Mary Tyler Moore
Born: 1936-12-29 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2017-01-25
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration as Self (archive footage)
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)
2011
- Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Laura Petrie (archive footage)
- Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life as Self
2010
- Hot in Cleveland as Diane
2009
- Against the Current as Liz' Mom
2008
- Lipstick Jungle as Joyce
2005
- Snow Wonder as Lula
2004
- TV Revolution
- The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited as Laura Petrie
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The Gin Game as Fonsia Dorsey
- The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
- Blessings as Lydia Blessing
2002
- Cheats as Mrs. Stark
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
- The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
- Miss Lettie and Me as Lettie Anderson
2001
- Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes as Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero
2000
- Mary and Rhoda as Mary Richards-Cronin
- Labor Pains as Esther Raymond
1998
- That '70s Show as Christine St. George
- Kids Are Punny as Self (voice)
1997
- King of the Hill as Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)
- The View as Self
- Keys to Tulsa as Cynthia Boudreau
- Payback as Kathryn Stanfill
1996
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Flirting with Disaster as Pearl Coplin
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Jessica
1995
- The Naked Truth as Catherine Wilde
- New York News as Louise Felcott
1994
- Ellen as Mary Tyler Moore
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Frasier as Marjorie (voice)
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- Stolen Babies as Georgia Tann
1991
- Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Herself - Host
1990
- The Last Best Year as Wendy Haller
- Thanksgiving Day as Paula Schloss
1989
1988
- Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
- Annie McGuire as Annie McGuire
1986
- American Masters as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
- Just Between Friends as Holly Davis
1985
- Mary as Mary Brenner
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- Finnegan Begin Again as Liz DeHaan
1984
- Heartsounds as Martha Weinman Lear
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Six Weeks as Charlotte Dreyfus
- I Love Liberty as Self
1981
- Making 'M*A*S*H' as Narrator (voice)
1980
- Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett
1979
- The Mary Tyler Moore Hour as Mary McKinnon
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
- The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet as Self - Host
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
1971
- The Pet Set as Self
1970
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
1969
- Change of Habit as Sister Michelle Gallagher
- Run a Crooked Mile as Elizabeth Sutton
- Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman as Herself
1968
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Liz
- Don't Just Stand There as Martine Randall
1967
- Thoroughly Modern Millie as Miss Dorothy Brown
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1962
1961
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrie
- Straightaway
- X-15 as Pamela Stewart
1960
- Surfside 6 as Kathy Murlow
- Thriller as Mary Snyder
- Checkmate
- The Aquanauts as Dana March
- Overland Trail as Joan Ransom
- The Fatal Impulse as Mary Snyder
1959
- Hawaiian Eye
- Lock-Up
- Riverboat as Lily Belle de Lesseps
- The Deputy as Amy Collins
- Bourbon Street Beat
- Johnny Staccato
- The David Susskind Show as Self
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sophie Anderson
- 77 Sunset Strip as Girl on Telephone (uncredited)
- Bronco
- Once Upon a Horse... as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
1957
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
- Operation Mad Ball as Nurse (uncredited)
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
1955
- The Millionaire as Linda
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Student
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter