<Li> ' Mamaw ' Ruthie Ray Stewart ( Vicki Lawrence ) is Miley and Jackson 's paternal grandmother and Robby 's mother ( `` Mamaw '' is a nickname given to a grandmother ) . She lives in Tennessee but occasionally visits California . Ruthie is a demanding and opinionated woman , often seen nagging Robby about his habits and parenting skills . Ruthie also makes fun of him for being fat . While in high school Ruthie dated fellow Tennessean Elvis Presley and claimed to have been the one to first give him the nickname `` The King '' after playing checkers with him . Elvis eventually started dating Aunt Dolly which began a 30 - year feud between the two women . A former Olympian who played volleyball at the 1964 Olympics , Ruthie maintained her competitive streak throughout life : From 1982 to 1999 , she won `` Lunch Lady of the Year '' from the North Central Nashville School District every single year and in `` Grandma Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Favorites '' she was seen competing with Queen Elizabeth II in an arcade dance - game . Both Miley and Jackson love `` Mamaw , '' but they often find her overbearing . Ruthie alienates Miley in `` Grandma Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites '' by clearly showing favoritism toward Jackson . Ruthie feels that because of all Miley 's success , Jackson is often overlooked in the family , not realizing she 's overlooking Miley 's feelings as well . Ruthie reconciles with Miley and teaches her to better appreciate her brother . In the episode `` B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome '' , Ruthie is seen to have a battered old car called Loretta ( a 1980s Cadillac Eldorado convertible ) . Loretta has 40 years of smells including her husband 's hair tonic and tomato sauce in between the seats . Ruthie has appeared once in seasons 1 , 2 , and 4 , and twice in the third . The episodes include : `` Grandma Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites , '' `` I Will Always Loathe You , '' `` You Give Lunch a Bad Name , '' `` B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome '' , and `` I am Mamaw , Hear Me Roar '' . </Li>
<Li> ' Mamaw ' Ruthie Ray Stewart ( Vicki Lawrence ) is Miley and Jackson 's paternal grandmother and Robby 's mother ( `` Mamaw '' is a nickname given to a grandmother ) . She lives in Tennessee but occasionally visits California . Ruthie is a demanding and opinionated woman , often seen nagging Robby about his habits and parenting skills . Ruthie also makes fun of him for being fat . While in high school Ruthie dated fellow Tennessean Elvis Presley and claimed to have been the one to first give him the nickname `` The King '' after playing checkers with him . Elvis eventually started dating Aunt Dolly which began a 30 - year feud between the two women . A former Olympian who played volleyball at the 1964 Olympics , Ruthie maintained her competitive streak throughout life : From 1982 to 1999 , she won `` Lunch Lady of the Year '' from the North Central Nashville School District every single year and in `` Grandma Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Favorites '' she was seen competing with Queen Elizabeth II in an arcade dance - game . Both Miley and Jackson love `` Mamaw , '' but they often find her overbearing . Ruthie alienates Miley in `` Grandma Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites '' by clearly showing favoritism toward Jackson . Ruthie feels that because of all Miley 's success , Jackson is often overlooked in the family , not realizing she 's overlooking Miley 's feelings as well . Ruthie reconciles with Miley and teaches her to better appreciate her brother . In the episode `` B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome '' , Ruthie is seen to have a battered old car called Loretta ( a 1980s Cadillac Eldorado convertible ) . Loretta has 40 years of smells including her husband 's hair tonic and tomato sauce in between the seats . Ruthie has appeared once in seasons 1 , 2 , and 4 , and twice in the third . The episodes include : `` Grandma Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites , '' `` I Will Always Loathe You , '' `` You Give Lunch a Bad Name , '' `` B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome '' , and `` I am Mamaw , Hear Me Roar '' . </Li>
who plays miley 's grandma in hannah montana
who plays miley 's grandma in hannah montana
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence