
Mary Tyler Moore
Acting • Born 1936-12-29 – Died 2017-01-25
Biography
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. She is best known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), which "helped define a new vision of American womanhood" and "appealed to an audience facing the new trials of modern-day existence". Moore won seven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ordinary People. Moore is also known for her supporting role in the musical film Thoroughly Modern Millie. Moore was an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism and diabetes prevention.
Filmography
114 credits
Flirting with Disaster
Movie • 1996
Pearl Coplin

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie • 2011
Laura Petrie (archive footage)

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Movie • 1967
Miss Dorothy Brown

Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)

X-15
Movie • 1961
Pamela Stewart

I Love Liberty
Movie • 1982
Self

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Movie • 2002
Self

Operation Mad Ball
Movie • 1957
Nurse (uncredited)

Once Upon a Horse...
Movie • 1958
Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

Ordinary People
Movie • 1980
Beth Jarrett

Change of Habit
Movie • 1969
Sister Michelle Gallagher

Just Between Friends
Movie • 1986
Holly Davis

The Gin Game
Movie • 2003
Fonsia Dorsey

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Movie • 2012
Self

Six Weeks
Movie • 1982
Charlotte Dreyfus

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Movie • 2011
Self

Labor Pains
Movie • 2000
Esther Raymond

Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)

Keys to Tulsa
Movie • 1997
Cynthia Boudreau

Making 'M*A*S*H'
Movie • 1981
Narrator (voice)

The Last Best Year
Movie • 1990
Wendy Haller

Mary and Rhoda
Movie • 2000
Mary Richards-Cronin

Don't Just Stand There
Movie • 1968
Martine Randall

Heartsounds
Movie • 1984
Martha Weinman Lear

First, You Cry
Movie • 1978
Betty Rollin

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Movie • 1968
Liz

Inequality for All
Movie • 2013
Mary Richards (archive footage)

Payback
Movie • 1997
Kathryn Stanfill

Mary's Incredible Dream
Movie • 1976
Angel / Devil / Woman

Run a Crooked Mile
Movie • 1969
Elizabeth Sutton

Against the Current
Movie • 2009
Liz' Mom

Cheats
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Stark

Stolen Babies
Movie • 1993
Georgia Tann

Kids Are Punny
Movie • 1998
Self (voice)

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self

The Fatal Impulse
Movie • 1960
Mary Snyder

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie • 2003
Self

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie • 2015
Self / Various (archive footage)

Miss Lettie and Me
Movie • 2002
Lettie Anderson

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Movie • 2001
Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie • 1989
Self

Finnegan Begin Again
Movie • 1985
Liz DeHaan

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Movie • 1991
Herself - Host

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
Movie • 2004
Laura Petrie

Blessings
Movie • 2003
Lydia Blessing

Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
Movie • 1969
Herself

How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
Movie • 1978
Self

Thanksgiving Day
Movie • 1990
Paula Schloss

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Movie • 1996
Jessica

Snow Wonder
Movie • 2005
Lula

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
Movie • 2020
Self - Special Guest

Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie • 2002
Self

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)

The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1976
Self - Host

That '70s Show
TV • 1998
Christine St. George

Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self

Rhoda
TV • 1974

The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
TV • 1979
Mary McKinnon

Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959

King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)

The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Laura Petrie

Checkmate
TV • 1960

The View
TV • 1997
Self

E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self

The David Susskind Show
TV • 1959
Self

Frasier
TV • 1993
Marjorie (voice)

Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Kathy Murlow

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Mary Richards

Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959

Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest

Straightaway
TV • 1961

The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Linda

Mary
TV • 1985
Mary Brenner

Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self

Thriller
TV • 1960
Mary Snyder

The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Dana March

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Student

New York News
TV • 1995
Louise Felcott

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Sam (voice) (uncredited)

Bronco
TV • 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Sophie Anderson

Lock-Up
TV • 1959

Riverboat
TV • 1959
Lily Belle de Lesseps

TV Revolution
TV • 2004

Annie McGuire
TV • 1988
Annie McGuire

Overland Trail
TV • 1960
Joan Ransom

The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self

The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self

Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Diane

Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV • 1952
Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)

Lincoln
TV • 1988
Mary Todd Lincoln

77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Girl on Telephone (uncredited)

Wogan
TV • 1982
Self

Thriller
TV • 1960
Sherry Smith

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest

Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Susan Hart

The Deputy
TV • 1959
Amy Collins

The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self

77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Marie Drew

The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Catherine Wilde

Ellen
TV • 1994
Mary Tyler Moore

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee

Lipstick Jungle
TV • 2008
Joyce

The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self

Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Vanessa Kinard

Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Peggy Regan

77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Laura Chandler

American Masters
TV • 1986
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)