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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

2013
Inequality for All

as    Mary Richards (archive footage)

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as    Herself

2009
Against the Current

as    Liz' Mom

2002
Cheats

as    Mrs. Stark

2000
Labor Pains

as    Esther Raymond

2000
Mary and Rhoda

as    Mary Richards-Cronin

1997
Keys to Tulsa

as    Cynthia Boudreau

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
Mary

as    Mary Brenner

1984
Heartsounds

as    Martha Weinman Lear

1982
Six Weeks

as    Charlotte Dreyfus

1980
Ordinary People

as    Beth Jarrett

1979
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

as    Mary McKinnon

1978
First, You Cry

as    Betty Rollin

1976
Mary's Incredible Dream

as    Angel / Devil / Woman

1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as    Mary Richards

1969
Run a Crooked Mile

as    Elizabeth Sutton

1969
Change of Habit

as    Sister Michelle Gallagher

1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie

as    Miss Dorothy Brown

1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show

as    Laura Petrie

1961
X-15

as    Pamela Stewart

1960
Overland Trail

as    Joan Ransom