Mary Tyler Moore A + E Biography Beautiful star of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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- This is the A + E Biography of my favorite actress, the wonderful and talented Mary Tyler Moore, who played two of the most iconic female roles in television sitcom history.
She, of course, was Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". She could sing and dance, and had an incredible sense of comedic timing. She also could turn the world on with her smile ... and those *legs*!
Alas, she had a lot of hardship in her life, and this very well done 1995 bio, hosted by Peter Graves, covers that, too. RIP, Mary, we love you and will never forget you!
This has been out there on TH-cam, but it's presented in two parts and the sound/picture quality isn't great, so I decided to post it.
Copyright A + E, or any other party. I don't claim the rights to, and don't profit from, this video. I just posted it for historical and educational purposes, and for those who will enjoy it as much as I did.
Loved her in Dick Van Dyke- her dancing was always a treat. She really hit gold though with her unique comedic chops, and that signature "oh Rob". (lol)
I always loved Mary Tyler Moore as well and still watch reruns of both shows every day. She was hilarious, talented, sexy, smart, generous, charitable, compassionate, and beautiful. She is the embodiment of the woman every man dreams of having in his life. Thanks for the memories, Mary.
Couldn'ta said it better myself!
When I saw Mary smile I always hoped it was because she knew we loved her. She made it easy.
I think she knew!
I was born in 83 and I love Mary Tyler Moore I’m 39 now and I watch the Mary Tyler Moore show and the Dick Van Dyke show. Love her
You have great taste, George!
I watch the DVD show every day lol
Two of my all-time favorite TV shows and she starred in both of them. MTM was an incredible actress. She was the embodiment of my teenage dreams and fantasies - even though I was a teenager in the 1990s.
This doc shows why she was able to put in such a beautiful performance in the Film “ Ordinary People “ she obviously understood the emotional turmoil of the character. 💕
Excellent observation!
I watched The Dick VanDyke Show starting when I was 11 with my parents. Then in my twenties I watched The Mary Tyler Moore Show with my own little girl. Didn't she have a gift of the ability to give something families could really enjoy together no matter their age? It seems like she did. She dealt with such pain in her personal life with what looks like an enormous amount of grace. Such a special lady. I'm sad she's gone.
I agree with everything! Very well said!
A&E’s Biography episodes were always top notch. Thanks for sharing.
Yes , a Beautiful Lady ..outside & inside. Have always admired , respected and appreciated MTM.. Also, I never knew of the struggles and heartache which she endured in her life. GOD rest Her soul, Now and Always❤️
I have always been a huge fan of Mary Tyler Moore. I have always admired her talent and her ability to face life during very sad times. In the end I like to think of her as Laura. All happy and young. I still watch the Dick Van Dyke show. And love it.
You and me both, Penny!
MTM will always be one of my favorites. Whether it was on The DVD Show or the MTM Show, she was the best! 😊
She certainly was! 😍
She was a role model for me and my peers growing up in our early 20's in the 70's. She showed us through Mary Richards that we could aspire to be successful and women in control of our own destiny's.
I'm sure MTM would be very happy she had that effect on you!
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Wow! I expected a lot of comments on this. Oh well, I've always admired this lady. I tried hard not to miss an episode of her show. After seeing this, I luv her even more!! What a talent the world was given! MTM was real in every sense. So sad that many of these great talents r no longer with us. RIP Mary. Thank u for all the wonderful memories and happiness u brought me!
She brought me a lot of happiness too! So glad I got to meet her! As for this post, Mary's A + E biography has been out on YT for a long time, but the video wasn't of very good quality. I only relatively recently put this better version up, but if you find the other one on YT I'm sure it has plenty of comments. This one will pick up some, too!
Thank you very much Peter Goodwin for posting this. Ever since "Ordinary People" came out I have believed that Moore is every bit as great an actress as the two Hepburns, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, and Audra McDonald. Actually, as only the two hepburns and Streep were established Superstars then it is better to say, I believed MTM was as great an actress as any who ever lived. I still believe that
She could do it all! A sublime talent I consider myself lucky to have seen!
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I moved to Minneapolis and concentrated on my career because of her rxsmple.
I have a much better life thab i would have had if i had not watched her show.
We still love her here in Minneapolis - we all know where the landmarks & the house it & there is a statue of her throwing her hat up (from the shows’ opening credits)jn the air right where she did it. RIP Mary! 💟
I have traveled to Minneapolis a couple of times and had a great time seeing the house and the statue, etc. Thus I was saddened at the recent events that put the spotlight on the city.
