Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Known for
Acting
Born
December 29, 1936
Died
January 25, 2017 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration poster

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert poster

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert

Movie · as Self - Special Guest

2017
Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile poster

Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration poster

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Movie · as Self / Various (archive footage)

2013
Inequality for All poster

Inequality for All

Movie · as Mary Richards (archive footage)

2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Movie · as Self

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored poster

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Movie · as Laura Petrie (archive footage)

2011
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life poster

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Diane · 2 eps

2009
Against the Current poster

Against the Current

Movie · as Liz' Mom

2008
Lipstick Jungle poster

Lipstick Jungle

TV · as Joyce · 2 eps

2005
Snow Wonder poster

Snow Wonder

Movie · as Lula

2004
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

Movie · as Laura Petrie

2004
TV Revolution

TV Revolution

TV · 1 ep

2003
The Gin Game poster

The Gin Game

Movie · as Fonsia Dorsey

2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series poster

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

Movie · as Self

2003
Blessings poster

Blessings

Movie · as Lydia Blessing

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

Movie · as Self

2002
Cheats poster

Cheats

Movie · as Mrs. Stark

2002
Miss Lettie and Me poster

Miss Lettie and Me

Movie · as Lettie Anderson

2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Movie · as Self

2001
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes poster

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

Movie · as Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero

2000
Labor Pains

Labor Pains

Movie · as Esther Raymond

2000
Mary and Rhoda poster

Mary and Rhoda

Movie · as Mary Richards-Cronin

1998
Kids Are Punny poster

Kids Are Punny

Movie · as Self (voice)

1998
That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show

TV · as Christine St. George · 3 eps

1997
Keys to Tulsa poster

Keys to Tulsa

Movie · as Cynthia Boudreau

1997
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Kathryn Stanfill

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Reverend Karen Stroup (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
Flirting with Disaster poster

Flirting with Disaster

Movie · as Pearl Coplin

1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden poster

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Movie · as Jessica

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
New York News poster

New York News

TV · as Louise Felcott · 8 eps

1995
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

TV · as Catherine Wilde · 4 eps

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Mary Tyler Moore · 1 ep

1993
Stolen Babies poster

Stolen Babies

Movie · as Georgia Tann

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Marjorie (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show poster

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

Movie · as Herself - Host

1990
The Last Best Year poster

The Last Best Year

Movie · as Wendy Haller

1990
Thanksgiving Day poster

Thanksgiving Day

Movie · as Paula Schloss

1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary poster

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Movie · as Self

1988
Annie McGuire

Annie McGuire

TV · as Annie McGuire · 11 eps

1988
Lincoln poster

Lincoln

TV · as Mary Todd Lincoln · 2 eps

1986
Just Between Friends poster

Just Between Friends

Movie · as Holly Davis

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Self - Interviewee (archive footage) · 1 ep

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers poster

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
Finnegan Begin Again poster

Finnegan Begin Again

Movie · as Liz DeHaan

1985
Mary poster

Mary

TV · as Mary Brenner · 13 eps

1984
Heartsounds poster

Heartsounds

Movie · as Martha Weinman Lear

1982
I Love Liberty poster

I Love Liberty

Movie · as Self

1982
Six Weeks poster

Six Weeks

Movie · as Charlotte Dreyfus

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Making 'M*A*S*H'

Making 'M*A*S*H'

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1980
Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Movie · as Beth Jarrett

1979
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

TV · as Mary McKinnon · 11 eps

1978
First, You Cry poster

First, You Cry

Movie · as Betty Rollin

1978
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

Movie · as Self

1977
Mary poster

Mary

Movie · as Self (Various Characters)

1976
Mary's Incredible Dream poster

Mary's Incredible Dream

Movie · as Angel / Devil / Woman

1976
The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Rhoda poster

Rhoda

TV · 3 eps

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
The Pet Set poster

The Pet Set

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

TV · as Mary Richards · 168 eps

1969
Change of Habit poster

Change of Habit

Movie · as Sister Michelle Gallagher

1969
Run a Crooked Mile poster

Run a Crooked Mile

Movie · as Elizabeth Sutton

1969
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman poster

Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman

Movie · as Herself

1968
Don't Just Stand There poster

Don't Just Stand There

Movie · as Martine Randall

1968
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? poster

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

Movie · as Liz

1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie poster

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Movie · as Miss Dorothy Brown

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
X-15 poster

X-15

Movie · as Pamela Stewart

1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Laura Petrie · 158 eps

1961
Straightaway poster

Straightaway

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Fatal Impulse poster

The Fatal Impulse

Movie · as Mary Snyder

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · 1 ep

1960
Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6

TV · as Kathy Murlow · 1 ep

1960
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Mary Snyder, Sherry Smith · 1 ep

1960
The Aquanauts poster

The Aquanauts

TV · as Dana March · 1 ep

1960
Overland Trail poster

Overland Trail

TV · as Joan Ransom · 17 eps

1959
Bourbon Street Beat poster

Bourbon Street Beat

TV · 2 eps

1959
The David Susskind Show poster

The David Susskind Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1959
Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye

TV · as Susan Hart, Vanessa Kinard, Peggy Regan · 1 ep

1959
Johnny Staccato poster

Johnny Staccato

TV · 1 ep

1959
Lock-Up poster

Lock-Up

TV · 1 ep

1959
Riverboat poster

Riverboat

TV · as Lily Belle de Lesseps · 1 ep

1959
The Deputy poster

The Deputy

TV · as Amy Collins · 1 ep

1958
Once Upon a Horse... poster

Once Upon a Horse...

Movie · as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 1 ep

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Sophie Anderson · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Girl on Telephone (uncredited), Marie Drew, Laura Chandler · 1 ep

1957
Operation Mad Ball poster

Operation Mad Ball

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV · as Sam (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Hostess / Presenter / Special Award Recipient, Self - Presenter, Self - Memoriam (archive footage) · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Linda · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet poster

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

TV · as Happy Hotpoint (uncredited) · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Student · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep