Radioactive (2019)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie
Mother of Modern Physics, Mother of Nuclear Science, Mother of the Atomic Age Alternate Biopic: Madame Curie (1943)
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Poll: Mother's Day 2021 — Mother of ... Biopics
In celebration of all mothers everywhere, a motherly biopic-themed poll. This poll is dedicated to one particularly special mom, Elaine L. for Mother's Day.
Which of these select movies about a game-changing person who is commonly regarded as "the mother of ...." for a notable discovery, a pioneering effort or inspiring a nation is your favorite motherly biopic?
Vote in the companion poll: Favorite "Father of ..." Biopics
Discuss the topic here. #MothersDay
Make Your Choice
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Mary Shelley (2017)
Mary ShelleyMother of Science Fiction, Mother of Frankenstein
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Queen of the Desert (2015)
Gertrude BellMother of Modern Mesopotamia, Queen of the Desert
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Gertrude 'Ma' RaineyMother of the Blues
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Agora (2009)
HypatiaMother of Ancient Feminism
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Florence Nightingale (1985)
Florence NightingaleMother of Modern Nursing
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A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Golda MeirMother of Nation, Israel
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The Queen of Code (2015)
Grace HopperMother of Computer Science, Grandma COBOL, Queen of Code
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Suffragette (2015)
Emmeline PankhurstMother of the British Suffrage Movement
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Pocahontas (1995)
PocahontasMother of American History
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Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995)
Margaret SangerMother of Reproductive Rights, Mother of the Birth Control Movement, co-founder, Planned Parenthood
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady (2003)
Rosalind FranklinUnsung Mother of the Double Helix aka 'Dark Lady of DNA'
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Winnie Mandela (2011)
Winnie MandelaMother of Nation, South Africa
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The Glorias (2020)
Gloria SteinemMother of Modern Feminism
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Mary Magdalene (2018)
Mary MagdaleneMother of Female Mystics
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Walk the Line (2005)
Maybelle 'Mother' CarterMother of Modern Country Music
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Sonja: The White Swan (2018)
Sonja HenieMother of Modern Figure Skating, Queen of the Ice
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Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Lillian Moller GilbrethMother of Industrial Psychology, Mother of Modern Management
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John Adams (2008)
Abigail AdamsFounding Mother, Mother of the Nation, United States America
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
Henrietta LacksMother of Modern Medicine
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Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Georgia O'KeeffeMother of American Modernism
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Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer (2016)
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron)Mother of Computer Programming
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Rachel Carson (2017)
Rachel CarsonMother of the Modern Environmental Movement
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Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Shirley MuldowneyMother of Drag Racing
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Jinnah (1998)
Fatima Jinnah aka Mader-e MillatMother of Nation, Pakistan
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Isadora (1968)
Isadora DuncanMother of Modern American Ballet
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The Godmother of Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe (2011)
Rosetta TharpeGodmother of Rock & Roll
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Mapplethorpe (2018)
Patti SmithGodmother of Punk
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Cocaine Godmother (2017)
Griselda BlancoGodmother of Cocaine, Queen of Narco-Trafficking, Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel
Alternative Biopics: Griselda (2024) and The Godmother (????)
