Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1939 in Suffern , New York - † August 30, 2019 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress who was best known for her roles in television sitcoms .
life and career
Harper was mainly from the year 1970 for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern in the CBS - sitcoms Mary Tyler Moore famous. As a Jewish window decorator Rhoda, she played the neighbor and friend of leading actress Mary Tyler Moore on the sitcom . The character played by Harper was very popular and got her own spin-off television series Rhoda in 1974 , which was produced until 1978. From 1986 to 1987, Harper played the role of the family mother Sandy Duncan in the first two seasons of The Hogan Clan , who then suffered a serial death. Originally, the sitcom was initially named after her first name Valerie , after leaving the series and the death of her character, it was renamed Valerie's Family and later The Hogan Family .
Harper has won four Emmys and a Golden Globe during her career . Since the mid-1950s she has been involved in 70 film and television productions. Before her big break on television in the 1970s, Haper had already been a dancer and worked on Broadway . In 2010 she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the aging diva Tallulah Bankhead in the play Looped . Harper was in front of the camera until the 2010s and most recently voiced guest characters in the animated series The Simpsons and American Dad .
Valerie Harper was married to actor and author Richard Schaal from 1964 to 1978. Since 1987 she was married to the actor Tony Cacciotti , with whom she has a daughter. Valerie Harper was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2013 , when her doctors predicted a life expectancy of just three months. On August 30, 2019, eight days after her 80th birthday, she died of cancer .
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: rock, rock, rock (rock, rock, rock!)
- 1959: Li'l Abner
- 1970–1974, sporadically until 1977: Mary Tyler Moore ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show , TV series, 92 episodes)
- 1972: Columbo : When the ice cream man comes ( Columbo: The Most Crucial Game ; TV movie)
- 1974–1978: Rhoda (TV series, 110 episodes)
- 1974: The Superschnüffler ( Freebie and the Bean )
- 1976: The Muppet Show ( The Muppet Show , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1979: Chapter Two
- 1980: Divorce once, please! (The Last Married Couple in America)
- 1982: The Tigress' Paw ( Farrell for the People , TV movie)
- 1984: It's Rio to blame (Blame It on Rio)
- 1986: Love Boat (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1986–1987: The Hogan Clan ( Valerie , TV series, 32 episodes)
- 1990: Give him back to me ( Stolen: One Husband , TV movie)
- 1990: City (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1991: Perry Mason and the hole in the alibi ( Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion , TV movie)
- 1994: Death of a Cheerleader ( A Friend To Die For , Movie made for TV)
- 1996, 1999: Touched by an Angel ( Touched By An Angel , television series, episodes 2.22, 5.22)
- 1997: Skip and the Talking Animal Farm ( Dog's Best Friend , TV movie)
- 1998: Melrose Place (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1999: Sex and the City (TV series, episode 2.15)
- 2000: Mary and Rhoda ( Mary and Rhoda , TV movie)
- 2001: The Wild Seventies ( That '70s Show , TV series, episode 3.19)
- 2002: Harvest Moon - Full Moon in September ( Harvest Moon , TV movie)
- 2003-2004: Office Girl (TV series, episodes 2.9 and 3.9)
- 2007: Golda's Balcony
- 2009: marriage is ... (TV series, episode 4.5)
- 2011: My Future Boyfriend ( My Future Boyfriend , TV movie)
- 2011: Desperate Housewives (TV series, ep.7.12)
- 2011–2012: Drop Dead Diva (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2011: Fixing Pete (TV movie)
- 2012: Shiver
- 2013-2018: The Simpsons (TV series, voice in 7 episodes)
- 2013: Hot in Cleveland (TV series, ep.4.23)
- 2014/2019: American Dad (TV series, voice in 2 episodes)
- 2014: Signed, Sealed, Delivered (TV series, episodes 1.1–2)
- 2015: 2 Broke Girls (TV series, episode 4.13)
- 2015: Melissa & Joey (TV series, episode 4.7)
- 2016: Childrens Hospital (TV series, episode 7.9)
Awards
- For Mary Tyler Moore - 3 Emmys for Best Supporting Actress
- For Rhoda - Emmy and Golden Globe Winner for Best Actress. 3 other Emmy nominations (in 1976, 1977, 1978) and one Golden Globe nomination (1975).
- For Der Superschnüffler - Nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Young Actress 1975
- For the second chapter - nomination for the Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress in 1980
- For the play Looped - nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress
Web links
- Valerie Harper in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Valerie Harper in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Valerie Harper in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- official page
- Valerie Harper in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dennis Braun US television star Valerie Harper is dead. Obituary on fernsehserien.de , August 31, 2019. Accessed August 31, 2019.
- ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
- ↑ Valerie Harper, Emmy award-winning star of TV series Rhoda, dies aged 80 , The Guardian , accessed August 31, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harper, Valerie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suffern , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 2019 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |