Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore, Tv Icon Who Symbolized Independent Career Woman, Dies At 80

... adoption agency in the Lifetime cable drama “Stolen Babies.”. But her two returns to the sitcom format in the mid- and late ‘80 s – “Mary” and “Annie Mc Guire” – were short-lived, as was the 1995 newspaper drama “New York News,” on which she played the autocratic editor in chief of a tabloid newspaper. In the years after “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” she dealt with a series of personal problems and tragedies. In 1978, her younger sister, Elizabeth, died of a drug overdose. In 1980, Richie, her 24-year-old son from her first marriage, fatally shot himself in what was ruled an accident. And in 1992, Moore’s brother John, a recovering alcoholic, died after a long battle with kidney cancer. In the mid-'80 s, Moore checked into the Betty Ford Center to seek treatment for alcoholism. In a 1986 interview with Maclean’s magazine, Moore said: “I am glad I was able to be a kind of role model for other women who identified with my ladylike qualities, who were then able to say, ‘Well, if ...

Actress Mary Tyler Moore Dead At 80, Publicist Reports

... ITRUNSINTHEFAMILY KRT PHOTO BY NICOLAS KHAYAT/ABACA PRESS (April 14) Mary Tyler Moore arrives at a showing of "It Runs In The Family" in New York City on Sunday, April 13, 2003. (gsb) 2003. Robert Gauthier. Mary Tyler Moore accepts her award during at the 18 th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, January 29, 2012. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCT). Lionel Hahn. Mary Tyler Moore pioneered the female-led comedy format in the 1970 s and sitcoms are still being compared to her show today. She is shown in 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Lionel Hahn/Abaca Press/MCT). LIONEL HAHN. KRT ENTERTAINMENT STAND ALONE PHOTO SLUGGED: TVLANDAWARDS KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY LIONEL HAHN/ABACA PRESS (March 8) Mary Tyler Moore attends the 2 nd Annual TV Land Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, March 8, 2004. (lde) 2004. LIONEL HAHN. KRT ENTERTAINMENT STAND ALONE PHOTO SLUGGED: TVLANDAWARDS KRT ...

The Lobster Tale You Probably Didn’t Know About Mary Tyler Moore

... lobster ends up dying, but the episode ends with Moore and Degeneres’ character grabbing more lobsters out of the original restaurant’s tank to try and save them instead. Huff Post has reached out to a restaurant with the same name as the one that originally held Spike, but did not hear back by the time of publication. A November 1997 Newsday report claimed Spike was still alive at the time, being kept on display in the restaurant. Although the specific fate of Spike is unknown, Moore continued to spend her life advocating for animal rights. The late actress notably protested factory farming and facilitated mass pet adoptions. “I love them all!” Moore said of animals to a pet-centered outlet  in 2002. “Even those animals for whom I have no particular feeling — like snakes or alligators or any of the creepy crawly fellows. I still care very much about them and would ...

Michelle Obama Was Inspired By Mary Tyler Moore

... that she was inspired by Mary Tyler Moore, who passed away at the age of 80 on Wednesday, January 25. PHOTOS: Mary Tyler Moore’s Life in Pictures. The child obesity and female education activist — and not to mention first-ever black first lady — said it was Moore’s single, hardworking character Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show who caught her eye at the age of 10 when she would watch TV with her family while eating dessert. PHOTOS: Celebrity Deaths in 2016: Stars We’ve Lost. Michelle Obama during an interview on January 11, 2017. Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images. “She was one of the few single working women depicted on television at the time,” Obama told Variety while talking about Moore’s beloved stereotype-crushing ‘70 s sitcom. “She wasn’t married. She wasn’t looking to get married. At no point did the series end in a happy ending with her finding a husband — which seemed to be the course you had to take as a woman. But she sort of bucked that. She worked in a newsroom, she had a tough boss, and she stood up to him. She had close friends, never bemoaning the fact ...

Yes, Mary Tyler Moore Really Did Turn The World On With Her Smile

... Moore was always our Mary. What was it about her? Her looks didn’t hurt: An unvarnished, ever-smiling beauty blended with far more sex appeal than you generally find in Hollywood’s girl-next-door types. This is a woman, after all, whose first big TV break — playing the smoky-voiced secretary Sam on Richard Diamond, Private Detective — featured her trained-dancer’s legs alone. We didn’t need the face; we had the voice and the gams. Really, has any TV star ever blended wholesome and hot as well as Moore? Rob and Laura may have had separate beds on The Dick Van Dyke Show — this was, after all, the early ’60 s — but it didn’t take much of an imagination to figure they were sometimes sharing the same one. Who could resist. Van Dyke made her a star, and then went one step better: It made her one of TV’s great actors. Viewers watching its opening episodes might well have concluded that all the laughs would come from Rob’s work as a comedy writer, relegating the home front to shots of Laura kissing Rob hello when she was happy and wailing “Oh, ...

