Mary Tyler Moore
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.
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Acting History
2025
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration as Self (archive footage)
2023Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (archive footage)
2020Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert as Self - Special Guest
2017Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile as Self (archive footage)
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Various (archive footage)
2013Inequality for All as Mary Richards (archive footage)
2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
2011Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Laura Petrie (archive footage)
2011Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life as Self
2010Hot in Cleveland as Diane
2009Against the Current as Liz' Mom
2008Lipstick Jungle as Joyce
2005Snow Wonder as Lula
2004TV Revolution
2004The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited as Laura Petrie
2003Blessings as Lydia Blessing
2003The Gin Game as Fonsia Dorsey
2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
2002Miss Lettie and Me as Lettie Anderson
2002Cheats as Mrs. Stark
2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
2002The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
2001Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes as Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero
2000Labor Pains as Esther Raymond
2000Mary and Rhoda as Mary Richards-Cronin
1998Kids Are Punny
1998That '70s Show as Christine St. George
1997The View as Self
1997Keys to Tulsa as Cynthia Boudreau
1997Payback as Kathryn Stanfill
1997King of the Hill as Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)
1996E! True Hollywood Story as Self
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1996Flirting with Disaster as Pearl Coplin
1996Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Jessica
1995New York News as Louise Felcott
1995The Naked Truth as Catherine Wilde
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994Ellen as Mary Tyler Moore
1993Intimate Portrait as Self
1993Frasier as Marjorie (voice)
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Stolen Babies as Georgia Tann
1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Herself - Host
1990Thanksgiving Day as Paula Schloss
1990The Last Best Year as Wendy Haller
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
1988Annie McGuire as Annie McGuire
1988Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
1986American Masters as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1986Just Between Friends as Holly Davis
1985Mary as Mary Brenner
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985Finnegan Begin Again as Liz DeHaan
1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
1984Heartsounds as Martha Weinman Lear
1982Six Weeks as Charlotte Dreyfus
1982Wogan as Self
1982I Love Liberty as Self
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981Making 'M*A*S*H' as Narrator (voice)
1980Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett
1979The Mary Tyler Moore Hour as Mary McKinnon
1978First, You Cry as Betty Rollin
1978How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness as Self
1976Mary's Incredible Dream as Angel / Devil / Woman
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974Rhoda
1971The Pet Set as Self
1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
1969Run a Crooked Mile as Elizabeth Sutton
1969Change of Habit as Sister Michelle Gallagher
1969Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman as Herself
1968Don't Just Stand There as Martine Randall
1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Liz
1967Thoroughly Modern Millie as Miss Dorothy Brown
1963The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961X-15 as Pamela Stewart
1961Straightaway
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrie
1960The Fatal Impulse as Mary Snyder
1960Surfside 6 as Kathy Murlow
1960The Tab Hunter Show as Brunette
1960Checkmate
1960The Aquanauts as Dana March
1960Thriller as Mary Snyder
1960Thriller as Sherry Smith
1960Overland Trail as Joan Ransom
1959Hawaiian Eye
1959Hawaiian Eye as Susan Hart
1959Hawaiian Eye as Vanessa Kinard
1959Hawaiian Eye as Peggy Regan
1959Bourbon Street Beat
1959Lock-Up
1959Riverboat as Lily Belle de Lesseps
1959The Deputy as Amy Collins
1959Johnny Staccato
1959The David Susskind Show as Self
195877 Sunset Strip as Girl on Telephone (uncredited)
195877 Sunset Strip as Marie Drew
195877 Sunset Strip as Laura Chandler
1958Bronco
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sophie Anderson
1958Once Upon a Horse... as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
1957Operation Mad Ball as Nurse (uncredited)
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
1956Tony Awards as Self - Host
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Hostess / Presenter / Special Award Recipient
1955The Millionaire as Linda
1953The Oscars as Self
1952The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Student
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee