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Mary Tyler Moore
American actress and television producer (1936-2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an Academy Award-nominated American actress, activist and philanthropist.
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Mary Tyler Moore | |
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Born | (1936-12-29)December 29, 1936 |
Died | January 25, 2017(2017-01-25) (aged 80) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Cause of death | Cardiopulmonary arrest caused by type 1 diabetes related pneumonia |
Years active | 1957–2015 |
Known for | Acting roles: Beth Jarrett in Ordinary People Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show, "Rob Petrie USMC" Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
Spouse(s) | Robert Levine (1983–2017; her death) Grant Tinker (1962–1981) Dick Meeker (1955–1961) |
Children | Richard Meeker Jr. (deceased) |
Awards | Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie 1993 Stolen Babies eight other Emmy Awards Tony Awards: Special Award 1980 Whose Life is it Anyway? |
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She is famous for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), where she played the role of Mary Richards, a single woman who worked as a news producer at WJM-TV in Minneapolis, and for her role as Laura Petrie, wife of television comedy writer Rob Petrie (played by Dick Van Dyke) on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966).