Regina Marin

Regina Marin is Hanna's spunky grandmother. She has a southern accent and favors Ashley over Isabel for her son, Tom. She also looks out for Hanna.

Season 2
Regina comes to Rosewood in "I Must Confess," a day before Tom's rehearsal dinner. She stays at Hanna's house, where she rearranges the kitchen, to Ashley's annoyance. She boldly tells Ashley that she should try to win Tom back, as Isabel is not the one for him. She is also not very fond of the Randall family at all. She loves Ashley a lot even though she is no longer married to her son. Ashely brushes off her request and tries to convince her to revert the kitchen to its earlier state, which she does not.

In this same episode, Spencer flashes back to the summer Alison disappeared, when the girls had all been hanging out in Hanna's kitchen with Regina. Alison had mysteriously questioned Hanna's grandmother. She had been talking about her two sons, Tom and Patrick, when Alison had suddenly asked what it would take to have one of them removed from her will. Regina had been taken aback by the question, but Alison had pressed on with: if one of her sons sold an expensive family heirloom to buy drugs, would that constitute dismissal from the family tree? Regina had gone along with it, saying that anyone that messed up would constitute a truncated family tree.

At the rehearsal dinner, Tom gets angry at Hanna for getting drunk. Regina hugs Hanna and defends her, shielding her away from Tom. When he leaves, she hugs her broken granddaughter. When Kate enters, Regina grabs her purse and reveals that Kate had a water bottle full of vodka for Hanna and an unspiked water bottle for herself, exposing Kate for tripping Hanna and trying to win over her in the eyes of Tom.

She does not attend the wedding.

Trivia

 * Betty Buckley is Pretty Little Liars director Norman Buckley's sister.
 * Ms. Buckley is a Tony Award winning actress, having won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical award for her performance of the song "Memory" from the Original Broadway Cast of CATS. She has had numerous Broadway roles such as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and Martha Washington in 1776. Her film credits are numerous, as well. Full bio on www.bettybuckley.com
 * PLL fans: your parents will also remember Betty Buckley as Abby Bradford from Eight is Enough.
 * Betty Buckley continues to perform live concerts, works in TV and film and also teaches theater workshops to actors/singers across the country. Her recorded music is available on amazon.com.