query: who played bess on the mary tyler moore show

pos: Lisa Gerritsen Lisa Gerritsen Lisa Gerritsen (born December 21, 1957) is a former American child actress. She is most famous for her role as Bess, the independent-minded daughter of Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spin-off "Phyllis." Lisa Gerritsen was born Leisa Orszag, and is the granddaughter of child actor and screenwriter True Eames Boardman, and the great-granddaughter of silent film actors True Boardman and Virginia True Boardman. Her acting career began when she was eight years old. Encouraged by her mother and grandfather, and after running the gamut of numerous casting calls, she

pos: Lisa Gerritsen daughter, Lisa Gerritsen established her importance to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in its very first episode. Though she returned only sporadically for the next few years, she was memorable playing an off-beat, brainy, talented little girl. In the premiere episode, test audiences didn't like Rhoda, played by Valerie Harper. Harper eventually became one of the most popular stars on TV, but her initial change from antagonist of Mary (which the audience disliked, since Mary Tyler Moore was universally loved by viewers) occurred because of Bess (Gerritsen). Because Bess likes Rhoda and thinks she's funny, to the eternal consternation of

neg: Phyllis (TV series) Phyllis (TV series) Phyllis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 8, 1975, to March 13, 1977. Created by Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels, it was the second spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (the first being "Rhoda"). The show starred Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, who was previously Mary Richards' landlady on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". In the new series, Phyllis and her daughter Bess Lindstrom moved from Minneapolis to San Francisco, after the death of her husband, Dr. Lars Lindstrom. It was revealed that San Francisco was Phyllis and Lars' original hometown, prior

neg: Lisa Gerritsen genius daughter of Monroe showed range and depth. On the December 28, 1970, "Gunsmoke" episode entitled "Jenny," Gerritsen played a 10-year-old who leaves St. Louis after the death of her mother to find her outlaw father, Lucas Pritchard, portrayed by Steve Ihnat. In 1970, she was cast as Bess Lindstrom, daughter of landlord Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", for which she received critical acclaim. Bess was a precocious child whose mother believed in progressive parenting—Bess always called Phyllis by her first name, read Phyllis' books on child rearing, and was educated on sexuality. As Phyllis's

neg: Hot in Cleveland (season 4) this season, with Conway returning as Elka's ex-boyfriend Nick, and Burnett playing Penny, Victoria's mother. Jean Smart appears on the same episode as Burnett, as Victoria's sister, Bess. Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, and Cloris Leachman appear in an episode about Elka and Mamie reuniting with members of their 1963 championship bowling team. The three actresses reunite with White and Engel, with whom they all starred on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Moore plays a different character than the one she portrayed in the season 2 premiere episode. The same episode features Jesse Tyler Ferguson as a famous avant-garde film

neg: Mary Tyler Moore filmography and awards Mary Tyler Moore filmography and awards Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970–77), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–66), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her notable film work includes 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and 1980's "Ordinary People", in which she played a role that was very different from

neg: Mary Tyler Moore filmography and awards the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Mary Tyler Moore filmography and awards Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970–77), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–66), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her notable film work includes

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion is a 2002 American television special celebrating the classic 1970–1977 sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". It was broadcast on CBS on Monday, May 13, 2002 from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. A retrospective of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" featuring Mary Tyler Moore who conducts one-on-one interviews with surviving cast members Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod, Georgia Engel, Betty White and Cloris Leachman, to reminisce about their time together on the show and featuring a montage of clips from past episodes. A special tribute segment to the late

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show (also known simply as Mary Tyler Moore) is an American television sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore and created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. Moore starred as Mary Richards, an unmarried, independent woman focused on her career as associate producer at the fictional WJM news program in Minneapolis. A central female character who was not married or dependent on a man was a rarity in American television in the early 1970s, leading to numerous publications citing

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show Awards. This was a record unbroken until "Frasier" earned its 30th in 2002. Wins: Notes The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show (also known simply as Mary Tyler Moore) is an American television sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore and created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. Moore starred as Mary Richards, an unmarried, independent woman focused on her career as associate producer at the fictional WJM news program in Minneapolis. A central female character who was not married or dependent on a man

neg: Phyllis Lindstrom woman known to all as "Mother Dexter" (played by veteran actress Judith Lowry). Despite her animosity towards Phyllis and indifference to Audrey, Mother Dexter gets along well with Bess, and also with Mary Richards when Mary makes a visit to San Francisco, at Phyllis' behest when the latter is having a particularly difficult time. Lars was also the name of Cloris Leachman's husband-to-be on the 1962 "Laramie" episode titled "Trial by Fire". Phyllis Lindstrom Phyllis Lindstrom, nee Sutherland, portrayed by Cloris Leachman, is a fictional character on the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and subsequent spin-off, "Phyllis". Phyllis

neg: Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a single woman working as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her film work includes 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and 1980's "Ordinary People", in which she played a role that was very different from the television characters she had portrayed,

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Hour Tony Award for her performance of a role originally played by Tom Conti), and then went back to Hollywood, where she played the emotionally crippled mother in the acclaimed film "Ordinary People", directed by Robert Redford, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Moore did not return to series television and the sitcom format until the fall of 1985, with a sitcom entitled "Mary". The Mary Tyler Moore Hour The Mary Tyler Moore Hour is an American sitcom-variety show starring Mary Tyler Moore, Dody Goodman, Michael Keaton and Joyce Van Patten that aired on CBS

neg: Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show is a 1991 American television special that reunited the cast of the 1970–1977 sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". It was directed by Jack Haley Jr. and was broadcast on CBS on February 18, 1991. A 20th anniversary retrospective of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" – hosted by Mary Tyler Moore – featuring a compilation of clips from the show's memorable moments and a reunion with co-stars Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod, Betty White, Georgia Engel and Cloris Leachman. The cast comments how the groundbreaking

neg: Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show winner for CBS, earning an 11th-place finish and receiving a 17.4 rating (16.2 million households) for the week of February 18, 1991. Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show is a 1991 American television special that reunited the cast of the 1970–1977 sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". It was directed by Jack Haley Jr. and was broadcast on CBS on February 18, 1991. A 20th anniversary retrospective of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" – hosted by Mary Tyler Moore – featuring a compilation of clips from the show's memorable moments and a

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence opening sequence, with Alexei Sayle dancing through the streets of London to the theme song 'Life's a Big Banana Sandwich'. In the "Saturdays of Thunder" episode of "The Simpsons" (also produced by "Mary Tyler Moore" creator James L. Brooks), Homer criticizes his sister-in-law Patty's Mary Tyler Moore style hairdo, to which her sister Selma insists he be ignored, retorting, "You can turn the world on with your smile," in reference to the theme song's opening lyric. A 1984 episode of "Saturday Night Live" included a sketch that quoted the theme. Guest-host Ed Asner (who had played Lou Grant on "Mary

neg: Phyllis Lindstrom who hosts "The Happy Homemaker" on WJM-TV, after Sue Ann has an affair with Phyllis's husband, Lars. In 1975, Leachman left "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to star in its spin-off series, "Phyllis". The series takes place in San Francisco, Phyllis's hometown, where Phyllis and Bess relocate after the death of Lars. Phyllis first works at Erskine Photography Studio, then later as an administrative assistant for a city supervisor. While there, she and Bess live with Lars' mother, Audrey, and Audrey's new husband, Judge Jonathan Dexter. Phyllis's major nemesis by this time is Jonathan's mother, Sally, a sharp-tongued, irritable, impatient

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show were produced by CBS: "" (1991) and "The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion" (2002). On May 19, 2008, the surviving cast members of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" reunited on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to reminisce about the series. Winfrey, a longtime admirer of Moore and the show, had her staff recreate the sets of the WJM-TV newsroom and Mary's apartment (seasons 1–5) for the reunion. In 2013, the women of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Cloris Leachman, Valerie Harper, Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White, and Georgia Engel, reunited on the TV Land sitcom "Hot In Cleveland", which aired on September

neg: Phyllis Lindstrom Phyllis Lindstrom Phyllis Lindstrom, nee Sutherland, portrayed by Cloris Leachman, is a fictional character on the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and subsequent spin-off, "Phyllis". Phyllis Lindstrom is the snobbish, acid-tongued wife of dermatologist Dr. Lars Lindstrom, who is often referenced but never seen by the audience. The Lindstroms manage the apartment building, actually a Victorian boarding house, in which Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mary and Rhoda develop a close relationship with Phyllis' daughter, Bess. Throughout the series, Rhoda and Phyllis maintain an adversarial but talkative relationship. Phyllis understandably despises Sue Ann Nivens,

neg: Mary and Rhoda Mary and Rhoda Mary and Rhoda is a 2000 American made-for-television comedy-drama film starring Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper reprising their roles as Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern from the 1970–1977 sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Although the film is a spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", James L. Brooks and Allan Burns were not credited for creating the characters; neither they nor any other writers or producers from the original series was involved with this reunion film. It was the only film of any kind to be based on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Hour The Mary Tyler Moore Hour The Mary Tyler Moore Hour is an American sitcom-variety show starring Mary Tyler Moore, Dody Goodman, Michael Keaton and Joyce Van Patten that aired on CBS from March 4, 1979 to June 10, 1979, with a total of 11 episodes spanning over one season. In the spring of 1979, nearly five months following the negative reception of her first venture in a variety show entitled "Mary" which CBS pulled from its schedule after only three broadcasts, Mary Tyler Moore returned to CBS with this new short-lived series; it was part situation comedy and part variety

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence with the same result, down to Rebecca giving the same advice to Lucy that her boss DJ gave to her during her first week on the job after the hat toss mishap. The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" opening sequence is an element of the American television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". In 1999, "Entertainment Weekly" picked Mary Richards' hat toss at the end of the sequence as the 1970s' second-greatest television moment. The theme song, "Love Is All Around", was written and performed by Sonny Curtis. The original opening title sequence for

neg: Rhoda motels, and friends canceled out on dinner invitations (feigning illness), just to watch Rhoda's wedding. The wedding episode featured guest appearances by many of the main characters from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", including Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), Lou Grant (Edward Asner), Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), Georgette Franklin (Georgia Engel), and Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman). The only major characters who didn't attend were Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) and Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White). In "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" episode "The New Sue Ann", airing Saturday, October 26, 1974, two days before "Rhoda's Wedding", the characters frequently discuss the

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show date, played by Moore's then husband, Grant Tinker, and Moore and Valerie Harper feeding ducks on the bank of a pond in a Minneapolis park (this shot remained in the credits, even after Harper left the show). The ending sequence music is an instrumental version of "Love is All Around." The ending finishes with a cat meowing within the MTM company logo. In 2007, "Time" magazine put "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on its list of "17 Shows That Changed TV". "Time" stated that the series "liberated TV for adults—of both sexes" by being "a sophisticated show about grownups among

neg: Mary Tyler Moore on three episodes of Fox sitcom "That '70s Show". Moore's scenes were shot on the same soundstage where "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was filmed in the 1970s. Moore made a guest appearance on the season two premiere of "Hot in Cleveland", which starred her former co-star Betty White. This marked the first time that White and Moore had worked together since "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" ended in 1977. In the fall of 2013, Moore reprised her role on "Hot in Cleveland" in a season four episode which not only reunited Moore and White, but also former MTM cast

