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Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. She is best known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) and especially The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), which "helped define a new vision of American womanhood" [1] and "appealed to an audience facing the new trials of modern-day existence".
Change of Habit is a 1969 American crime drama musical film directed by William A. Graham, and starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore.Written by James Lee, S.S. Schweitzer, and Eric Bercovici, based on a story by John Joseph and Richard Morris, the film is about three Catholic nuns, preparing for their final vows, who are sent to a rough inner city neighborhood dressed as lay missionaries ...
Thomas was responsible for Mary Tyler Moore's first "big break" in acting. In 1961, Carl Reiner cast her in The Dick Van Dyke Show after Thomas personally recommended Moore. Reiner had remembered her as "the girl with three names" whom he had turned down earlier, but rediscovered her after a lengthy search through photos and records.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977, is now considered a groundbreaking series for its portrayal of Moore's character Mary Richards, an unmarried, independent career woman.
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Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) is a single native Minnesotan [1] who moves to Minneapolis in 1970 at age 30 and becomes associate producer of WJM-TV's Six O'Clock News. Her sincere, kind demeanor often acts as a foil for the personalities of her co-workers and friends.
Of all the celebrities mourning the loss of Mary Tyler Moore, perhaps no one knew her better than her former co-star Dick Van Dyke. Dick Van Dyke remembers the moment that changed Mary Tyler Moore ...
Mary Tyler Moore's big career break came in 1961 when she was cast as Dick Van Dyke's wife Laura in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Here Van Dyke, now 91, remembers his friend of six decades, who died Jan ...