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Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Birthday: 1936-12-29 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Mary Tyler Moore was an American actress, primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms. Moore is best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Laura Petrie (Dick Van Dyke's wife) on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66). She also appeared in a number of films, most notably 1980's Ordinary People, in which she played a role that was the polar opposite of the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Moore was also active in charity work and various political causes, particularly around the issues of Animal rights and Diabetes mellitus type 1.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore

as    Self (archive footage)

2013
Inequality for All

as    Mary Richards (archive footage)

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as    Laura Petrie (archive footage)

2011
2009
Against the Current

as    Liz' Mom

2005
Snow Wonder

as    Lula

2003
The Gin Game

as    Fonsia Dorsey

2002
Cheats

as    Mrs. Stark

2001
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

as    Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero

2000
Labor Pains

as    Esther Raymond

2000
Mary and Rhoda

as    Mary Richards-Cronin

1997
Keys to Tulsa

as    Cynthia Boudreau

1997
Payback

as    Kathryn Stanfill

1996
Flirting with Disaster

as    Pearl Coplin

1995
New York News

as    Louise Felcott

1993
Stolen Babies

as    Georgia Tann

1990
The Last Best Year

as    Wendy Haller

1988
Annie McGuire

as    Annie McGuire

1988
Lincoln

as    Mary Todd Lincoln

1986
Just Between Friends

as    Holly Davis

1985
Finnegan Begin Again

as    Liz DeHaan

1985
Mary

as    Mary Brenner

1984
Heartsounds

as    Martha Weinman Lear

1982
Six Weeks

as    Charlotte Dreyfus