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" opening sequence is an element of the American television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". In 1999, "Entertainment Weekly" picked Mary Richards' hat toss at the end of the sequence as the 1970s' second-greatest television moment. The theme song, "Love Is All Around", was written and performed by Sonny Curtis. The original opening title sequence for the show begins with the name of its star across the screen in Peignot font, which then multiplies both upward and downward vertically in a number of colors, followed by a montage

neg: Mary Tyler Moore lifetime achievement award. In New York City in 2012, Moore and Bernadette Peters were honored by the Ride of Fame and a double-decker bus was dedicated to them and their charity work on behalf of "Broadway Barks", which the duo co-founded. Notes Bibliography Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a single woman working as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–1966), in

neg: Mary and Rhoda altogether. By 1999, it was confirmed that Moore and Harper would reunite instead in the two-hour made-for-TV movie "Mary and Rhoda" which began filming on October 18, 1999. "Mary and Rhoda" was released on DVD in Region 1 on April 20, 2004 by Studio Works Entertainment. Mary and Rhoda Mary and Rhoda is a 2000 American made-for-television comedy-drama film starring Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper reprising their roles as Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern from the 1970–1977 sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Although the film is a spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", James L. Brooks and

neg: George Fayne temporarily to investigate clues. George is re-imagined as a lesbian in the 2018 comic Nancy Drew, published by Dynamite Comics Theorists state that George and Bess form opposite personalities in female adolescence, with Nancy as a combination of the extremes to balance the feminine ideal, a formula found in other female trio fiction ("Charlie's Angels"," Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Powerpuff Girls"). Actresses Jean Rasey and Susan Buckner portrayed George in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" TV series of the late 1970s. The original characterization was a combination of the sleuthing pal George and the timid Bess, and Jean Rasey

neg: Barbara Colby Doll's House" in the early part of 1975. In 1974, Colby appeared in two films, "California Split" and "Memory of Us". Early in 1975, she co-starred in "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins". A role as a streetwise prostitute opposite Mary Tyler Moore in an episode of MTM Productions' "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" led to an appearance in a subsequent episode. In 1975, MTM cast Colby as the new regular player on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" spin-off "Phyllis", starring actress Cloris Leachman. Colby, who had appeared with Leachman in the TV movie "A Brand New Life" in 1973,

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show mirror those of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". When the writers of the sitcom "Friends" were about to create their series finale, they watched several other sitcom finales. Co-creator Marta Kauffman said that the last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was the "gold standard" and that it influenced the finale of "Friends". The show spun off three television series, all of which aired on CBS: the sitcoms "Rhoda" (1974–78) and "Phyllis" (1975–77), and the one-hour drama "Lou Grant" (1977–82). In 2000, Moore and Harper reprised their roles in a two-hour ABC TV-movie, "Mary and Rhoda". Two retrospective specials

neg: The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) "Friends". In 2011, the finale was ranked #3 on the TV Guide Network special, "TV's Most Unforgettable Finales". The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) "The Last Show" is the 168th episode and series finale of the television sitcom, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and was written by Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd, and Bob Ellison. Internationally, it was first aired in Canada on CBC Television, March 18, 1977 at 8 p.m. In the U.S., it was one day later on Saturday, March 19, on CBS. The episode won an Emmy Award for

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show its original run, receiving twenty-nine Primetime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Comedy Series three years in a row (1975–1977), and for which Moore received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series three times. The series also launched three spin-offs: "Rhoda" (1974–1978), "Phyllis" (1975–1977), and "Lou Grant" (1977–1982). In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" number six on its list of the "101 Best Written TV Series of All Time." Mary Richards (Moore) is a single woman who, at age 30, moves to Minneapolis on the heels of a broken

neg: Phyllis (TV series) had higher overall ratings than "Rhoda" that season, as well as equal ratings with its parent show, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". The stigma of the deaths of several cast members during the show's run, as well as the ill health of actress Jane Rose, are also said to have been factors in the series' cancellation. The final episode ("And Baby Makes Six") had Bess announcing that she and Mark were expecting their first child. This installment aired Sunday, March 13, 1977. The same week, on Saturday, March 19, Leachman made her last appearance as Phyllis Lindstrom on the final

neg: The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) "The Last Show" is the 168th episode and series finale of the television sitcom, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and was written by Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd, and Bob Ellison. Internationally, it was first aired in Canada on CBC Television, March 18, 1977 at 8 p.m. In the U.S., it was one day later on Saturday, March 19, on CBS. The episode won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series." In executive producer Allan Burns' "Outstanding Comedy Series" acceptance speech at the

neg: Linda Kelsey (1973). Her first recognition came with an appearance on an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as a rival to Sue Ann Nivens (played by Betty White), where she met Ed Asner on the set, with whom she later worked on the spin-off show "Lou Grant". Her appearance on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" led to prominent guest appearance on shows like "M*A*S*H", "The Streets of San Francisco," "Barnaby Jones," "Spencer's Pilots", "Quincy M.E.", "The Rockford Files", the television films "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln" (1976) "Something for Joey" (1977), and "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976), "" (1977), and the

neg: Joseph Campanella drama "Guiding Light". One of his most popular roles was as Lew Wickersham in season 1 (1967–1968) of the television series "Mannix", serving as the head of the detective agency Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) worked for. He was let go from his role after the first season due to a reworking of the program's concept. He appeared as attorney Brian Darrell from 1969 to 1972 in "". In 1973, he played an old flame of Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the twenty-second episode of season 3, titled "Remembrance of Things Past". He played Los

neg: Georgia Engel Georgette Franklin Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" from 1972 until the sitcom ended in 1977. The role won her two Emmy nominations. After that sitcom ended, she teamed up with former "Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star Betty White for "The Betty White Show" during its first and only (1977–78) season. She later co-starred on two short-lived 1980 sitcoms, "Goodtime Girls" as Loretta Smoot, and in "Jennifer Slept Here" featuring Ann Jillian. Engel had a recurring role on "Coach" as Shirley Burleigh and starred as the voice of Love-a-Lot Bear in "The Care Bears Movie" (1985). She played a

neg: Mary Tyler Moore and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Due to her roles on both "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show", in which her characters often broke from stereotypical images of women and pushed gender norms, Moore became a cultural icon and served as an inspiration for many younger actresses, professional women, and feminists. She was later active in charity work and various political causes, particularly the issues of animal rights, vegetarianism and diabetes. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes early in the run of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Hour as "The Jack Benny Show" had purported to do two decades earlier on the same network. Unlike the Benny show, or Moore's sitcoms, but more like her earlier variety show the previous fall, "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" would have trouble attracting a sizable audience. "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" premiered on March 4 and was cancelled after its June 10 broadcast and 11 episodes. Moore announced plans to return in a new sitcom in the fall of 1980, but instead turned to Broadway, where she starred in a revival of "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" (winning a special 1980

