Bernice Forman

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Bernice Forman (September 10, 1903 - June 12, 1976) is a fictional character on the FOX sitcom That '70s Show. She is portrayed by Marion Ross.

Bernice Forman is the mother of Red Forman. She appeared in three episodes in the first season. It is revealed that Red was dating a woman that Bernice liked and he married Kitty instead. Bernice and Kitty Forman have a rough relationship, and often leads to them exchanging insults to one another. Red himself has a hard time trying to talk to her. Eric Forman is often a servant to her when she comes to visit. In 1976, in the episode entitled "Grandma's Dead", she dies in Eric's Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser when he is driving her home after her weekly Sunday visit. Just before she dies Eric tells her that it wouldn't kill her to be nice for one day; seconds later she drops over dead. She appeared in a flashback in the season two episode "Halloween".