Before she was Ryan's "new" mother...
... Betty Buckley played the "new" mother in the '70s TV show "Eight is Enough." Here she is with her TV husband (played by Dick Van Patten) and stepchildren:
A related meaningless Oz factoid (because I am all about meaningless Oz factoids): Dick Van Patten's real-life sister Joyce Van Patten played Sarah Rebadow (Bob's sister) in a Season 5 episode of Oz.
A related meaningless Oz factoid (because I am all about meaningless Oz factoids): Dick Van Patten's real-life sister Joyce Van Patten played Sarah Rebadow (Bob's sister) in a Season 5 episode of Oz.