neg: Sue Ann Nivens Sue Ann Nivens Sue Ann Nivens was a fictional character on the long-running situation comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". She was played by television perennial Betty White. The role of Sue Ann Nivens was not specifically written for White, but script #73 of the series ("The Lars Affair", originally aired September 15, 1973) called for an "icky sweet Betty White type". The show's casting director decided to approach the star herself, who with her husband Allen Ludden was already good friends with Mary Tyler Moore and her then husband, the show's producer Grant Tinker. (In a 2011 Archive of

neg: Mary (1978 TV series) Mary (1978 TV series) Mary is an American comedy-variety show hosted by and starring Mary Tyler Moore that aired Sundays at 8:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 24 to October 8, 1978, with a total of three episodes produced over one season. "Mary" was the attempt by Mary Tyler Moore to return to network television after the triumph of her sitcom ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") from 1970 to 1977. Her sitcom having not been renewed at her producers' request (they didn't want it to get "stale"), she had taken a year off before returning to television to conquer

neg: Mary (1978 TV series) Mary (1978 TV series) Mary is an American comedy-variety show hosted by and starring Mary Tyler Moore that aired Sundays at 8:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 24 to October 8, 1978, with a total of three episodes produced over one season. "Mary" was the attempt by Mary Tyler Moore to return to network television after the triumph of her sitcom ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") from 1970 to 1977. Her sitcom having not been renewed at her producers' request (they didn't want it to get "stale"), she had taken a year off before returning to television to conquer

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion Ted Knight is also included with memorable scenes highlighting his character as Ted Baxter. During the special, Mary reveals the result of an online poll conducted by CBS.com where fans were asked to vote for their favorite "Mary Tyler Moore" episode and the winner is "Chuckles Bites the Dust". The opening title sequence features the 1996 remake of the show's theme song "Love Is All Around" performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion is a 2002 American television special celebrating the classic 1970–1977 sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". It

neg: Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show show was ahead of its time for having a thirtysomething, single female as its main character and how it revealed the changing consciousness of the 1970s. Moore introduces clips highlighting each of the show's individual characters, after which cast members comment on their character's specific traits and quirks. The cast also pays tribute to the late Ted Knight (who died in 1986) for his portrayal of TV anchorman Ted Baxter. The special concludes with the teary-eyed cast watching the final moments from the series finale, "The Last Show". "Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show" was a huge Nielsen ratings

neg: Mary (1985 TV series) Mary (1985 TV series) Mary is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 11, 1985, to April 8, 1986. The series stars Mary Tyler Moore in her return to series television after an absence of over six years, during which time she appeared on Broadway in "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" and in the dramatic film "Ordinary People". After "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", her subsequent ventures into series television on the variety shows "Mary" (1978) and "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" (1979) had been short-running ratings disasters, and Moore decided to return to the sitcom format which

neg: Phyllis (TV series) episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". The opening credits to "Phyllis" parody other television series opening credits of the period, specifically "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", by depicting the character in a variety of local settings while the theme song plays. In addition to scenes shot on location in San Francisco, various scenes from her appearances in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (all of them showing her with a sour disposition) are shown. The theme song parodies spectacular Broadway musical numbers, such as Jerry Herman's title songs to "Hello Dolly" and "Mame", and in the first seconds of the

neg: Mary Richards Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. The statue portrays Mary throwing her tam into the air, in the same pose as seen in the freeze frame at the end of the opening credits. Mary Richards Scene 1 from the Mary Tyler Moore Show 1977.jpg Mary Richards, portrayed by Mary Tyler Moore, is the main character of the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Mary Richards, born in Roseburg, Minnesota in April 1939, is the only child of Walter and Dottie Richards. Prior to relocating to Minneapolis, she was engaged to a medical student named Bill whom she left after realizing

neg: Mary Richards Mary Richards Scene 1 from the Mary Tyler Moore Show 1977.jpg Mary Richards, portrayed by Mary Tyler Moore, is the main character of the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Mary Richards, born in Roseburg, Minnesota in April 1939, is the only child of Walter and Dottie Richards. Prior to relocating to Minneapolis, she was engaged to a medical student named Bill whom she left after realizing that he would probably never want to get married. After arriving in Minneapolis, Mary leases an apartment in a house from her friend, Phyllis Lindstrom. Also leasing an attic loft from Phyllis

neg: Lou Grant the role in a series of ads promoting Twin Cities station KSTP-TV, a real television station in the same market as the fictional WJM-TV. Additionally in 2013, Asner again reprised the role for a series of promos for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" airing on MeTV. Asner won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Lou, with three of these awards for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and two for "Lou Grant". Bravo ranked Lou 35th on their list of the 100 greatest TV characters. Lou Grant Louis Grant is a fictional character played by Edward Asner in two

neg: James L. Brooks diligent research, which he conducted at Los Angeles High School for "Room 222", and he used the technique on his subsequent works. Brooks left "Room 222" as head writer after one year to work on other pilots and brought Burns in to produce the show. Brooks and Burns were hired by CBS programming executive Grant Tinker to create a series together with MTM Productions for Tinker's wife Mary Tyler Moore which became "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Drawing on his own background in journalism, Brooks set the show in a newsroom. Initially the show was unpopular with CBS executives who

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as groundbreaking television in the era of second-wave feminism. Edward Asner co-starred as Mary's boss Lou Grant, alongside Valerie Harper as her friend and neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern and Cloris Leachman as her landlady Phyllis Lindstrom. Other co-stars throughout the series' run included Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, and Betty White. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is best remembered for its realistic and complex characters and storylines, in contrast to the simplistic characters and plots typically seen on broadcast television at that time. It was the subject of consistent critical praise and high ratings during