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Awww, thank you so much for sharing this! I used to watch this program all the time, back when A&E was good. Much appreciated ✌️👍
It was tragic that this beautiful, funny lady didn't have the wonderful life she should've had !
Well, there were good times, especially professionally. But yeah, personally, she had to deal with a lot. In addition to being beautiful and funny, she really had an inner drive that kept her going.
OH,PLEASE.
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She had a great life
@@cookie5335With 3 exceptions: dealing with her diabetes, divorce, and the death of son Richie. Outside of that, she overall had a very good life, but had to deal with her lifelong battle with diabetes.
Clean acting, so talented...THE BEST just like Dick Van Dyke!!!!
Such a great coupling!
A real gem! So glad I found this video. RIP MTM, indeed!
Thank you for sharing.👍
What an incredible lady. Obviously a striking looking women, but her tenacious drive to hone her craft amongst the challenges that came her way. Ladies like her and Betty White allowed those to follow on .. rising on their shoulders. One strong lady who is sadly missed. A great documentary . We seemed to have lost this sense of … community, family time around the TV that connected us as families who chose to engage with each other through laughter and light moments. There is very few women around these days with substance and grit like hers.
Well-said, Sharyn!
@@petegoodwinboston4825 Thanks Pete .. just 3/4 of the way through watching MTM show as now in my 5 decade I can appreciate all the missed viewing. Just brilliant!
@@sharynmain2432 That is awesome! I need to make some time for another viewing of every ep!
A TRULY ADMIRABLE WOMAN!!!!
Sweet lady and so talented.
Dazzling face and personality. Miss her.
Amen!
In many ways, Mary had a rather sad life. Her son Richie accidentally killed himself, her sister Elizabeth (21 years her junior) overdosed on drugs. Her brother John died young from kidney cancer. Her dad was a strict Catholic and her mom was an alcoholic. Mary was later diagnosed with type I diabetes and she herself had addiction issues. Thank goodness she married (much younger) Robert, a heart surgeon. Amazing that she could be perky and so loveable as both Laura Petrie and Mary Richards!
Amazing, indeed, with everything else that was going on.
If there really is a heaven I hope Mary's there reunited with her son and the rest of her family.
I love Mary Tyler Moore and the programs she was in. There are just two things I wish she had never done: Ordinary People and her autobiography After All.
Regardless to their acclaim, some things should be kept from the public when it comes to your personal life or performances that can taint it. Love you Mary, R.I.P.
Boy, I thought Laurie Petrie was just about the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Never missed the Dick Van Dyke Show.
Just about? 😉
@@petegoodwinboston4825 I think Lou Grant might disagree, but I would say "cute"
Amazing and talented lady
Yes! My fave! 😍
I still love to watch The Dick Van Dyke Show as obe of my very favorite shows. I have even watched it with greater respect and admiration since her passing a few years back.
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MTM was an absolute treasure, bringing joy and encouragement into many lives with a bright outlook beyond the circumstances. Loved this woman’s shows growing up as a kid. Thanks toAI it appeared int he suggestion box to watch. Thanks to @Pete Goodwin/Boston for creating and for posting up this YT.
Thanks, Gale! Indeed, she was beloved!
There is actually a recent documentary about Mary Tyler Moore that aired on HBO in 2023, and features interviews with Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Bernadette Peters, and Reese Witherspoon, and is produced by Mary's widow, Dr. Robert Levine. The documentary is actually available to watch on Max, but only if you have a subscription.
I remember she did a guest appearances on hot in Cleveland with the rest of her cast mates and even I was in high School in my teens I love to watch the Mary Tyler Moore show on cable and it made every ♀️in the 70s that they can working women
Yes! Mary was a great role model! Ask Oprah!
Mary Tyler Moore sure did look like her Mom. Mary was so loveable and lovely. She was a role model for me with her hairstyle and clothing and her sweetness.
Sounds like you learned well, Zee!
I write humor and was amazed at how talented the writers were of THE DICK VAN DYKE show and THE MARY TYLER MOORE show. It was not dirty humor like most of the humor is today. In her characters, she was so beautiful but she came off like she was your best friend
Well said! Yes, the writing was incredible, and talented Mary took it and ran with it!
@@petegoodwinboston4825 so true
I ❤ Dick Van Dyke.
The best❤sorry she had to endure so much pain particularly the loss of her son and the unforgiving disease of diabetes
Predictably, she did a lot to raise awareness on the insidious disease! ♥
I was little and watch Lauras beautiful performances and wore those pants
Spent much of my youth thinking Grant Tinker was the luckiest guy on earth.
Great minds think alike, D!
He was lucky to have had his first wife, she was also a beautiful person and I'm lucky to have known her.
🎭Team Work... works!!...
Mary Tyler Moore & Marlo Thomas are vastly underrated by 9 year old boys.
That she left her parents' house to live with an aunt and arranged to see her parents only on holidays -- she basically "went low-contact."
It is both additionally tragic, but also in a way less so, that her son Richey died by accidental firearm handling. Perhaps partially similar to the great Terry Kath of the band Chicago. Ugh! How painful. How does anyone get over such a loss...
Strangely, I own a copy of Thoroughly Modern Millie. She was a good dancer, somewhat not known...The elevator scene...
I loved the dancing she and Dick did on TDVDS!
It was not Sep 10, 1961, the pilot aired on Oct. 3. Ended after 159 episodes on Jun. 1, 1966. I was so sad to hear of its demise earlier, there would be no color episodes that would have started in the 6th season, in the Fall of 1966.
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I loved her HBO movie "Finnegan Begin Again" with Robert Preston in 1985.
Good bio. But how the heck did they get the date of the Kennedy assassination wrong and leave that in there?
LOL. One date you might wanna double check, I agree.
@petegoodwinboston4825 Yeah. That one date is very important, especially for time travellers. Can you imagine going back to stop the assassination and arriving on November 23. "I am here to stop JFK from being assasinated." "Dude, that happened yesterday." Whoops.
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@@leobrussel9471 *assassinated
Born 12/1936.
Not that it matters in the least, but she was clearly of partial African American heritage. Probably somewhere between 15 and 20%.
At 12:24 they said her age was 23 (and later so did Dick, but no filming at 23), when starting on The DVD Show. She had her 24th on Dec. 29, 1960, so the pilot filmed with her at 24, on Jan. 20, 1961, the day of Kennedy's inauguration. Alrhough she was the reported 23 when she was hired before Dec. 29. Dick was 35, on Dec. 13, 1960, when filming started on the next Jan. 20. The 11 years seemed too much to be readonable, but their chemistry was the best ever seen in a tv series!!!
It sure was!
Mtm .... One of the sexiest ladies on TV. .. EVER
Can confirm!
She lead by example.
The young women of today have no one comparable showing the way. Pitiful.
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“A nose that didn’t belong on Danny Thomas’ daughter”…. I have seen That Girl. She does not have that nose or at least not anymore
Ha! I'll take your word for it!
We can see from the childhood pictures here, she had a nose job later.
Now we know who Seinfeld got the timing for ending his show from. Carl Reiner.
In 1999 my blood sugar was 1,001.
Whoa! Mary had a hard time getting her diabetes under control, as I imagine it is for many people. You're still here ... hope you're doing well.
@@petegoodwinboston4825 Doing very well since I discovered Dr. Bernstein and low carb!
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My first crush at two years old
LOL. What an eye! 😉
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Richie's death WAS accidental.
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wrong date for death of jfk 22nd not 23rd
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Died: January 25, 2017
that was november 22, not november 23. how could you goof that up?
34::00. Sorry to break it to you but there us no such thing as an "accidental overdose'if drugs. They knew early on what they were doing yo themselves thr monrnt they started shooting up.
If thru had fallen on a needle of picked the drug up THINKING it was insulin or something thrn THAT would have been accidental.
It's the sane idea as saying a drunk driver caused the death of a child "by accident" sincechecjad had too much to drink before getting behind a machine capable of killing.
Or even someone who shoots himself and the media called it an "accidental shooting."
My heart goes out to actors who were all neglected as children by their parents and started for affection. I am very sad with thr fact that Mary was buried ALONE!
Agree except they mean he did not kill himself on purpose, it was not a suicide.
Diabetes is big trouble. Worrisome.
Yes. Especially if you don't look after yourself!
I.did.not.know.she.died.
Debra Martin Chase did it better. HBO documentary us fantastic
Was informed about it just yesterday and can't wait!
17:14 This "documentary" re-writes history - Incredibly useless work.
Congrats for catching their honest mistake. Has little to do with overall program, though.
I’m sorry but Ordinary People was horrible.. I do love MTM though.. The That Girl of the 70’s..
Seems a tad harsh. You redeemed yourself, though, with your "That Girl of the 70's" observation!
THE HONEYMOONERS STOP PRODUCTION ONLY AFTER ONE SEASON. IT ALSO WAS A TOP RATED SHOW. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT. THUMBS DOWN. THUMBS DOWN.