Mary Tyler Moore

Personal Info

Birthday

December 29, 1936

Day of Death

2017-01-25

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Mary Tyler Moore

Biography

Mary Tyler Moore 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

King of the Hill

Frasier

That '70s Show

Hot in Cleveland

Surfside 6

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Hawaiian Eye

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Filmography

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
as Self - Special Guest
2017
Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Various (archive footage)
2013
Inequality for All
as Mary Richards (archive footage)
2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Laura Petrie (archive footage)
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
as Self
2009
Against the Current
as Liz' Mom
2005
Snow Wonder
as Lula
2004
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
as Laura Petrie
2003
Blessings
as Lydia Blessing
The Gin Game
as Fonsia Dorsey
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Self
2002
Miss Lettie and Me
as Lettie Anderson
Cheats
as Mrs. Stark
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
as Self
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
Mary and Rhoda
as Mary Richards-Cronin
1997
Keys to Tulsa
as Cynthia Boudreau
Payback
as Kathryn Stanfill
1996
Flirting with Disaster
as Pearl Coplin
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Jessica
1993
Stolen Babies
as Georgia Tann
1991
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
as Herself - Host
1990
Thanksgiving Day
as Paula Schloss
The Last Best Year
as Wendy Haller
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1986
Just Between Friends
as Holly Davis
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Finnegan Begin Again
as Liz DeHaan
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Heartsounds
as Martha Weinman Lear
1982
Six Weeks
as Charlotte Dreyfus
I Love Liberty
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1981
Making 'M*A*S*H'
as Narrator (voice)
1980
Ordinary People
as Beth Jarrett
1978
First, You Cry
as Betty Rollin
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
as Self
1976
Mary's Incredible Dream
as Angel / Devil / Woman
1969
Run a Crooked Mile
as Elizabeth Sutton
Change of Habit
as Sister Michelle Gallagher
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
as Herself
1968
Don't Just Stand There
as Martine Randall
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Liz
1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie
as Miss Dorothy Brown
1961
X-15
as Pamela Stewart
1960
The Fatal Impulse
as Mary Snyder
1958
Once Upon a Horse...
as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
1957
Operation Mad Ball
as Nurse (uncredited)