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show woman who lived in the house was "overwhelmed" by people showing up and "asking if Mary was around". To discourage crews from filming additional footage of the house, the owners placed an "Impeach Nixon" sign beneath the window where Mary supposedly lived. The house continued to attract multiple tour buses a day more than a decade after production ended. At the time of Mary Tyler Moore's death, on January 25, 2017, the Kenwood Parkway house was for sale at an asking price of $1.7 million. When Moore was first approached about the show, she "was unsure and unwilling to commit,

neg: Lou Grant (TV series) examination of ethical questions in journalism, including plagiarism, checkbook journalism, entrapment of sources, staging news photos, and conflicts of interest that journalists encounter in their work. There were also glimpses into the personal lives of the "Tribune" staff. "Lou Grant" was a spin-off from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Unlike "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", which was a 30-minute sitcom, "Lou Grant" was a one-hour drama. When "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" ended its run, that series' co-creators and producers, James L. Brooks and Allan Burns, had a commitment to create a new show starring Ed Asner. They decided that

neg: Gwen Gillen the actress and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Gwen Gillen Gwendolyn "Gwen" Gillen (January 6, 1941 – January 27, 2017) was an American sculptor and artist. Her best known works include a bronze sculpture of actress Mary Tyler Moore tossing her Tam o' shanter hat into the air as a homage to the final scene of opening credits of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Gillen life-size sculpture of Moore, which dedicated in 2002 in the Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, has own of the city's most recognizable landmarks and "symbol of Minneapolis". Her other well known pieces include a 4-foot

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Hour these regulars, major stars appeared as themselves in the guise of being guest stars on the fictional McKinnon program. Some of these included Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Nancy Walker, Linda Lavin, Bonnie Franklin, Ken Howard, Mike Douglas, Gene Kelly, Hal Linden, Johnny Mathis, Paul Williams and Dick Van Dyke. Despite having no narrative connection to her earlier sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" featured an instrumental version of that sitcom's theme music. The show's premise was to give the audience a fictionalized view into the life of the star of a television variety show, much

neg: Lou Grant (TV series) "Mary Tyler Moore" that he had begun his career as a print journalist.) Given the shift from comedy to drama in this show, the nature of Grant's interactions with others is toned down. References to Grant's oftentimes excessive drinking, which had been an ongoing comic theme on "Mary Tyler Moore", were deemphasized on the new show. The rest of the main cast includes: general-assignment reporters Joe Rossi (Robert Walden) and Billie Newman (Linda Kelsey) (Kelsey joined the show in the fourth episode, replacing Rebecca Balding, who had portrayed reporter Carla Mardigian); managing editor Charles Hume (Mason Adams), an old friend

neg: Mary Tyler Moore the NBC sitcom "Frasier" won its 30th Emmy. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" became a touchpoint of the Women's Movement for its portrayal of an independent working woman, which challenged the traditional woman's role in marriage and family. During season six of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Moore appeared in a musical/variety special for CBS titled "Mary's Incredible Dream", which featured Ben Vereen. In 1978, she starred in a second CBS special, "How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness". This time, she received significant support from a strong lineup of guest stars: Bill Bixby, John Ritter,

neg: Mary Tyler Moore Harvey Korman and Dick Van Dyke. In the 1978–79 season, Moore attempted to try the musical-variety genre by starring in two unsuccessful CBS variety series in a row: "Mary", which featured David Letterman, Michael Keaton, Swoosie Kurtz and Dick Shawn in the supporting cast. CBS canceled the series. In March 1979, the network brought Moore back in a new, retooled show, "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour", which was described as a "sit-var" (part situation comedy/part variety series) with Moore portraying a TV star putting on a variety show. The program lasted just 11 episodes. In the 1985–86 season, she returned

neg: Nancy Walker Nancy Walker Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television. She was also a film and television director (such as of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", on which she also made several guest appearances). During her five-decade long career, she may be best remembered for her long-running roles as Mildred on "McMillan & Wife" and Ida Morgenstern, who first appeared on several episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and later became a prominent recurring character on the spinoff series "Rhoda". Walker was born in 1922 as Anna

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence Tyler Moore") reprises the character as hiring mercenaries to "rescue" Mary from "syndicated reruns". Two of the mercenaries, played by Rich Hall and Jim Belushi, ask about the objective: <poem>Mercenary #1: Is it true what they say about her? Lou Grant: What? Mercenary #1: She can turn the world on with her smile. Lou Grant: [ sentimental ] Yeah... yeah, she could... Mercenary #2: And could she really take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? Lou Grant: No, of course not! Don't be stupid!</poem> Often, the hat toss is the main focus of the parody. During

neg: John Charles Walters Company John Charles Walters Company The John Charles Walters Company was a production company formed in 1978 by four former employees of MTM Enterprises: James L. Brooks, David Davis, Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger. The company existed from 1978 until 1983 and produced the TV show "Taxi". The foursome who created John Charles Walters were part of the creative team that produced "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff "Phyllis", as well as "The Betty White Show" among others, during the 1970s. They were lured away by Paramount following the end of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'s run. Paramount financed

neg: Betty White Moore Show". White admitted to "People" magazine it was difficult "watching someone else do my parade", although she soon would start a ten-year run as hostess of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for CBS. Following the end of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1977, White got her own sitcom on CBS, her fourth show entitled "The Betty White Show" (the first having been broadcast a quarter century earlier), during the 1977–78 season, in which she co-starred with John Hillerman and former "Mary Tyler Moore" co-star Georgia Engel. It was canceled after one season. White appeared several times on" The

neg: MTM Enterprises MTM Enterprises MTM Enterprises (later known as MTM Enterprises, Inc.) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Moore's initials. MTM produced a number of successful television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. Its famous logo featured an orange cat named Mimsie (who was borrowed from a local shelter and then owned by one of the MTM staff, not by Moore and Tinker, who named the cat) inside a circle surrounded by

neg: Susan B. Landau teamed with actress Mary Tyler Moore to co-executive produce the 2000 television film, "Mary and Rhoda", based on the 1970s sitcom, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". In the 1992 California race for U.S. Senate, Landau fundraised on behalf of Senate candidate Barbara Boxer, a Democrat. Boxer, who won the 1992 Senate election, credited Landau with boosting her campaign and her political career, telling an interviewer in 2017, "Susan Landau was a one-of-a-kind and I honestly believe that without her energetic support, I never would have been elected to the Senate in 1992." Additionally, Landau also worked as a talent manager

