Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her notable film work includes 1967's Thoroughly Modern Millie and 1980's Ordinary People, in which she played a role that was very different from the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Television
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1957 | The Eddie Fisher Show | Dancer | 2 episodes | |
1959 | The George Burns Show | Linda Knox | Episode: "The Landlord's Daughter" | |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Student #1 | Episode: "Ivy League" | ||
Steve Canyon | Second Spanish Girl | Episode: "Strike Force" (as Mary Moore) | ||
Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Sam | 7 episodes | ||
Bourbon Street Beat | Laura Montgomery / Elyse Brown Picard | 2 episodes | ||
1959–60 | 77 Sunset Strip | Laura Chandler / Marie Drew / Girl | ||
1959–60 | Riverboat | Lily Belle de Lesseps / Brunette Girl in Coach | ||
1959 | Bronco | Marilee Goddard | Episode: "Flight from an Empire" | |
1960 | Bachelor Father | Joanne Sutton / Huey's Sister | 2 episodes | |
Checkmate | Millie | Episode: "Lady on the Brink" | ||
Johnny Staccato | Bonnie Howard | Episode: "The Mask of Jason" | ||
Overland Trail | Joan Ransom | Episode: "All the O'Mara Horses" | ||
The Tab Hunter Show | Brunette | Episode: "One Blonde Too Many" | ||
Wanted Dead or Alive | Sophie Anderson | Episode: "The Twain Shall Meet" | ||
The Millionaire | Linda | Episode: "Millionaire Vance Ludlow" | ||
The Deputy | Amy Collins | Episode: "Day of Fear" | ||
1960–62 | Thriller | Sherry Smith / Mary Snyder | 2 episodes | |
1960–61 | Hawaiian Eye | Peggy / Joan White / Vanessa Kinard / Susan Hart | 4 episodes | |
1961 | Stagecoach West | Linda Anson | Episode: "The Dead Don't Cry" | |
Surfside 6 | Kathy Murlow | Episode: "Inside Job" | ||
Lock-Up | Nan Havens | Episode: "The Case of Nan Havens" | ||
The Aquanauts | Dana March | Episode: "Killers in Paradise" | ||
1962 | Straightaway | Myra Venable | Episode: "Sounds of Fury" | |
1961–66 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Laura Petrie / Laura Meehan / Sam | 158 episodes | |
1969 | Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman | Herself | Television special | |
Run a Crooked Mile | Elizabeth Sutton | Television film | ||
1970–77 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mary Richards | 168 episodes | |
1974–77 | Rhoda | 6 episodes | ||
1974 | The American Parade | Narrator | Episode: "We the Women" | |
1975–76 | Phyllis | Mary Richards | 2 episodes | |
1976 | Mary's Incredible Dream | Angel / Devil / Woman | Television special | |
1978 | Mary | Host / Skit characters | 3 episodes | |
First, You Cry | Betty Rollin | Television film | ||
1979 | The Mary Tyler Moore Hour | Mary McKinnon | 11 episodes | |
Password Plus | Herself | Game Show Contestant / Celebrity Guest Star | ||
1984 | Heartsounds | Martha Weinman Lear | Television film | |
1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Liz DeHaan | ||
1985–86 | Mary | Mary Brenner | 13 episodes | |
1987 | Shalom Sesame | Herself | 2 episodes | |
1988 | Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln | Television miniseries | |
Annie McGuire | Annie McGuire | 11 episodes | ||
1990 | The Last Best Year | Wendy Haller | Television film | |
Thanksgiving Day | Paula Schloss | |||
1991 | Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show | Herself / Host | Television special | |
1993 | Stolen Babies | Georgia Tann | Television film | |
1994 | Frasier | Marjorie (voice) | Episode: "Frasier Crane's Day Off" | |
1995 | New York News | Louise Felcott | 13 episodes | |
1996 | Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Jessica | Television film | |
Ellen | Herself | 2 episodes | ||
1997 | Payback | Kathryn Stanfill | Television film | |
The Naked Truth | Catherine Wilde | 4 episodes | ||
1998 | Reno Finds Her Mom | Herself | Television special | |
1999 | King of the Hill | Reverend Karen Stroup (voice) | Episode: "Revenge of the Lutefisk" | |
2000 | Mary and Rhoda | Mary Richards-Cronin | Television film | |
Good as Gold | Michael's Mother | |||
2001 | Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Sante Kimes / Eva Guerrero | ||
The Ellen Show | Aunt Mary | Episode: "Ellen's First Christmess" | ||
2002 | The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion | Herself / Host | Television special | |
Miss Lettie and Me | Lettie Anderson | Television film | ||
2003 | The Gin Game | Fonsia Dorsey | ||
Blessings | Lydia Blessing | |||
2004 | The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited | Laura Petrie | ||
2005 | Snow Wonder | Aunt Lula | ||
2006 | That '70s Show | Christine St. George | 3 episodes | |
2008 | Lipstick Jungle | Joyce Connor | 2 episodes | |
2011–13 | Hot in Cleveland | Diane | 2 episodes (final TV role) |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1961 | X-15 | Pamela Stewart | ||
1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Miss Dorothy Brown | ||
1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Liz | ||
Don't Just Stand There! | Martine Randall | |||
1969 | Change of Habit | Sister Michelle | ||
1980 | Ordinary People | Beth Jarrett | Nominated for Academy Award | |
1982 | Six Weeks | Charlotte Dreyfus | ||
1986 | Just Between Friends | Holly Davis | ||
1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Pearl Coplin | ||
How the Toys Saved Christmas | Granny Rose (voice) | |||
1997 | Keys to Tulsa | Cynthia Boudreau | ||
2000 | Labor Pains | Esther Raymond | ||
2002 | Cheats | Mrs. Stark, Principal | ||
2009 | Against the Current | Liz's Mom | Final film role |
Awards and nominations
Notes
- Tied with Juliette Binoche for The English Patient.
- ^ Produced with MTM Enterprises
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