Ethyl Phillips

Ethyl Phillips is a supporting character of the Sinclair family from Disney's 1991-94 television series Dinosaurs. She was voiced by Florence Stanley.

Role in the series
Ethyl Phillips is the 72-year-old Edmontonia, wheelchair-using mother of Fran who moved in with the Sinclairs after the episode "Hurling Day." After being persuaded by Robbie and Fran that she does not have to go through with Hurling Day, and tantalized by the prospect of making Earl's life a continual misery, Grandma Ethyl becomes a permanent member of the Sinclair household, becoming a regular guest star. She regularly takes swipes at Earl with her cane and often calls him "Fat Boy." Hurling Day was Ethyl's first (chronologically) episode, but her first-taped appearance was "Employee of the Month," in which she comes to visit the Sinclair home. In one of the episodes we learn that she also has a son, Stan, Fran's elder brother.