Thelma Louise Beckett

Thelma Louise Beckett
Thelma Beckett, Sam's mother
Personal Information
Gender:	Female
Born:	around 1921
Died	????
Occupation/ Career:	Housewife/farmer
Spouse(s):	John Samuel Beckett
Related to:	Tom Beckett (son) Sam Beckett (son) Katie Beckett (daughter) Jim Bonnick (son in-law, after timeline change) Chuck (son in-law, before event changes in Sam's leap into 1969) Donna Elesee Beckett (daughter in law) Sammy Jo Fuller (granddaughter) John Beckett (grandfather in-law) Olivia Barrett Covington (grandmother in-law)
Hometown	Elk Ridge, Indiana, U.S.
Character information
Appeared on:	Quantum Leap
Character played by:	Caroline Kava

Sam's mother, Thelma Louise Beckett was married to John Samuel Beckett and had three children with him: Sam, Katie and Tom. According to Sam, Thelma is a great cook and her and John's marriage is strong and their relations are great. She was a very patient and loving woman, and a nurturing mother who thinks that Women's Lib was probably a good thing - for other women.  As of the timeset for the Quantum Leap project, the late 1990s, Thelma was residing in Hawaii with still alive and retired husband John. 

Appearances

• "The Leap Home, Part I" (Season 3, episode 1)
• "Promised Land" (Season 5, episode 11) (Mentioned Only)