When life doesn’t give one the family they want and deserve, those people head out and choose new circles to feel embraced by. However, there are also instances where people create fictional families utilizing famous faces as branches on their fictitious family trees. When it comes to filling said branches with grandparents, there are many to choose from in Hollywood. So, let’s get into the celebrities everyone wants to be their grandparents.
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This grandma has a chance of stealing your partner, so watch out!
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Something about Eugene Levy screams ultra cool grandpa that will take you to Vegas for an absolutely epic 21st birthday.
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Although gone, Betty White is still the ideal grandparent for so many.
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David Alan Grier is the type of grandpa who’ll show up at school ready to clown whoever tries to come for his grandkids.
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The bragging rights alone if Meryl Streep was your grandma alone are why many wish for this biological connection.
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Banjo lessons in the morning and nothing but laughs afterward with Grandpa Steve!
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She feels like the type of grandma who’d want her grandkids by her side when she watched her stories.
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Playing Lord of the Rings all day would be the only option if Ian McKellen was a relation.
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Weekends with Jane Fonda as grandma would mean major doses of activism. We can’t help but stan.
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Bedtime would be elevated with Morgan Freeman reading the stories.
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It’d be like the real-life Mama’s Family; a dream come true.
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Asking Grandpa Patrick if he could call Wolverine on the daily.
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Diane Keaton feels like the grandparent who is all about teaching her grandchildren culture via Broadway plays and afternoons at the museum.
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Han Solo. That’s it. Could say more, but why? Okay, Indiana Jones. That’s all that needs to be and can be said here.
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
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A joke about this really being Sally Jessy Raphael is necessary here, but only makes sense for those familiar with Sheryl Lee Ralph’s character on Abbott Elementary.
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Dıck Van Dyke was put on this earth to spark joy, and he’s doing the best job at just that!
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Glenn Close, the backbone of anything she’s a part of.
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William Shatner legitimately looks like the most typical grandpa at a Little League game.
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A tug on the ear for one of the funniest grandmas one can ever hope to have.
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James Earl Jones
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James Earl Jones’ passed in 2024, and the world collectively mourned because he was a fictional grandpa to many after playing some of the most iconic fathers in cinema: Darth Vader and The Lion King’s Mufasa.
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If Rita Moreno is like her One Day at a Time character, then yes, please, someone allow her to adopt the world as her grandchildren. She’s the best!
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William Daniels, better known as Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World, played a character so caring yet stern that everyone wishes he were in their everyday lives in some capacity.
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When grandma is a baddie, she’s Pam Grier.
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Very few humans are as pure as Henry Winkler.