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So Bad, They’re Good! TV’s Best Villain Characters: Helena Eagan, Livia Soprano and More


Closer shares some of television’s best villain characters, from Helena Eagan in Severance to Livia Soprano in The Sopranos and more!

“It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever done without thinking how funny I was,” Eartha Kitt said in a 2007 interview about playing a sassy bad girl on Batman. Over the years, the mega-millionaire has dumped nuclear waste in Springfield’s park, tried to bury Homer alive, stolen the Simpsons’ puppies and even attempted to block out the sun! Self-centered and scheming, The Sopranos ’ matriarch, played by Nancy Marchand, was based on show creator David Chase ’s mother.

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