Mary Tyler Moore was a beloved actress known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She also appeared in films and won three Emmys and a Golden Globe. Moore was a trailblazer for women on television, portraying independent career women. She also wrote an autobiography and was a spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association.
Mary Tyler Moore was born on December 29, 1936 in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York. She captivated television audiences as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966 and as Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1970 to 1977. The actress has also appeared in many feature films and has won three Emmys, a Golden Globe and was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall Of Fame in 1987.
Moore made his television debut at age 19 in 1955 as “Happy Hotpoint.” Happy was a layered, pointy-eared pixie who was shown skating in a tray of ice cubes and dancing out of an oven in commercials that aired during The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Six years later, he got his big break co-starring Dick Van Dyke on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
The Dick Van Dyke Show starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore as married couple Rob and Laura Petrie. The situation comedy, produced by Carl Reiner, who also played Rob’s boss Alan Brady, ran from 1961 to 1966. Moore was noted for starting the trend of women wearing Capri pants as the character Laura she wore them because of Mary’s insisting to Reiner that the dresses, heels, and pearls approach used on television shows of the day was unrealistic for the modern woman.
After The Dick Van Dyke Show ended, Mary Tyler Moore began appearing in films such as Thoroughly Modern Millie with Julie Andrews in 1967 and Change of Habit with Elvis Presley in 1970. Many of her films also featured her skills as a dancer, but she was until her next television show, Mary Tyler Moore, also known as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which would enjoy the success she once had on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
The series aired in September 1970 and ran for seven seasons, until September 1977, for a total of 168 episodes. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was one of the first television shows to have a female lead who was an independent career woman. The character, Mary Richards, was a television news producer who rented out her apartment.
After The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended in 1977, Moore made more movies, and this time, the movies gave her more dramatic parts to play. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Beth in Ordinary People, opposite Donald Sutherland, in 1980. Moore also received acclaim as Mary Todd Lincoln in Gore Vidal’s Lincoln, a TV movie, in 1988 .
His autobiography, After All, was published in 1995. It gives a candid account of his life, from his early acting aspirations to his son’s tragic suicide. Mary Tyler Moore, herself a severely diabetic, is a spokeswoman for the American Diabetes Association.
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