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Rebecca "Becky" Conner Healy (played by both Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke) is the oldest daughter of Dan and Roseanne Conner. She is the sister of Darlene, D.J., and Jerry.

Becky was born on March 15, 1975 in Lanford, Illinois to young parents who were not long out of school themselves. Becky was an extremely intelligent child who was pretty, popular, and enjoyed a close mother-daughter relationship with Roseanne, as opposed to her tomboyish, irresponsible, antisocial sister Darlene. At some point before 1987, the family vacationed by a lake where Becky caught a lung infection and both parents were terrified that Becky would die, but she pulled through.

Becky was definitely the opposite of her sister; a bookworm who was very smart and very feminine like her mother. She enjoyed dating boys and would often experiment with her clothes and makeup, thus receiving a lot of attention. Becky would often do the lion’s share of the housework and often ran errands while her parents worked. She kept 3 guinea pigs: Pebbles, Bam-Bam, and Waffles.

She would always stand up for whatever she believed in, whether refusing to dissect frogs in school, taking a crummy job at the Buy and Bag to pay for a car, or defending her husband from her mother's cruel jibes. On the other hand, she could also be very self-centered, doing things because they were right for her or that she might get something out of the deal, rather than because they were right for someone else or just the right thing to do, or any sense of altruism. She could be very stubborn, insisting to her parents that she could handle things on her own, even if she actually could not.

Her relationship with her parents was easygoing in adolescence but grew rockier the closer she got to adulthood, though it was obvious that she still loved them very much. As the eldest daughter, Dan and Roseanne heaped more responsibility on her, which she resented, instead demanding rewards for her good behavior and good grades rather than realizing that she was actually being treated more and more like an adult. She was also more supportive of her parents than her sister and brother were, realizing just how much they struggled sometimes just to put food on the table--until she realized that they had been unable to provide her with a college fund after Dan's bike shop went out of business.

Becky and Roseanne had a mixed time together. One day they would be down at the mall together playing pranks on the security staff, the next they would be bickering over household rules. Becky won two major victories over her mother by running away to her Aunt Jackie and by giving her mother the silent treatment, but she also set herself back quite a ways when she and a visiting friend got drunk while her parents were away; Darlene loyally tried to cover for her, but Roseanne and Dan's trust in their eldest was badly damaged. In her quest for independence, Becky eventually defied her parents, eloped with Mark Healy at 17, and moved to Minneapolis.

Dan and Becky, on the other hand, didn’t appear to have much time together at first, since they had little in common; Dan was closer to D.J. and especially Darlene. But Dan would often duke it out with Roseanne over the way he felt she was treating Becky, sticking up for her behind her back. Becky was never quite sure about how she should behave around her father, leading to some awkward father-daughter moments but the two did love each other. However, Dan refused to speak to her for a long time after she ran away with Mark, although she tried to explain herself. Eventually, Dan reconciled with her at Roseanne's urging. Despite having a better relationship with her mother, in terms of personalities Becky was slightly nearer to her father; both are stubborn and do not take disappointments easily, but they are survivors and protective of their families.

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Sarah Chalke as the second Becky.

Darlene and Becky often fought like cats and dogs while they lived together, squabbling over territory and status in the house. Darlene was the tougher, feistier one; Becky saw her position as eldest as her right. She softened when her mother told her that Darlene was going to spend her entire life killing herself just to be second to Becky as she would date boys first, graduate first, get married first. However, both ultimately defied expectations: Becky eloped when she was 17 with Mark Healy (someone Roseanne did not approve of) and faced several hectic years; Darlene was accepted early at a Chicago arts college and found a stable romance with Mark's younger brother David; she eventually became pregnant by him and married him at 19. Becky was Darlene's bridesmaid at her wedding and was there for her when Darlene went into early labor and almost lost her baby girl.

Becky and D.J. didn’t have much of a relationship as they were 6 years apart and Becky resented having to ferry her brother everywhere around Lanford. She always considered him weird, confirmed when she found the box of doll heads under his bed. There was an element of jealousy involved – Becky saw DJ getting treats which she felt she never had and resented him for it. On the other hand, Becky did not physically and verbally harass him constantly, as Darlene often did.

Jackie and Becky were very close, often sounding off against the unwanted interference from Roseanne as well as being mirror images of each other, although Becky married young and Jackie was always better off single. Although she’d be the last to admit it, the Jackie/Becky dynamic was most sisterly than aunt/niece.

Her relationship with Mark, her boyfriend and later husband, can be rocky at times, but they are devoted to each other; she broke up with him once, but it didn't last long. Subsequent to their marriage, they have fights more often than David and Darlene, their younger siblings (and siblings-in-law); however, they only split up once, for a very short time. Mark tends to be dim-witted and short-tempered with an overly masculine attitude, but he is a reliable worker and a loyal, loving husband with good instincts; Roseanne's objection to him was mainly based on his disrespect to her personally. In the final episode when they were visiting their newborn niece Harris, it was confirmed that Becky and Mark were expecting a baby.

Roseanne[]

Season 1[]

Becky is a successful, popular 14-year old who does extremely well in school and is likely to be the first Conner in college. She supports her mother and father who work blue-collar jobs and lobbies successfully to be put in charge of babysitting at home.She can be somewhat distracted when the telephone rings and will spend hours talking to her friends. Becky gains her first boyfriend in the form of a middle-class boy called Chip who works at the local bowling alley. Becky cheats on him with Johnny Swanko aka the "Tongue Bandit"--an eerie precursor to Mark.

Season 2[]

Chip has been kicked into touch and Becky is now interested in Jimmy Meltrigger, a cornerback at school. Her relationships with her parents get rockier as she spends a lot of time arguing with them over her responsibilities at home and her desire for a social life.

Season 3[]

Earlier problems occasionally break into open warfare with Becky running away from home and to Jackie who takes her in for a week whilst Roseanne is furious at the situation. With Roseanne working at the diner at Rodbells, Becky has to pick up more of the household chores which leads to the desire for a car. She also meets the older Mark Healy who is a smoking, drinking, 18-year-old senior whom her parents despise. Although she is banned from seeing him, she sneaks out to do so anyway leading to some spectacular feuding. Eventually their parents realize they are reliving the same arguments they had with their parents and let the two date. Becky and Darlene bond somewhat as Darlene enters the dating world and Becky provides advice.

Season 4[]

Becky shocks her mother by asking to go on the pill—although she and Mark have already had sex together. She also gets a job at the Buy and Bag to help her pay for a car, but after her uptight boss bullies her, Mark punches him and and she breaks up with Mark because it's the latest in a series of incidents that lead her to believe that he isn’t the one for her after all. As Darlene becomes depressed, Becky has even more to do at home, which slowly builds up over the year and with the failure of Dan’s bike shop, she discovers that there’s no way she can go to college. By the end of the season, she and Mark are back together.

Season 5[]

The bike-shop failure leads to Mark finding a job in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Becky decides to follow him, and they get married 2 months shy of her 18th birthday. Dan wants the marriage annulled but Roseanne points out she won’t need their permission in 2 months and will marry again, only this time they will never see her again. Dan stops speaking to Becky at this point, despite Becky's attempts to make amends.

At Roseanne's persuasion, Dan decides to reconcile later. Becky only has 4 appearances this year; her responsibilities are mostly dumped on Darlene, who does not complain as much but often ignores them.

Season 6[]

Becky and Mark return from Minneapolis shortly after Darlene has gone to school in Chicago—and Becky is now played by Sarah Chalke. They move into the recently-vacated room upstairs; Mark struggles to find work, and Becky takes a job at an obnoxious bar called "Bunz" to bring in some money. Becky cooks this year’s Thanksgiving meal only to see Mark and Dan have a fight, but they quickly make up and are buddies. Dan and Roseanne are furious to find out that the money they gave Becky for a year’s tuition at the nearby community college was spent on Mark to do a mechanics course and even more furious to find out that Mark dropped out after two lessons; they briefly split up, but Mark returns after having talks with Dan and Roseanne respectively. Mark inadvertently reveals that David has moved in with Darlene in Chicago, causing Roseanne to drag David back; Becky urges her to go easy on them.

Season 7[]

Mark is hired by Dan to work at the city garage whilst Becky quits her job at Bunz. The pair have moved out of the house and into a local trailer park. She is deeply unhappy with her marriage, feeling that Mark is wasting her time when in fact he feels very insecure about his attractive, intelligent wife, and some timely intervention from Roseanne get their marriage back on track. She gets closer to David, the two sharing similar interests and with Darlene dumping David for a guy in Chicago, almost get it together on a couple of occasions; however,after she and David hurt Darlene's feelings badly, they withdraw from each other, and near the end of the series David reconciles with Darlene for good.

Season 8[]

The Original Becky returns—Lecy Goranson resumes the role but Sarah Chalke appears as Becky during the Disney World special, during which Mark actually becomes jealous of her friendliness towards Goofy. Becky’s malaise over her marriage continues as a theme this year and she actively considers dropping Mark and going to college to become a doctor. She serves as Darlene's bridesmaid at her wedding to David.

Season 9[]

Becky only has a smaller part to play in the affairs of the Conner clan, but finds out she is pregnant at the end of the series. It's revealed that "in real life" she and David were the ones who really got married. However, Becky becoming pregnant and Becky being with David was later confirmed to been part of a book Roseanne was writing and both events weren't actually true. 

Season 10[]

Lecy Goranson resumes the role yet again for a second time. 21 years later, her husband, Mark Healy has passed away some time ago and she hasn't moved on, making her seem more immature and insecure than before, despite now being 43. She finds herself waitressing at a Mexican restaurant. Struggling financially, she has resorted to being a surrogate for Andrea (played by previous Becky actress Sarah Chalke) for $50,000, only to discover that she less than a 5% chance to become pregnant; she lied about her age, claiming to be much younger.

She is still tight with her family and despite how she often playfully messes with Darlene. she gives up a chance of a job with full benefits to give it to Darlene, who has given up her job as a writer and needs to support her kids.

The Conners[]

Season 1[]

Despite the low threshold of possibility, Becky has a one-night stand with the foreign bus boy (Emilio) from her workplace and eventually finds out that she's pregnant. She briefly considers giving the baby to a lesbian couple, but then she changes her mind and decides to raise it with her family. Although hesitant at first, Becky decides that Emilio can be involved with the baby. They consider a possible romantic relationship, but this is cut short when the government discovers that Emilio is an illegal immigrant. He is promptly deported, leaving his and Becky's baby without a papa.

Season 2[]

Becky finds herself in similar circumstances as Darlene did when she had Harris; she gives birth a few months too early. Although she at first has issues coming to terms with not only the usual baby duties, but the extra duties that come with a premature baby, she eventually overcomes them--and her baby attains good health. Becky names her baby Beverly Rose in honor of Beverly Harris and Roseanne Conner--her grandmother and mother, and her baby's great-grandmother and grandmother-- and soon after, she and Beverely Rose return home to live in the newly-renovated basement.

When Jackie kicked Beverly out over a dispute about The Lunch Box, Becky had the same dispute with Darlene, so she moved in with Jackie. Beverly moved in with Dan, which he hated, and wanted Beverly and Darlene to give the restaurant to Jackie and Becky. During the restaurant's much-needed renovations, she returned to work at her old job with Louise. Becky asked Louise to extend hours overnight, making Becky the shift leader during the busiest time of Casita Bonita.

Becky temporarily takes over Casita Bonita completely whenever Louise goes on tour. In 2020, Louise went on tour again. Becky also has a few arguments with Jackie about The Lunch Box.

Tia Ruthie and Tia Elsie start watching Beverly Rose while Becky is at work, and arrange for Becky and Beverly Rose to see Emilio. Eventually, they insist that Becky and Emilio get married. The original plan was for Becky to move to Mexico, but after a fight with other relatives, Emilio returned to Lanford.

Season 3[]

With her other two jobs having reduced hours, she decides to go with Darlene to Wellman Plastics. Darlene is promoted, landing Becky with two bosses at the same place.

Emilio wants to be back in their lives. He insists that they have a Caribbean lifestyle, including the expensive parties, and the Catholic religion. Becky finds it strange.

List of Appearances[]

Across 10 seasons of Roseanne, Becky Conner was absent from 70 episodes, with Lecy Goranson being absent in 117 episodes (appearing in 120 episodes), and Sarah Chalke being absent in 189 episodes (appearing in 42 episodes). Lecy has been absent in only 1 episode ("Trucking Live in Front of a Fully Vaccinated Studio Audience") of The Conners so far.

Roseanne (TV series)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 #
Season 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X N/A 23
Season 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X N/A 24
Season 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X N/A 25
Season 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X N/A 25
Season 5 X X X - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N/A 4
Season 6 - - - - - - - - X X - X X X X X X X - X X - X X X N/A 14
Season 7 X - - X X X - - - X - X X - X X X - X X X X - - X - 15
Season 8 X X - X X X - - - X - - X X X - X X X - - - X X - N/A 14
Season 9 - X - X X - - X - - - X - - - - - - X - - - X X N/A 8
Season 10 X X X X X X X X X N/A 9
Total 161
The Conners
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 #
Season 1 X X X X X X X X X X X 11
Season 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 20
Season 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 20
Season 4 - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 19
Season 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
Season 6 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13
Total 105

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