<Ul> <Li> Audrey Conner (Ann Wedgeworth and Debbie Reynolds)--She is the mother of Dan Conner, and the ex-wife of Ed Conner . In Season Two she is introduced in, "We Gather Together", as a friendly, eccentric brunette woman who loves her son and her new boyfriend, as well as her successful career owning a travel agency . It's later revealed that she has a history of mental illness which Dan's father hid from him . She returns in person in season 9, angry at her son for putting her away, seemingly trying to kill him . Her nurse at the mental institution is who Dan had a relationship with while being married to Roseanne (although this is revealed to be false and part of a story Roseanne is writing as a way to deal with Dan's actual death due to a heart attack in the previous season). </Li> <Li> Al Harris (John Randolph)--Al is initially portrayed as Roseanne and Jackie's henpecked yet humorous father with a knack of making many of knock knock jokes much to his wife's chagrin . Al initially has a good relationship with his daughters, especially Jackie, and despite having more in common with her mother Roseanne prefers the presence of her father, finding him more bearable . Randolph made two appearances as Al Harris during the shows first two seasons . In season four, however, the portrayal of the character changes dramatically . After not being able to secure Randolph for future shows, his character was written out of the series . It is revealed at Thanksgiving dinner in 1991 that Al has had a mistress for over twenty years which eventually leads to Bev divorcing him . Additionally around this time Roseanne was publicly in a battle with both her real life parents claiming that she was abused physically and sexually by both of them . Nevertheless, Barr insisted that the abuse be incorporated into the series storyline and thus it is revealed that her father was physically abusive to both her and Jackie who lived in fear of him for most of their childhood . Upon his death, Roseanne meets with his mistress, Joan, who doesn't know of Al's abuse of his family, as Al had led her to believe that Roseanne and Jackie were ungrateful to him despite his doing so much for them . Despite this in his passing, Roseanne thanks him for his humorous nature after reading a list of many things she hates him for doing to her and Jackie . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Audrey Conner (Ann Wedgeworth and Debbie Reynolds)--She is the mother of Dan Conner, and the ex-wife of Ed Conner . In Season Two she is introduced in, "We Gather Together", as a friendly, eccentric brunette woman who loves her son and her new boyfriend, as well as her successful career owning a travel agency . It's later revealed that she has a history of mental illness which Dan's father hid from him . She returns in person in season 9, angry at her son for putting her away, seemingly trying to kill him . Her nurse at the mental institution is who Dan had a relationship with while being married to Roseanne (although this is revealed to be false and part of a story Roseanne is writing as a way to deal with Dan's actual death due to a heart attack in the previous season). </Li> <Li> Al Harris (John Randolph)--Al is initially portrayed as Roseanne and Jackie's henpecked yet humorous father with a knack of making many of knock knock jokes much to his wife's chagrin . Al initially has a good relationship with his daughters, especially Jackie, and despite having more in common with her mother Roseanne prefers the presence of her father, finding him more bearable . Randolph made two appearances as Al Harris during the shows first two seasons . In season four, however, the portrayal of the character changes dramatically . After not being able to secure Randolph for future shows, his character was written out of the series . It is revealed at Thanksgiving dinner in 1991 that Al has had a mistress for over twenty years which eventually leads to Bev divorcing him . Additionally around this time Roseanne was publicly in a battle with both her real life parents claiming that she was abused physically and sexually by both of them . Nevertheless, Barr insisted that the abuse be incorporated into the series storyline and thus it is revealed that her father was physically abusive to both her and Jackie who lived in fear of him for most of their childhood . Upon his death, Roseanne meets with his mistress, Joan, who doesn't know of Al's abuse of his family, as Al had led her to believe that Roseanne and Jackie were ungrateful to him despite his doing so much for them . Despite this in his passing, Roseanne thanks him for his humorous nature after reading a list of many things she hates him for doing to her and Jackie . </Li> <P> All characters below appear in the first season and part of the second season before being written out all together . Clooney would make one more appearance in a season four episode . </P>

Who played roseanne's father on the show