Mary Tyler Moore Overview:

Actress, Mary Tyler Moore, was born on Dec 29, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY. Tyler Moore died at the age of 80 on Jan 25, 2017 in Greenwich, CT .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Tyler Moore was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1980Best ActressOrdinary People (1980)Beth JarrettNominated
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. In addition, Tyler Moore was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame .

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Remembering : ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

By Lara on Jan 28, 2017 From Backlots

’s death on Wednesday?was a huge loss for the entertainment industry. It is hard to overstate the importance of ’s influence in shaping how women are portrayed onscreen, and in paving the way for more nuanced female characters. Onscreen, Moore took the sta... Read full article


The Show

By Irish Jayhawk on Jul 15, 2013 From Outspoken and Freckled

The Show was a landmark TV show that ran for seven seasons, from 1970-1977. It was a ground-breaking show named after it's central character's (Mary Richard) real name of the well-known TV actress . As arguably the first (and many may say the best) true ensemble cast... Read full article


The Show

By Irish Jayhawk on Jul 15, 2013 From Outspoken and Freckled

The Show was a landmark TV show that ran for seven seasons, from 1970-1977. It was a ground-breaking show named after it's central character's (Mary Richard) real name of the well-known TV actress . As arguably the first (and many may say the best) true ensemble cast... Read full article


: A tribute (for the Funny Lady Blogathon)

By Lindsey on Jun 29, 2013 From The Motion Pictures

covers TV Guide. (Image: movieandsports.com) TMP is largely a mid-20th century film blog, but as you may have noticed I also like to talk about classic television from time to time. One of my favorite classic television series is The Dick Van Dyke Show, which I’ve been re-watc... Read full article


Classic TV Actress of the Month: (Part 3)

By monty on Jun 14, 2013 From All Good Things

Continuing with my spotlight on this month's classic TV actress, . Here are some personal quotes by Mary over the years. Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers. There is a dark side. I tend not to be as optimistic as Mary Richar... Read full article


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Mary Tyler Moore Quotes:

Miss Dorothy Brown: Operator, you have obviously never been in a Chinese opium den!


Elizabeth Sutton: And then you would fall into fits of depression that lasted days, sometimes weeks... always inside yourself. And you drank. Richard, you tried to drink yourself to death.
Richard Stuart: Why did you marry me?
Elizabeth Sutton: I loved you. You needed help, and I thought I could give it to you. I loved you. How do you think I feel, when you say I'm part of a plot? I know nothing about it.
Richard Stuart: But you wanted a divorce. Why?
Elizabeth Sutton: I couldn't go on being only a nurse to you.


[Referring to the elevator]
Miss Dorothy Brown: Oh, I love it! All you do in the Ritz elevator is go up and down!


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Was paired with Richard Chamberlain in 1967 for "Holly Golightly," a musical adaptation of Truman Capote's earlier novel (and film), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). When it became obvious during pre-Broadway tryouts that no amount of play-doctoring was going to save a potentially disasterous show, producer David Merrick announced that he was closing the show one week prior to it's scheduled Broadway opening, as he put it, "out of consideration for the audience."

The kitten that was the mascot for Mary's company, MTM Enterprises, would meow at the end of all MTM shows. In addition, it would even "wear costumes" reflecting the theme of the MTM show: At the end of each "St. Elsewhere" (1982) episode, the kitty is seen wearing a surgical mask and it had a policeman's hat tilted on its head at the end of "Hill Street Blues" (1981) and Sherlock Holmes' trademark deerstalker hat and pipe at the end of "Remington Steele" (1982).

Broke her kneecap after tripping over her adopted dog, Spanky [June 2, 2008].

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