Onscreen Moms We Love--To Hate
By Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com Staff
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Friday, May 09, 2008
9. Mom: Lilly Dillon
The Grifters (Anjelica Huston)
Her deal: She's a tough one, this Lilly. She learned to fend for herself on the cold, mean streets as a grifter, eventually landing a gig as a racetrack numbers runner for a particularly nasty mob boss. She had a son, Roy, at a very young age, and he used to be an integral part of her con schemes. Long estranged from Roy, who is still on the grift himself, Lilly tries to reconnect. It doesn't quite work out the way she'd hoped.
Her parenting skills (or lack thereof): The fact she used to call Roy her "brother" and probably forced him to do more than a few nefarious things certainly doesn't earn her the "Mother of the Year" award. She does try to make amends, but it's far too late for that.
Her motherly moment: Shoving a glass into Roy's face and cutting his jugular when he won't give her his stash of money so she can make a clean break. That's one way to sever all ties, so to speak.