Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner, 69, with daughter Gwyneth Paltrow. Danner's son is director Jake Paltrow. Danner -- grandmother to Paltrow's Apple and Moses -- recently praised her daughter's parenting skills in <a href="http://www.intouchweekly.com/2012/03/blythe_danner_talks_oscars_exe.php" target="_hplink">In Touch</a>, saying, "I don't know how she does it, she balances everything a lot better than I ever could have."
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon, 65, and daughter actress Eva Amurri. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/susan-sarandon-eva-amurri-mothers-day_n_1502528.html?ref=fifty&ir=Fifty" target="_hplink">The two are slated to star in "Mother's Day"</a>, an independent film about mothers and daughters that takes place on the holiday. Sarandon and Amurri previously played mother and daughter in "The Banger Sisters" in 2002, and Amurri appeared as a younger version of Sarandon's character in "Dead Man Walking."
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith, 54, and daughter Dakota. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000429/bio" target="_hplink">Griffith has three children</a>.
Madonna
Madonna, 53, with daughter Lourdes Leon. Madonna has three younger children as well, and <a href="http://www.parents.com/parenting/celebrity-parents/madonna-on-motherhood/?page=2" target="_hplink">"regularly [reminds them] how fortunate they are to have the things they do and [encourages] them to share."</a>
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli, 52, and her son Wolfgang Van Halen in 2004. Bertinelli's son, now 21, joined his father in the band Van Halen in 2007, with his mother cheering him on. Bertinelli told <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051525,00.html" target="_hplink">People</a>: "That's my job now to be the proud momma and I am."
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne, 59, with children Jack and Kelly Osbourne. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651769/bio" target="_hplink">Osbourne has three children</a> with rocker husband Ozzy.
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour, 61, and her daughter Katherine Flynn. <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468" target="_hplink">Seymour has six children</a>. The actress recently <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/jane-seymour_n_1404086.html" target="_hplink"> revealed to Huff/Post50</a> that she views her family to be her greatest accomplishment. "I'm really proud of my kids and my sisters and my nieces and nephews," she told us.
Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie O'Donnell, 50, with her children in 2008. O'Donnell spoke out about her son being in military school, telling <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/rosie-odonnell-own_n_1130179.html" target="_hplink"><em>The Huffington Post</em> in 2011</a>: "How do you really piss off your left wing, anti-war mother? You don't get a tattoo and get some girl pregnant. You serve the nation. I'm very proud of him. ... He knew what he needed and I finally allowed it."
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek, 62, with her daughter Madison Fisk. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000651/bio" target="_hplink">Spacek has two children</a>.
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep, 62, and daughter Louisa Jacobson Gummer. With four adult children, the Oscar-winning actress has a lot to balance. She told online magazine <a href="http://the-talks.com/interviews/meryl-streep/" target="_hplink">The Talks</a>: "...You have to have a lot of stamina. And you have to have very good organizational skills. I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning."
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow, 50, and son Wyatt. Crow shared her thoughts on becoming a mother, <a href="http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20411904_4,00.html" target="_hplink">telling Health in 2009</a>: "When you let go of the story you tell, a lot of times it creates a whole world of expansion for other things to come in. And I always knew that I wanted to be a mom, so I just had great faith that when that little person found me, that I would be ready and everything would be fine."
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg, 56, with her daughter and grandchildren. "The View" co-host is a mother of one, and <a href="http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/whoopi-goldberg.html" target="_hplink">grandmother to three</a>.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis, 53, and daughter Annie. The mother of two <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-09-14-jamieleecurtis14_st_N.htm" target="_hplink">told <em>USA Today</em></a>: "Whatever my life brings me, no matter what or how far I reach out into the universe, the only change that really matters in my life is the feelings that are with my family, my children."
Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn, 66, and her daughter, actress Kate Hudson. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000443/bio" target="_hplink">Hawn has three children</a>.
Christie Brinkley
Christie Brinkley, 58, and children Jack and Sailor in 2007. "Your job as a parent is to listen," <a href="http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/christie-brinkley-looks-up1/?page=2" target="_hplink"> she told Ladies Home Journal</a>. "And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love."
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett, 53, and children Bronwyn Golden and Slater Josiah. After fertility issues, a surrogate mother helped <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20157105,00.html" target="_hplink">Bassett and her husband</a> welcome their twins into the world in 2006.
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore, 51, with her daughter Liv Freundlich. The actress and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/julianne-moore-new-childrens-book_n_1009513.html" target="_hplink">children's book author</a> has two kids and emphasizes the importance of keeping her family close. Moore <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20462420,00.html" target="_hplink">told People</a>: "Some celebrities take their children everywhere with them -- despite having to pull them away from school and friends. Because of my own childhood experiences, I try to work in New York or during the summer, when my family can come with me."
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