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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

King of the Hill

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

Frasier

The View

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Deputy

All Movies (56)

• Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Being Mary Tyler Moore2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert2020 · as Self - Special Guest
• Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015 · as Self / Various (archive footage)
• Inequality for All2013 · as Mary Richards (archive footage)
• Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl2012 · as Self
• Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored2011 · as Laura Petrie (archive footage)
• Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life2011 · as Self
• Against the Current2009 · as Liz' Mom
• Snow Wonder2005 · as Lula
• The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited2004 · as Laura Petrie
• Blessings2003 · as Lydia Blessing
• The Gin Game2003 · as Fonsia Dorsey
• The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series2003 · as Self
• Miss Lettie and Me2002 · as Lettie Anderson
• Cheats2002 · as Mrs. Stark
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · as Self
• The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion2002 · as Self
• Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes2001 · as Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero
• Labor Pains2000 · as Esther Raymond
• Mary and Rhoda2000 · as Mary Richards-Cronin
• Kids Are Punny1998 · as Self (voice)
• Keys to Tulsa1997 · as Cynthia Boudreau
• Payback1997 · as Kathryn Stanfill
• Flirting with Disaster1996 · as Pearl Coplin
• Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden1996 · as Jessica
• Stolen Babies1993 · as Georgia Tann
• Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show1991 · as Herself - Host
• Thanksgiving Day1990 · as Paula Schloss
• The Last Best Year1990 · as Wendy Haller
• Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989 · as Self
• Just Between Friends1986 · as Holly Davis
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Finnegan Begin Again1985 · as Liz DeHaan
• Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers1985 · as Self (archive footage)
• Heartsounds1984 · as Martha Weinman Lear
• Six Weeks1982 · as Charlotte Dreyfus
• I Love Liberty1982 · as Self
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Making 'M*A*S*H'1981 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ordinary People1980 · as Beth Jarrett
• First, You Cry1978 · as Betty Rollin
• How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness1978 · as Self
• The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet1976 · as Self - Host
• Mary's Incredible Dream1976 · as Angel / Devil / Woman
• Run a Crooked Mile1969 · as Elizabeth Sutton
• Change of Habit1969 · as Sister Michelle Gallagher
• Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman1969 · as Herself
• Don't Just Stand There1968 · as Martine Randall
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good?1968 · as Liz
• Thoroughly Modern Millie1967 · as Miss Dorothy Brown
• X-151961 · as Pamela Stewart
• The Fatal Impulse1960 · as Mary Snyder
• Once Upon a Horse...1958 · as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
• Operation Mad Ball1957 · as Nurse (uncredited)

All TV Shows (65)

• Hot in Cleveland2010 · as Diane
• Lipstick Jungle2008 · as Joyce
• TV Revolution2004
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• That '70s Show1998 · as Christine St. George
• The View1997 · as Self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• New York News1995 · as Louise Felcott
• The Naked Truth1995 · as Catherine Wilde
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Ellen1994 · as Mary Tyler Moore
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Marjorie (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Annie McGuire1988 · as Annie McGuire
• Lincoln1988 · as Mary Todd Lincoln
• American Masters1986 · as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
• Mary1985 · as Mary Brenner
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The Mary Tyler Moore Hour1979 · as Mary McKinnon
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Rhoda1974
• Film '721971 · as Self
• The Pet Set1971 · as Self
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Mary Richards
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Straightaway1961
• The Dick Van Dyke Show1961 · as Laura Petrie
• Surfside 61960 · as Kathy Murlow
• Checkmate1960
• The Aquanauts1960 · as Dana March
• Thriller1960 · as Mary Snyder
• Thriller1960 · as Sherry Smith
• Overland Trail1960 · as Joan Ransom
• Hawaiian Eye1959
• Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Susan Hart
• Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Vanessa Kinard
• Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Peggy Regan
• Bourbon Street Beat1959
• Lock-Up1959
• Riverboat1959 · as Lily Belle de Lesseps
• The Deputy1959 · as Amy Collins
• Johnny Staccato1959
• The David Susskind Show1959 · as Self
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Girl on Telephone (uncredited)
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Marie Drew
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Laura Chandler
• Bronco1958
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Sophie Anderson
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Hostess / Presenter / Special Award Recipient
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
• The Millionaire1955 · as Linda
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet1952 · as Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Student
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee