses before me.

Nope

R38 - I know.

And then there's Maude....

Grace van Cutsem

HRH Prince George of Cambridge

OMG. It just occurred to me that Chris Watts is the modern day Nells Oleson!

R24 is correct.

I submit this as evidence. It has some great Harriet moments.

My cat is named Pazuzu!

Bitch, please.

Part Two

The Divine Miss Constance Ford

Forgot Connie's pic.

Agnes Moorehad

DL's favorite neighbor

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Maleficent

Mrs. Slocombe

Beth Jarrett

Madame Defarge

Ms. Chastity Pariah

Baby Jane Hudson

She most certainly dialed her phone with a pencil.

Husky A-hem

Florence Bates as Edythe Van Hopper.

Choose one Edie or both for DL sainthood.

Mary Wickes

Allan Carr

Ahem x 4

The Wrigleyville Cumdump?

A nomination ...

The Diana Death Screamer.

Mrs. Danvers

Servalan

Matt Damon, our patron saint of pep!

Ms Trunchbull

....

Neely O’Hara

J.B. Fletcher keeps us in line. She also has a more exciting life than most of us!

Ruth Gordon

R11, ahem!

Mama!

Mae West

Raph promised me. Never again.

R59 Beth Jarrett is house mother of the DL fraternity.

My role model!

R86 Ask me why we called my slave "Uncle Peter"?

Maggie Smith

Rhoda Penmark

Especially since the actress who portrayed her has just died.

Patron Saint of Superiority!

R47 that is really a wonderful little mini-documentary clip. She was a great character actress, and we won't see her like again.

On another note, I always got weird vibes from Michael Landon. The boys he cast on the show were always the same type. And, I got a sense he was obsessed with the kid who played Albert.