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Roseanne's father, Al, initially portrayed as jovial and easy-going, is later revealed as a philandering husband and an overly-strict father who used corporal punishment to discipline his daughters over minor offenses, leaving Roseanne unable to trust men, including Dan, for many years. Her passive-aggressive mother, Bev, dotes on her two daughters, but she is often critical, interfering, and sometimes pits Roseanne and Jackie against each other by exploiting their individual insecurities. Her relationship with her parents is more complicated. She is also close to Jackie, who is neurotic, insecure, and has many short-term romantic relationships. A loving mother, she raises her children to be independent, individualistic, and self-sufficient. Roseanne is happily married, though Dan's laziness over performing household chores occasionally causes friction. Her bad dietary habits are shown to be symptomatic of her emotional health, often overeating fattening foods for comfort when stressed or merely for pleasure and reward. Unlike her slender sister, Roseanne has always had difficulty controlling her weight, inspiring an episode in which she and Dan go on a diet. Subsequently, she works for several years as a waitress in the luncheonette at Rodbell's department store located in the Lanford Mall (much to the chagrin of her daughters Becky and Darlene, who regularly hang out there). She is intermittently unemployed and holds jobs as a fast-food restaurant employee, a telemarketer, bartender, and a shampooer/hair sweeper/receptionist at a beauty salon. Faber she leads a walkout that includes Jackie and other co-workers. Roseanne works at the Wellman Plastics factory at the beginning of the show's run and quits after a conflict with her overbearing boss, Mr. Roseanne and Dan mostly live paycheck-to-paycheck, raising a family amid the many hardships of poverty, obesity, and domestic troubles with love and humor.
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Roseanne is married to Dan Conner and when the series begins they have three young children: Becky, Darlene and David Jacob ("D.J.") a fourth child, Jerry Garcia, is born in the eighth season of the series. She and her younger sister, Jackie, are the daughters of Beverly and Al Harris. Despite a domineering nature, Roseanne is depicted as being a loving wife and mother who works hard and makes as much time for her husband and children as possible. She is also portrayed as being a smart, resourceful, and witty woman who constantly tries to control the lives of her sister, husband, children, co-workers, and friends. Roseanne, in a takeoff of her stand-up comedic and presumed real-life persona, is a bossy, loud, caustic, overweight, and dominant woman. Roseanne Conner (née Harris) is played by Roseanne Barr. Main characters Main cast and characters of Roseanne and The Conners Actor