Nora Tyler Bing (Morgan Fairchild): Chandler's mother, a best-selling erotic novelist whose works include "Euphoria Unbound", "Euphoria At Midnight" and "Mistress Bitch". She first appears in "The One with Mrs. Bing", where she meets the gang while on a book tour in New York. After dinner, she kisses Ross. She makes a cameo appearance in the flashback scenes of "The One with All the Thanksgivings" and later appears in "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding" (with Kathleen Turner as Chandler's dad) and "The One After 'I Do'". "The Seattle Times" ranked Nora and her ex-husband jointly as the fifth best guest characters in 2004.