Actress Mary Tyler Moore Dies At 80

... Tyler Moore dies at 80. Mary Tyler Moore, in May 2009. –Denny Henry / EPA. Frazier Moore, Associated Press. updated on January 25, 2017. NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday. She was 80. Moore gained fame in the 1960 s as the frazzled wife Laura Petrie on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show.’ In the 1970 s, she created one of TV’s first career-woman sitcom heroines in ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show.’. ‘She was an impressive person and a talented person and a beautiful person. A force of nature,’ producer, creator and director Carl Reiner, who created the ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show,’ told The Associated Press. ‘She’ll last forever, as long as there’s television. Year after year, we’ll see her face in front of us.’. Moore won seven Emmy awards over the years and was ...

Remembering Mary Tyler Moore

... Mary Tyler Moore. Moore puts her arm around her son, Richard, at a Teach Foundation benefit in 1968. Richard, Moore's only child, died in 1980 after he accidentally shot himself while handling a shotgun. Hide Caption. 7 of 26. Photos: Remembering Mary Tyler Moore. Moore, Robert Wagner and Barbara Rhoades, right, appear in the 1968 film "Don't Just Stand There!". Hide Caption. Photos: Remembering Mary Tyler Moore. Moore poses for a photo circa 1968. Hide Caption. Photos: Remembering Mary Tyler Moore. Moore plays opposite Elvis Presley in the 1969 movie "Change of Habit.". Hide Caption. 10 of 26. Photos: Remembering Mary Tyler Moore. The opening sequence of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" - with Moore twirling and tossing her cap - became iconic. Hide Caption. Photos: Remembering Mary Tyler Moore. Moore plays Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1971. Hide Caption. 12 of 26. Photos: ...

Mary Tyler Moore, Beloved Tv Actress, Dies At 80

... year she married CBS executive Grant Tinker. While their union didn't produce any children, it did give birth to television production company MTM Enterprises, which produced "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as well as such acclaimed series as "The Bob Newhart Show," "Hill Street Blues" and "St. Elsewhere.". Moore and Tinker divorced in 1981, a year after her son died after accidentally shooting himself while handling a shotgun. She said problems with alcohol helped to contribute to the demise of her marriage to Tinker. "We would have inane arguments over dinner about things I couldn't remember the next day," Moore told the National Ledger. "Alcoholism brings to the fore hostilities and resentment - you can't have a marriage like that.". Love again, and an Oscar nod. In 1983, Moore married Dr. Robert Levine. While she was beloved as a comedic actress, Moore also found success in dramas. Critics praised her against-type performance as a chilly mother whose family grapples with the accidental death of a son in Robert Redford's 1980 film "Ordinary People," for which Moore was nominated for an Oscar. She worked in theater and periodically appeared on TV ...

Actress Mary Tyler Moore Dies At 80

... House launches bipartisan probe into Russia's election interference. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a statement Wednesday announcing its plans to undertake an assessment of "Russian activities and intentions in recent U. S. elections." "While the committee has already begun to receive important documents, we trust that the incoming leadership of the intelligence community will fully and promptly support our requests for information related to the inquiry," Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the committee's ranking member, said in a statement. The committee plans to look into Russian cyberactivity, counterintelligence concerns potentially linking Russia to campaign officials, how the U. S. government responded to information about the hacks, and possible leaks of classified information. "This issue is not about the party, but about the country," Schiff said. "The committee will continue to follow the facts wherever they may ...

Remembering Mary Tyler Moore

... Van Dyke, a previous Emmy winner, was not present at the awards show. (AP Photo/Richard Strobel). DAWN VILLELLA. Mary Tyler Moore, right, tosses her hat out to the crowd after the a bronze statue of her famous hat toss, left, was unveiled Wednesday, May 8, 2002, on the Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. A host of thousands of people gathered to see the statue which captures Moore tossing her hat in the intersection where she originally twirled around in the opening of her 1970 s hit television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." (AP Photo/Dawn Villella). ASSOCIATED PRESS. Deacon, Leonard, Reiner, Paris. Participants in the television comedy series "The Dick Van Dyke Show" pose with their awards at the 16 th Annual Emmy Awards in Hollywood, Ca. on May 25, 1964. Left to right are: Richard Deacon; Mary Tyler ...

Mary Tyler Moore Through The Years

... desk Mary sleeps), Gavin Mac Leod (as Murray Slaughter), and Ted Knight (1923 - 1986) (as Ted Baxter). The episode originally aired on December 4, 1976 (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images). CBS Photo Archive. Copyright Getty Images. Mary Tyler Moore and Connie Chung during American Women in Radio and Television book launch luncheon for "Making Waves: The 50 Greatest Women in Radio and Television" at Tavern on the Green in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Wire Image). Theo Wargo. Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Mary Tyler Moore, presenter during 4 th Annual TV Land Awards - Show at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, United States. (Photo by L. Cohen/Wire Image). L. Cohen. Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All ...