Who are your 5 favorite female sitcom characters of all time?

Cafe Society
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I’ll add another Edith Bunker.

I’ve got two so far. I’m still thinking for others.

Angie Tribeca

Lisa Miller - NewsRadio

(and considering Beth (no last name) from NewsRadio)
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Aunt Esther (Sanford and Son) – far and away #1.
Ellie Walker (Andy Griffith Show)
Rhoda Morgenstern (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Georgette (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Lisa Douglas (Green Acres).

Nobody asked, but the three absolutely worst female sitcom characters of all time are the two women on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Helen Crump on the Andy Griffith Show.

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Sorry, should have said this in the OP. Let’s limit this to standard, 30-minute (ok, 22-minute) situation comedies.

mmm

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The only one I don’t have to think about: Jim Ignatowski

I’d have to think about it to populate the rest of the list, maybe I’ll be back.

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Not a woman. But a tremendous character.

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Sheesh, I completely missed the “female” in the thread title! Doh!

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To finish my top 5…

Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons

Maxine on Living Single

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Nobody’s mentioned Mary Ann Summers yet?

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Granny Moses - The Beverly Hillbillies
Agent 99 - Get Smart
Laura Petrie - The Dick Van Dyke Show
Edith Bunker - All in the Family
Holly Shumpert - The King of Queens

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Lucille Bluth - Arrested Development

Elaine Benes - Seinfeld

Elliot Reed - Scrubs

Margaret Houlihan - MASH

Sister Michael - Derry Girls

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Barbara Good (The Good Life)
Helen Fisk (Fisk)
Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec)
Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
Roz Doyle (Frasier orginal run)

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Or “Sweet Dee” Reynolds?

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Peggy Bundy (M w Ch)

Diane Chambers (Cheers)

Liz Lemon (30 Rock)

Annie Edison (Community)

Daphne Moon (Frazier)

Honorable mention for voice, Yeardley Smith (Simpsons)

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No animation, per the OP.

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Ignoring all my childhood crushes (Mary Ann, Jeanie, 99, Catwoman, Laurie Partridge…) I’ll go with:

Kimmie Schmidt (Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt)
Maw Maw (Raising Hope)
April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation)
Jenna Maroney (30 Rock)
Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)

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Mary Richards
Diane Chambers
Liz Lemon
Lucy Ricardo
Bailey Quarters (because who didn’t love Bailey Quarters!)

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Let’s not forget the next door neighbors!

Millie Helper (Dick Van Dyke)
Gladys Kravitz (the “real” Mrs. Kravitz) (Bewitched)
Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy)
Phyllis Lindstrom (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Penny (Penny. Penny. Penny.)(Big Bang Theory)

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Murphy Brown (Murphy Brown)
Elaine Benes (Seinfeld)
Phoebe Buffay (Friends)
Monica Geller (Friends)
Carla Tortelli (Cheers)

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So does that include or exclude Veep?

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Edith Bunker - All In the Family
Lucy Ricardo - I Love Lucy
Betty Slocombe - Are You Being Served
Polly Sherman - Fawlty Towers
Hot Lips Houlihan - MASH (Actually, this is a toss-up with Lovey Howell, but Hot Lips won)

(I was going to preface it with No Particular Order, but as it turns out, it’s in order)