neg: The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) syndicated airings, but is available on the season 7 DVD release. This is the only episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in which all eight of the regular series characters (Mary, Lou, Ted, Murray, Rhoda, Phyllis, Georgette, and Sue Ann) appear, and the curtain call is the only time the eight actors are all seen together at the same time. When the architects of the sitcom "Friends" were about to write their series finale, they watched several other sitcom finales. Co-creator Marta Kauffman said that '"The Last Show" was the "gold standard" and that it influenced the finale of

neg: Mary Tyler Moore pivotal one-hour musical special called "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman", Moore and husband Grant Tinker successfully pitched a sitcom centered on Moore to CBS. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant. Moore's show proved so popular that three other regular characters, Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern, Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom and Ed Asner as Lou Grant were also spun off into their own series. The premise of the single working woman's life, alternating during the program between work and home, became a television staple. After

neg: Betty White of the CBS sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". She had a regular recurring role as the sardonic, man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens, "The Happy Homemaker", on the show. White would receive her second and third Emmys from her part on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". White considers her part as Sue Ann in the show one of the highlights of her professional career, but she describes her television image as "icky sweet." She felt that she was the very definition of feminine passivity, owing to the fact that White always seemed willing to satirize her own unique persona on screen

neg: 28th Golden Globe Awards John Mills – "Ryan's Daughter" "' Karen Black – "Five Easy Pieces" <br> "' Maureen Stapleton – "Airport" "' Peter Graves – "" "' Flip Wilson – "The Flip Wilson Show" "' Peggy Lipton – "The Mod Squad" "' Mary Tyler Moore – "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" "' "Medical Center" "' "The Carol Burnett Show" "' James Brolin – "Marcus Welby, M.D." "' Gail Fisher – "Mannix" 28th Golden Globe Awards The 28th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1970 films, were held on February 5, 1971. "' George C. Scott – "Patton" "'

neg: David Groh and served in the United States Army from 1963 to 1964. On his return to New York City, he studied at The Actors Studio. He made his television debut in silent walk-on parts in two episodes of the Gothic daytime soap opera "Dark Shadows" on ABC in 1968, but did not garner fame until "Rhoda". Groh co-starred in the sitcom "Rhoda" in which he played Joe Gerard, a New York City building demolition company owner who met and married Rhoda Morgenstern, the best friend of Mary Richards from CBS's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". The show premiered September 9, 1974

neg: That Girl Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. "That Girl" was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (with which Thomas's father, Danny Thomas, was closely associated) earlier in the 1960s. "That Girl" was one of the first sitcoms to focus on a single woman who was not a domestic or living with her parents. Some consider this show the forerunner of the highly successful "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and an early indication of the changing roles of American women in feminist-era America.

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show other grownups, having grownup conversations". The Associated Press said that the show "took 20 years of pointless, insipid situation comedy and spun it on its heels. [It did this by] pioneer[ing] reality comedy and the establishment of clearly defined and motivated secondary characters." Tina Fey, creator and lead actress of the 2006-debut sitcom "30 Rock", explained that Moore's show helped inspire "30 Rock"'s emphasis on office relationships. "Our goal is to try to be like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", where it's not about doing the news," said Fey. "Entertainment Weekly" also noted that the main characters of "30 Rock"

neg: Martin Cohan "Hollywood and the Stars" in 1963 and "" in 1965 also led to a job working in Universal Television's documentary department. Cohan transitioned to writing for sitcoms, including "All in the Family" and "The Odd Couple", during the 1970s. In 1971, Cohan achieved professional recognition as an assistant director on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". He was awarded the best comedy episode award from the Writers Guild of America for his screenwriting on the show in 1972. Cohan was also the recipient of an NAACP award for furthering interracial understanding during the 1970s. After leaving The Mary Tyler Moore Show,

neg: Richard Schaal Tyler Moore was in the 1966 "Dick Van Dyke Show" episode "Dear Sally Rogers" (billed as Dick Schaal). In both "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda", the actor played alongside his then wife Valerie Harper. In 1983, he had a recurring role in "Just Our Luck". Schaal was born 5 May 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Victor Cornelius Schaal (1896-1981), a machinist, and Margaret Schaal (née Margaret Semple Waddell, 1897-1983), a telephone operator. Schaal was married three times, first to Lois Treacy, second to Valerie Harper, and third to Tasha Brittain. With Treacy, he had one child,

neg: Mary Tyler Moore was pregnant with her only child, Richard Jr. (born July 3, 1956). Meeker and Moore divorced in 1961. Moore married Grant Tinker, a CBS executive (later chairman of NBC), in 1962, and in 1970 they formed the television production company MTM Enterprises, which created and produced the company's first television series, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Moore and Tinker divorced in 1981. On October 14, 1980, at the age of 24, Moore's son Richard died of an accidental gunshot to the head while handling a small .410 shotgun. The model was later taken off the market because of its "hair

neg: Mary Tyler Moore reuniting her with Dick Van Dyke. Moore also starred in "Like Mother, Like Son" (2001), playing convicted murderer Sante Kimes. Moore wrote two memoirs. In the first, "After All", published in 1995, she acknowledged that she was a recovering alcoholic, while in "Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes" (2009), she focuses on living with type 1 diabetes . Moore and her husband Grant Tinker founded MTM Enterprises, Inc. in 1969. This company produced "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and several other television shows and films. It also included a record label, MTM Records. MTM Enterprises produced a

neg: Mary Tyler Moore "Mary" (1985), Moore quickly became unhappy with the nature of her character and was negotiating with producers to get out of her contract for the series when it was canceled. In the mid-1990s, Moore had a cameo and a guest-starring role as herself on two episodes of "Ellen". She also guest-starred on Ellen DeGeneres's next TV show, "The Ellen Show", in 2001. In 2004, Moore reunited with her "Dick Van Dyke Show" castmates for a reunion "episode" called "The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited". In 2006, Moore guest-starred as Christine St. George, a high-strung host of a fictional TV show,

neg: The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) emotional huddle, during which nobody wants to let go, and, needing some tissues, the group shuffles "en masse" toward a box on Mary's desk. After final goodbyes, everyone exits the newsroom singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Finally, a very emotional Mary looks back, then bucks up and smiles before turning off the lights and closing the door. The original broadcast included a curtain call behind the closing credits, during which Mary Tyler Moore introduced her co-stars to the live audience as "the best cast ever." This was omitted from the final CBS repeat (on September 3, 1977) and

