Biography
Audiences first fell in love with Moore as a believable symbol of the smart, young, pants-wearing mom on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (CBS, 1961-66) before she came to signify a new breed of independent, liberated professional woman on the Emmy-winning sitcom, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS, 1970-77). In addition to her longstanding reputation for comedy, Moore delivered a powerful, Oscar-nominated performance in the 1980 feature "Ordinary …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Reunited with former co-star Betty White with a guest appearance on "Hot in Cleveland" (TV Land) | |
2009 | Played a supporting role opposite Joseph Fiennes in the drama "Against the Current" | |
2008 | Returned to series TV as Wendy's (Brooke Shields) mom on the NBC series "Lipstick Jungle" | |
2005 | Appeared as a high-strung host of a fictional TV show on three episodes of the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show" | |
2004 | Reunited with her "Dick Van Dyke Show" castmates for a reunion show called "The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited" (CBS) | |
2001 | Cast as con woman Sante Kimes in the CBS TV drama "Like Mother, Like Son" | |
2000 | Re-teamed with Valerie Harper (played Rhoda in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") in the ABC movie "Mary and Rhoda" | |
1998 | Hosted the HBO special "Mary Tyler Moore in Three Cats From Miami...and Other Pet Practitioners" | |
1997 | Re-teamed with Edward Asner in the ABC dramatic film "Payback" | |
1997 | Had recurring role as Tea Leoni's mother on the NBC sitcom "The Naked Truth" | |
1996 | Played a mentally-challenged woman in the Family Channel movie "Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden" | |
1996 | Co-starred in "Flirting With Disaster" as the adoptive mother of a man (Ben Stiller) seeking his birth parents | |
1995 | Returned to series TV on the short-lived CBS drama "New York News" | |
1992 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
1989 | Developed and starred on the short-lived series "Annie McGuire" (CBS) | |
1987 | Returned to Broadway in "Sweet Sue" opposite Lynn Redgrave | |
1986 | Cast as a woman who unwittingly befriends her husband's mistress in "Just Between Friends" | |
1985 | Played Mary Brenner on the short-lived CBS sitcom "Mary" | |
1985 | Cast as a 40-ish schoolteacher who embarks on a romance with an older newspaperman in the HBO drama "Finnegan Begin Again" | |
1984 | Checked into the Betty Ford Clinic for treatment for alcohol abuse | |
1982 | Cast as the mother of a young girl dying of leukemia who is romanced by a politician in "Six Weeks" | |
1980 | Earned Best Actress Academy Award nomination as the repressed wife and mother in the Robert Redford directed "Ordinary People" | |
1980 | Replaced Tom Conti on Broadway in "Whose Life Is It, Anyway?" | |
1979 | Played Mary McKinnon on the CBS series "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" (lasted only three months) | |
1978 | Portrayed Betty Rollin in the CBS biopic "First You Cry"; earned an Emmy nomination | |
1978 | Appeared in the CBS special "How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness" | |
1978 | Hosted the short-lived CBS variety series "Mary" (lasted only three episodes) | |
1970 | Played the title role of a single working woman on the popular CBS sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | |
| Co-formed MTM studios with Grant Tinker | ||
1969 | Portrayed a nun opposite Elvis Presley in the feature "Change of Habit" | |
1969 | Made TV-movie debut in the NBC thriller "Run a Crooked Mile" | |
1967 | First substantial role in features, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" | |
1966 | Broadway debut, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (closed in previews) | |
1961 | Made film debut in Richard Donner's "X-15" | |
1961 | Cast as Van Dyke's wife Laura Petrie on the CBS sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show," created by Carl Reiner | |
1959 | First regular TV role was as a telephone receptionist on the show "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" (NBC); only her legs were shown and voice heard; Moore quit after three months | |
1958 | Appeared in several bit parts on ABC shows "Bourbon Street Beat," "77 Sunset Strip" and "Hawaiian Eye" | |
| At the age of 17, appeared as a dancing elf in commercials for Hotpoint Appliances broadcast during "Ozzie and Harriet" (ABC) | ||
Awards
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Life Achievement |
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Stolen Babies |
1988 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Gore Vidal's Lincoln |
1981 | BAFTA Award for Actress in Ordinary People |
1980 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Ordinary People |
1980 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Ordinary People |
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in First You Cry |
1977 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1976 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1976 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1975 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1975 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1974 | Primetime Emmy Award for Actress of the Year-Series in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1974 | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress In a Comedy Series in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1974 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1973 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1973 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1972 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1972 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1971 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy Series Or Television Movie in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1971 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1970 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
1966 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in The Dick Van Dyke Show |
1964 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Television Series in The Dick Van Dyke Show |
1964 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in The Dick Van Dyke Show |
1963 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress in The Dick Van Dyke Show |