Pamela “Pam” Tanner née Katsopolis is the mother of D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle, the wife of Danny, and the big sister of Jesse Katsopolis.
She was seen only once in the series, portrayed by actress Christine Houser in the episode "Goodbye Mr. Bear" in a home video depicting her and Danny bringing newborn Michelle home from the hospital.
Background[]
Pamela was born on March 5, 1958 to Nick and Irene Katsopolis. Her brother Jesse was born five years later.
In August of 1968 (when she was 10), she cut five-year-old Jesse's hair. In retaliation, her brother got up in the middle of the night with "two things of finger paint and vanilla pudding" and gave her red, white, and blue hair.
In September 1972, Pam met her future husband, Danny, in tenth grade when she sat next to him in Geometry class. They eloped at a young age, which upset both of their families, causing his mom, Claire, to cry about it for a month, and even caused Jesse to get so mad that he beat Danny up.
They have a wedding in the spring of 1976 and later have their first daughter (D.J.). ↵She was supposedly in college with Joey and Danny. They later had two other daughters (Stephanie and Michelle). Six months after giving birth to her third and final child Michelle, she died in a car accident after being hit by a drunk driver.
Shortly after her death, Pam's younger brother, Jesse, moves into the house to help his brother-in-law, Danny, raise his three nieces. He is the one who seems to miss her the most, which is one of the reasons why living with the Tanner family means so much to him. It was he who pulls everyone together after his sister’s death.
Joey talks about how her laugh was contagious, and by putting her in the front row during his new comedy sets, she'd have the whole place laughing.
Family[]
- Nick Katsopolis – father
- Irene Katsopolis – mother
- Danny Tanner – husband
- D.J. Tanner – oldest daughter
- Stephanie Tanner – middle daughter
- Michelle Tanner – youngest daughter
- Jesse Katsopolis – brother
- Nicky Katsopolis – nephew (posthumously)
- Alex Katsopolis – nephew (posthumously)
- Claire Tanner – mother-in-law
- Wendy Tanner – sister-in-law
- Rebecca Katsopolis – sister-in-law (posthumously)
- Iorgos Katsopolis – grandfather (deceased)
- Gina Katsopolis – grandmother
- Hermes Katsopolis – great-grandfather (died before series began)
- Stavros – cousin
Fuller House (posthumously)
- Tommy Fuller, Sr. – son-in-law (deceased)
- Jackson Fuller – grandson
- Max Fuller – grandson
- Tommy Fuller, Jr. – grandson
- Pamela Katsopolis – adoptive niece (Jesse and Becky adopt a baby girl and they name her after Pam)
- Danielle Tanner-Gibbler – granddaughter
- Steve Hale – son-in-law
- Jimmy Gibbler – son-in-law
Trivia[]
- In "The Miracle of Thanksgiving", D.J. mentions that Pam always used to say, "Smiles are free, so give them away"
- In “Under the Influence” D.J. explains to a hungover Kimmy that Pam died because of a drunk driver
- In the ‘’Fuller House’’ episode “Something Borrowed", it is revealed by Stephanie and D.J. that "Build Me Up Buttercup" was her favorite song
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