Mary Tyler Moore

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Biography

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 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), which "helped define a new vision of American womanhood" and "appealed to an audience facing the new trials of modern-day existence". Moore won seven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ordinary People. Moore is also known for her supporting role in the musical film Thoroughly Modern Millie. Moore was an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism and diabetes prevention.

Known For

That '70s Show

Christine St. George

Frasier

Marjorie (voice)

Ordinary People

Beth Jarrett

King of the Hill

Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Flirting with Disaster

Pearl Coplin

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Hot in Cleveland

Diane

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Being Mary Tyler Moore MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert MOVIE	Self - Special Guest
2017	Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration MOVIE	Self / Various (archive footage)
2013	Inequality for All MOVIE	Mary Richards (archive footage)
2012	Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl MOVIE	Self
2011	Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored MOVIE	Laura Petrie (archive footage)
2011	Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life MOVIE	Self
2010	Hot in Cleveland TV	Diane
2009	Against the Current MOVIE	Liz' Mom
2008	Lipstick Jungle TV	Joyce
2005	Snow Wonder MOVIE	Lula
2004	TV Revolution TV	Self
2004	The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited MOVIE	Laura Petrie
2003	Blessings MOVIE	Lydia Blessing
2003	The Gin Game MOVIE	Fonsia Dorsey
2003	The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series MOVIE	Self
2002	Miss Lettie and Me MOVIE	Lettie Anderson
2002	Cheats MOVIE	Mrs. Stark
2002	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories MOVIE	Self
2002	The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion MOVIE	Self
2001	Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes MOVIE	Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero
2000	Labor Pains MOVIE	Esther Raymond
2000	Mary and Rhoda MOVIE	Mary Richards-Cronin
1998	Kids Are Punny MOVIE	Self (voice)
1998	That '70s Show TV	Christine St. George
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Keys to Tulsa MOVIE	Cynthia Boudreau
1997	Payback MOVIE	Kathryn Stanfill
1997	King of the Hill TV	Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	Flirting with Disaster MOVIE	Pearl Coplin
1996	Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden MOVIE	Jessica
1995	New York News TV	Louise Felcott
1995	The Naked Truth TV	Catherine Wilde
1994	Inside the Actors Studio TV	Self
1994	Ellen TV	Mary Tyler Moore
1993	Intimate Portrait TV	Self
1993	Frasier TV	Marjorie (voice)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Stolen Babies MOVIE	Georgia Tann
1991	Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show MOVIE	Herself - Host
1990	Thanksgiving Day MOVIE	Paula Schloss
1990	The Last Best Year MOVIE	Wendy Haller
1989	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary MOVIE	Self
1988	Annie McGuire TV	Annie McGuire
1988	Lincoln TV	Mary Todd Lincoln
1986	American Masters TV	Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1986	Just Between Friends MOVIE	Holly Davis
1985	Mary TV	Mary Brenner
1985	Night of 100 Stars II MOVIE	Self
1985	Finnegan Begin Again MOVIE	Liz DeHaan
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1984	Heartsounds MOVIE	Martha Weinman Lear
1982	Six Weeks MOVIE	Charlotte Dreyfus
1982	Wogan TV	Self
1982	I Love Liberty MOVIE	Self
1982	Night of 100 Stars MOVIE	Self
1981	Making 'MAS*H' MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1980	Ordinary People MOVIE	Beth Jarrett
1979	The Mary Tyler Moore Hour TV	Mary McKinnon
1978	First, You Cry MOVIE	Betty Rollin
1978	How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness MOVIE	Self
1976	The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet MOVIE	Self - Host
1976	Mary's Incredible Dream MOVIE	Angel / Devil / Woman
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1974	Rhoda TV	Self
1971	The Pet Set TV	Self
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV	Mary Richards
1969	Run a Crooked Mile MOVIE	Elizabeth Sutton
1969	Change of Habit MOVIE	Sister Michelle Gallagher
1969	Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman MOVIE	Herself
1968	Don't Just Stand There MOVIE	Martine Randall
1968	What's So Bad About Feeling Good? MOVIE	Liz
1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie MOVIE	Miss Dorothy Brown
1963	The Danny Kaye Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1961	X-15 MOVIE	Pamela Stewart
1961	Straightaway TV	Self
1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show TV	Laura Petrie
1960	The Fatal Impulse MOVIE	Mary Snyder
1960	Surfside 6 TV	Kathy Murlow
1960	Checkmate TV	Self
1960	The Aquanauts TV	Dana March
1960	Thriller TV	Mary Snyder
1960	Thriller TV	Sherry Smith
1960	Overland Trail TV	Joan Ransom
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Self
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Susan Hart
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Vanessa Kinard
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Peggy Regan
1959	Bourbon Street Beat TV	Self
1959	Lock-Up TV	Self
1959	Riverboat TV	Lily Belle de Lesseps
1959	The Deputy TV	Amy Collins
1959	Johnny Staccato TV	Self
1959	The David Susskind Show TV	Self
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Girl on Telephone (uncredited)
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Marie Drew
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Laura Chandler
1958	Bronco TV	Self
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Sophie Anderson
1958	Once Upon a Horse... MOVIE	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
1957	Operation Mad Ball MOVIE	Nurse (uncredited)
1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV	Sam (voice) (uncredited)
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Host
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Hostess / Presenter / Special Award Recipient
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
1955	The Millionaire TV	Linda
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1952	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV	Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Student
1949	The Emmy Awards TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee

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