Before she became a television icon, Mary Tyler Moore danced in appliance commercials as Happy Hotpoint, a tiny elf. She became famous as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and as Mary Richards, a single television news producer, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. With her then husband Grant Tinker, she co-founded MTM Enterprises, which produced acclaimed television series including Hill Street Blues. She also earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as a grieving mother in the film Ordinary People.
1936 to 2017 · actress and television producer · American · 0 quotes on Great Quotes Online
