Who is Mary Tyler Moore?
Mary Tyler Moore was born 29 December 1936 in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York. She captivated television audiences as Laura Petrie on the Dick Van Dyke show from 1961-1966 and as Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1970-1977. Mary Tyler Moore also appeared in many movies and has won three Emmys, one Golden Globe and was inducted into The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall Of Fame in 1987. Mary Tyler Moore made her television debut at 19 years old in 1955 as “Happy Hotpoint.” Happy was a superimposed, pointy-eared pixie who was shown skating in an ice cube tray and dancing out of an oven in commercials that aired during The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Six years later Mary Tyler Moore got her big break as Dick Van Dyke’s co-star on The Dick Van Dyke Show. The Dick Van Dyke Show featured Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore as married couple Rob and Laura Petrie. The situation comedy, which was produced by Carl Reiner who also played Alan Brady, Rob’s boss
