'90s star who played TV's most overbearing mom on iconic teen drama seen on rare outing in LA... can you guess who?

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By SONIA HORON, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR

Published: 13:28 BST, 22 September 2026 | Updated: 13:56 BST, 22 September 2026

This '90s TV star is best known for her role as a snobby and disapproving matriarch on an iconic teen drama.

And the now 73-year-old actress still wore the same blonde bob she rocked on the show, as she made a rare public outing earlier this month.  

The Connecticut native, who is married to an actor from the original Little House on the Prairie series, was seen taking her dog out for a walk in Los Angeles

She looked chic in a white top, black slacks and a pair of loafers.

Her impressive body of work also includes roles in High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980), Fools' Parade (1971), as well as a recurring gig on CHiPs. 

Can you guess who she is? 

This '90s TV star is best known for her role as a snobby and disapproving matriarch on an iconic teen drama

And the now 73-year-old actress still wore the same blonde bob she rocked on the show, as she made a rare public outing earlier this month. Can you guess who she is?

That's right, it's Katherine Cannon. 

Cannon famously played Felice Martin, the mother of Tori Spelling's character Donna Martin on the beloved teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210.

The domineering Felice was infamous for her sharp judgment and for routinely snubbing any of Donna's boyfriends who lacked finances or social status. 

Fans branded her the ultimate hypocrite after the moralizing socialite was exposed for cheating on her husband, Dr John Martin, played by actor Michael Durrell.

90210 ran for 10 seasons on Fox from 1990 until 2000.

Cannon is also known for her role as Amy Kane, the wife of Will Kane (played by Lee Majors), in High Noon. 

Her other film roles include Fools' Parade (1971), Private Duty Nurses (1971) and Women in Chains (1972).

She has also appeared on shows like Hawaii Five-O, Father Murphy, Barnaby Jones and Baa Baa Black Sheep.

That's right, it's Katherine Cannon! Cannon famously played Felice Martin, the mother of Tori Spelling's character Donna Martin on the beloved teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210

She has also appeared on shows like Hawaii Five-O, Father Murphy, Barnaby Jones and Baa Baa Black Sheep; Seen in a still from Father Murphy

The Connecticut native was seen taking her dog out for a walk in Los Angeles 

She looked chic in a white top, black slacks and a pair of loafers

Pictured with Frank Converse in a 1981 still from the ABC TV series Gabe and Walker

She also appeared alongside Kurt Russell in the 1971 Thriller/Western Fools' Parade 

The actress also starred in the show Battlestar Galactica; Pictured with Cylon and Johnny Timko in a 1978 still from the show 

Cannon was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in Laguna Beach, California. 

She has been married to actor Dean Butler, 70, who played Almanzo Wilder for a number of seasons on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie, since 2001. 

Little House on the Prairie ran for nine seasons from 1974 to 1983.

Cannon was previously married to commercial director Richard Chambers.

The couple welcomed son Colin Thomas Chambers, before divorcing in 1980.

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