Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017)
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam. Photo: Mary Tyler Moore with Dick van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966).
Yesterday, 25 January 2017, American actress Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017) passed away. She was known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis. Her best known films include Thoroughly Modern Millie (George Roy Hill, 1967) with Julie Andrews, and Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980) opposite Donald Sutherland, in which she played a role that was very different from the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Mary Tyler Moore was 80.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017)
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam. Photo: Mary Tyler Moore with Dick van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966).
Yesterday, 25 January 2017, American actress Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017) passed away. She was known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis. Her best known films include Thoroughly Modern Millie (George Roy Hill, 1967) with Julie Andrews, and Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980) opposite Donald Sutherland, in which she played a role that was very different from the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Mary Tyler Moore was 80.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.