Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (2012)

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is the shotgun-wielding, assertive matriarch of the Collins family in 1972, the time of Barnabas Collins' return to Collinwood after nearly two centuries of imprisonment in his coffin. Stern and strict, but loyal and devoted to her family, Elizabeth cares for every member of the household and tends to help them through their personal trials. To "endure" as they always have, she isn't afraid to stand up for herself. She is also the first member of the Collins family to greet Victoria Winters upon her arrival at Collinwood to apply for work as governess to Elizabeth's troubled young nephew, David Collins.