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. The cast was interviewed by Katie Couric on "Katie" as they celebrated acting together for the first time in more than 30 years. It would be their final time on-screen together, as Mary Tyler Moore died in January 2017. The show has remained popular since the final episode was broadcast in 1977. Several songs, films and other television programs, including "The Simpsons", reference or parody characters and events from the show, including the memorable "...can turn the world on with her smile" line from the title song. Parodies were done on shows such as "Saturday Night Live", "MadTV", and

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence Carolla parodied the twirl and freeze-frame hat toss at the end of the opening credits for his home improvement series "The Adam Carolla Project". In sixth season "All in the Family" episode "Mike's Move", when Edith learns that Mike was offered a teaching job in Minneapolis, she asks, "Isn't that the place where Mary Tyler Moore keeps losing her hat?" In the "Scrubs" season one episode, "My 15 Minutes", Elliot takes a cab downtown at night. The "Mary Tyler Moore" theme plays as Elliot emerges from her cab. She twirls around and tosses her hat into the air and the

neg: The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) 29th annual prime-time Emmy Awards, he stated, ""We kept putting off writing that last show; we frankly didn't want to do it. I think it said what we wanted it to say. It was poignant, and I believe "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was, in the long run, important for many women." The new station manager of WJM-TV, Mr. Coleman (guest star Vincent Gardenia), is firing people left and right, and wants to do something about the Six O'Clock News' low ratings. Surprisingly, Lou, Mary, Murray, and Sue Ann are fired, but the person widely perceived as the cause of

neg: Charlotte Brown (producer) Brown to write an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Assignments soon followed on "The Sandy Duncan Show", "The Partridge Family", and "The Bob Newhart Show". For many of the series in which she worked, Brown was often the first woman writer that had ever been hired by that particular producer. When Brooks created "Rhoda", a spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Brown was hired as a staff writer. In 1975, she received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for writing an episode for the series. She quickly rose up the ranks, becoming the program's executive producer

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Show all 7 seasons on DVD in Region 1 both individually and as a complete series set. On the season 7 DVD, the last episode's "final curtain call", broadcast only once on March 19, 1977 (March 18 in Canada), was included at the request of fans. However, some of the season 7 sets did not include the curtain call; a replacement disc is reported to be available from the manufacturer. All seven seasons of the show were also made available for streaming and download in the digital format. In addition to numerous nominations, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" won 29 Emmy

neg: Joyce Van Patten Dobie Gillis", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Mr. Novak", "The Outer Limits", "Mannix", "The Rockford Files", "The Bob Newhart Show", "The Odd Couple", "Lou Grant", "Law & Order", "Oz", and "The Sopranos". On a 1976 episode of "Columbo", "Old Fashioned Murder", Van Patten played the lead, as a museum owner and curator who commits murder. In 1974, she had a minor role in the episode "Negative Reaction" (with Dick Van Dyke) of the same series. In 1979, she starred as Iris Chapman in "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour", and appeared in "The Martian Chronicles" the following year. In 1995, she played

neg: Mary (1985 TV series) of her previous sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". With the two shows still suffering from poor ratings in their new time slots, CBS broadcast only three more episodes of each before cancelling both of them after the thirteenth episode of "Mary" and fourteenth episode of "Foley Square" aired on April 8, 1986. Mary (1985 TV series) Mary is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 11, 1985, to April 8, 1986. The series stars Mary Tyler Moore in her return to series television after an absence of over six years, during which time she appeared on Broadway

neg: David Lloyd (writer) David Lloyd (writer) David Gibbs Lloyd (July 7, 1934 – November 10, 2009) was an American screenwriter and producer for television. He wrote for many sitcoms, such as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", "Taxi", "Cheers", "Frasier" and "Wings". Lloyd wrote "Chuckles Bites the Dust", an episode of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show". He won an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series" in 1976. He was the father of Stephen and Christopher, both of whom are television writers. He also has three other children, Julie, Amy, and Douglas with his wife Arline. He died on

neg: Rose's Dilemma Rose's Dilemma Rose's Dilemma is the final play by Neil Simon. It ran in Los Angeles and off-Broadway in 2003. The play was produced off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center's Stage 1. It ran from November 20, 2003 until February 1, 2004. Directed by Lynn Meadow, it starred John Cullum, Patricia Hodges, David Aaron Baker, and Geneva Carr. Mary Tyler Moore, who started in previews, left the show on December 3, prior to opening."Variety" reported that "[Mary Tyler] Moore was in previews with the production when, according to reports, Simon sent her a letter admonishing her to

neg: Ed Asner 1962 (the episode titled "Welcome to the Wedding") as Custody Officer Lincoln Peers. He was cast on Jack Lord's ABC drama series "Stoney Burke" and in the series finale of CBS's "The Reporter", starring Harry Guardino. He also appeared on "Mr. Novak", "" and "The Invaders". Asner also played a minor character in children's television show "W.I.T.C.H." (Napoleon – Cornelia's younger sister's cat). Asner is best known for his character Lou Grant, who was first introduced on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1970. In 1977, after the series, Asner's character was given his own show, "Lou Grant" (1977–82). In

neg: Mary Tyler Moore May 8, 2002, Moore was present when cable network TV Land and the City of Minneapolis dedicated a statue in downtown Minneapolis of the television character she made famous on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". The statue, by artist Gwendolyn Gillen, was chosen from designs submitted by 21 sculptors. The bronze sculpture was located in front of the Dayton's department store – now Macy's – near the corner of 7th Street South and Nicollet Mall. It depicts the iconic moment in the show's opening credits where Moore tosses her Tam o' Shanter in the air, in a freeze-frame at the

neg: The Mary Tyler Moore Hour show, using a show-within-a-show format that centered around the problems encountered in putting a variety series together. Moore stars as Mary McKinnon, the host of a fictional weekly variety series called "The Mary McKinnon Show". McKinnon is a well-established star of comedy who could also sing and dance. Also seen were her long time personal secretary-companion Iris Chapman (Joyce Van Patten), her writer-director Artie Miller (Ron Rifkin), her producer Harry Sinclair (Michael Lombard), her studio page Kenneth Christy (Michael Keaton), her housekeepers Ruby (Dody Goodman) and Crystal (Doris Roberts), and her head writer Mort Zimmick (Bobby Ramsen). In addition to

neg: Sue Ann Nivens nymphomaniac." The role earned White two Emmy Awards as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1975 and 1976), with a further nomination following in the show's final season, 1977. Asked about her favorites among her many awards to date, she cites these won for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". White gives a great deal of credit for the role's success to the scripts, speaking of being "blessed with the kind of writing on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and [the later series] "The Golden Girls"," claiming as well, "If it isn't on the page, we can't do anything about

neg: Rhoda the cap slips from Rhoda's hand before she can throw it. Upon moving from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to her own eponymous series, Rhoda's Jewish religious and ethnic background seemed to fade as she was no longer unique and would be surrounded by a host of New York ethnics. Throughout the tenure of Rhoda Morgenstern's character being featured on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", her “Jewish-ness” was discussed on several episodes. Such episodes included: "Some of My Best Friends are Rhoda" from which the subject of anti-Semitism was covered; “Enter Rhoda’s Parents” from which Rhoda’s parents renewed their wedding

neg: Tracey Ullman to read for the show after he was spotted by Ullman at Chicago's Second City. Castellaneta's portrayal of a blind man who wants to be a comedian brought her to tears instead of making her laugh. Actress Julie Kavner had co-starred in Brooks' spin-off series to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Rhoda", starring Valerie Harper. Kavner played Harper's younger, socially awkward sister Brenda, a role for which she won an Emmy Award. Kavner was at the top of the list of people Brooks wanted to be part of the show. Brooks on Kavner: "When somebody's intrinsically funny -- you know,

neg: Ted Knight "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"s run, Knight guest-starred in "Mr. Dennis Steps Out," the October 26, 1977, episode of the situation comedy "Busting Loose", as Roger Dennis, the owner of an escort service in New York City. This episode was spun off into its own show, "The Ted Knight Show", giving Knight his first starring role. "The Ted Knight Show"lasted for only six episodes in the spring of 1978. Knight appeared in a few episodes of "The Love Boat", including one episode as a rival cruise captain, Captain Gunner Nordquist, versus "Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star Gavin MacLeod's Captain Merrill

neg: Joyce Bulifant credits include "The Paisley Convertible" (1966) and "Tall Story" (1958). After appearing on Broadway, Bulifant appeared in numerous television programs. One of Bulifant's earliest roles on television was as a dancer on "Arthur Murray's Dance Party" (1950-1960). She also played Timmie Barnes in "Too Young to Go Steady" (1959), Mary Gentry in "Tom, Dick and Mary" (1964-1965), Marie Slaughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970-1977), Peggy Wilson on "Love Thy Neighbor" (1973), Lois on "It's a Man's World" (1962-1963), Marsha Patterson on "The Bill Cosby Show" (1969–71), Marjorie Martin on "Big John, Little John" (1976-1977), and Alice Wurlitzer on

neg: Mary Kay Place on the music charts in 1977. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" was one of the biggest cult television programs of all time. The show ended when Louise Lasser left the show in 1977, but the remaining cast stayed on for one more year to tape "Forever Fernwood". The series ended with Loretta finding out Charlie was not sterile immediately before giving birth to quintuplets conceived by artificial insemination. While working on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", Place also wrote scripts for several TV situation comedies, including "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Phyllis" and "M*A*S*H", usually in collaboration with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (who would

neg: Anthony Eisley in an episode of "The Silent Force". In 1973, he appeared as Ross Nelson, newscaster at Mary's competitor, channel 8, in the Season 4 episode "WJM Tries Harder" on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". He had appeared with Mary Tyler Moore years before in "The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer," a 1964 episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". Eisley appeared as a Soviet agent in an Armed Forces training film "Espionage Target: You" made in 1964. In 1965, Eisley was cast as an attorney in an anti-pornography institutional film entitled "Printed Poison"; produced by the "Citizens For

neg: Liz Torres the producer of Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show" who invited her to do a stand-up comedy skit on the show. She made her film debut in 1969 playing a prostitute in a low-budget movie titled "Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value". In 1973, Torres played Morticia in "The Addams Family Fun House", which was a musical version of the original series. From 1975 to 1976, she was regular cast member on the CBS sitcom, "Phyllis", Cloris Leachman's spin-off series from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", succeeding the late Barbara Colby in the role of Julie Erskine. In 1975, she recorded a

neg: Mary Tyler Moore variety of American sitcoms and drama television series such as "Rhoda", "Lou Grant" and "Phyllis" (all spin-offs from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show)", "The Bob Newhart Show", "The Texas Wheelers", "WKRP in Cincinnati", "The White Shadow", "Friends and Lovers", "St. Elsewhere" and "Hill Street Blues", and was later sold to Television South, an ITV Franchise holder in 1988. The MTM logo resembles the Metro Goldwyn Mayer logo, but with a cat named Mimsie instead of a lion. At age 18 in 1955, Moore married Richard Carleton Meeker, whom she described as "the boy next door", and within six weeks she

neg: Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda Faye Morgenstern, portrayed by Valerie Harper, is a fictional character on the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and subsequent spin-off, "Rhoda". The original opening of the series "Rhoda" establishes that Rhoda Faye Morgenstern was born in the Bronx, New York, in December 1941. She is the daughter of Ida and Martin Morgenstern (Nancy Walker and Harold Gould), and grew up in New York before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the late 1960s. On "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Rhoda had a sister named Debbie (Liberty Williams), seen in one episode, and a briefly-mentioned brother