Mary Tyler Moore

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Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936 in Brooklyn , New York City , † January 25, 2017 in Greenwich , Connecticut ) was an American actress and producer .

Life

Mary Tyler Moore made her first television appearance on Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) after a commercial for kitchen appliances - but only her legs could be seen and her voice could be heard. She became known through the comedy series The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) and Mary Tyler Moore (1970-1977), in which she played the leading role of Mary Richards.

In addition, she also had a number of film roles and played, among other things, in the Elvis film A Heavenly Vertigo . Critical praise earned her in 1980 the lead role in Robert Redford's family drama A Completely Normal Family , for which she received, among other things, the Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination. In 1969 she founded the production company MTM Enterprises with her husband Grant Tinker, which she sold to British investors in 1990 and which is now part of 20th Century Fox .

Moore was married to Dick Meeker from 1955 to 1961 and to Grant Tinker from 1962 to 1981. Her son from her first marriage accidentally shot himself in 1980. The weapon with which the accident happened was then withdrawn from the market. Since 1983 she was married to Robert Levine.

Moore was a diabetic and was involved with the American Diabetes Association . In 2011 she had to undergo an operation for a meningioma . She wrote two autobiographies under the titles After All (1995) and Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes (2009) .

Mary Tyler Moore died on January 25, 2017 at the age of 80.

Your German voice actress in A normal family was the tabloid actress Chariklia Baxevanos .

Filmography

Mary Tyler Moore (1988)

cinemamovies

Television films

  • 1969: Run a Crooked Mile
  • 1978: In the beginning you cry (First, You Cry)
  • 1984: Heartsounds
  • 1985: Finnegan, start all over! (Finnegan Begin Again)
  • 1988: Lincoln
  • 1988: Annie McGuire
  • 1990: The Last Best Year
  • 1993: Mothers without scruples (Stolen Babies)
  • 1995: New York News
  • 1996: Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
  • 1997: Payback
  • 2000: Good as Gold
  • 2000: Labor Pains
  • 2000: Mary and Rhoda
  • 2001: Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
  • 2002: Miss Lettie and Me
  • 2003: The Gin Game
  • 2003: Blessings
  • 2005: Snow Wonder

TV specials

  • 1978: How to Survive the '70s
  • 2004: The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

TV Shows

Broadway

Mary Tyler Moore emerged as both an actress and through her Broadway production company MTM Enterprises, Inc. , with which she v. a. produced a number of plays in the 1980s.

1966: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1980: Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1983–1985: Noises Off
1985: The Octette Bridge Club
1985: Joe Egg
1985-1986: Benefactors
1987: Safe Sex
1988: Sweet Sue

Awards

Oscar

  • nomination
1981 Best Actress (An Ordinary Family)

British Academy Film Award

  • nomination
1982 Best Actress (A Normal Family)

Chlotrudis Award

1997 Best Supporting Actress (Flirting with Disaster)

Emmy

  • Awards
1964: Outstanding ongoing lead actress in a series (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
1966: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
1973: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1974: Actress of the Year in a Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1974: Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1976: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1993: Outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a special (mothers without scruples)
  • Nominations
1963: Outstanding ongoing lead actress in a series (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
1971: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1972: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1975: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1977: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Mary Tyler Moore)
1979: Outstanding leading actress in a limited series or special (at the beginning you cry)
1985: Outstanding leading actress in a limited series or special (Heartsounds)
1988: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special (Lincoln)

Golden Apple Award

1971: Female Star of the Year
1980: Female Star of the Year

Golden Globe Award

  • Awards
1965: Best Female TV Star (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
1971: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)
1981: Best Actress - Drama (An Ordinary Family)
  • Nominations
1972: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)
1973: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)
1974: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)
1975: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)
1976: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)
1977: Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (Mary Tyler Moore)

Golden Raspberry

  • nomination
1983: Worst Actress (A Touch of Luck)

People's Choice Award

1975: Most popular television actress
1976: Most popular all-round entertainer
1978: Most popular television actress
1979: Most popular television actress

Tony Award

  • Awards
1980: Special Tony Award (Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
1985: Best revival of a play or musical (Joe Egg)
  • Nominations
1984: Best Track (Noises Off)
1986: Best Piece (Benefactors)

Mary Tyler Moore also received the American Comedy Award in 1987 for her comedic life's work and in 2002 the David Angell Humanitarian Award for her social commitment. In 1981 she was voted "Woman of the Year" by the Hasty Pudding theater company . In 1984 she received the Women in Film Crystal Award and in 2007 the Television Critics Association Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2011 she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award .

She has been immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

Web links

Commons : Mary Tyler Moore  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead . orf.at , January 26, 2017, accessed January 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lisa Respers France: Mary Tyler Moore, beloved TV actress, dies at 80 . CNN , January 25, 2017, accessed January 25, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Mary Tyler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2017
Place of death Greenwich , Connecticut , United States