Editing Mary Tyler Moore (section)

===Television===
====Early appearances====
[[File:Mary Tyler Moore Johnny Staccato 1960.jpg|thumb|left|upright|240px|Moore in ''[[Johnny Staccato]]'' (1960)]]
Moore's television career began in 1955 with a job as "Happy Hotpoint", a tiny elf dancing on [[Hotpoint]] home appliances in TV commercials that ran during breaks on ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''.<ref name="AA61-65"/> After appearing in 39 Hotpoint commercials in five days, she received approximately $6,000 ({{Inflation|US-GDP|6000|1952|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite book |title=The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History |url=https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein |url-access=registration |last=Weiner |first=Ed |year=1992 |publisher=Harper Collins |location=New York |isbn=0060969148 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein/page/100 100]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Webster |first=Ian |title=$6,000 in 1950 is worth $73,891.37 today |url=https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1950?amount=6000 |website=in2013dollars.com |publisher=Official Data Foundation / Alioth LLC |access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref> She became pregnant while still working as "Happy", and Hotpoint ended her work when it became too difficult to conceal her pregnancy with the elf costume.<ref name=AA61-65>{{harvnb|Moore|1995|pp=61–65}}</ref>

Moore was an uncredited<ref name="Evanier/Mary-Record">{{cite web |last1=Evanier |first1=Mark |author1-link=Mark Evanier |title=Mary on Record |url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2003/01/15/fbhwhb/ |website=News From ME |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> photographic model for record album covers,<ref name="tralfaz/coverart/MTM">{{cite web |title=Mary Tyler Moore |url=https://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/M/MTM/MTM_pages.html |website=Album Cover Art Gallery |publisher=tralfaz-archives.com |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name="gottahaverockandroll/38091">{{cite web |title=Lot Detail - Mary Tyler Moore Signed "Million Sellers" Album With Additional Cover Albums JSA |url=https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/mary_tyler_moore_signed__million_sellers__album_wi-lot38091.aspx |website=gottahaverockandroll.com}}</ref> many for the [[Tops Records]] label,<ref name="latimes/covers-20170126">{{cite news |title=Mary Tyler Moore: TV pioneer, feminist icon and — album cover girl? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-st-moore-album-covers-20170126-story.html |access-date=July 25, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> and auditioned for the role of the elder daughter of [[Danny Thomas]] for his [[The Danny Thomas Show|long-running TV show]], but was turned down.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mural of Album Cover Art: Narrative Guide |url=http://www.vinylrecordday.com/pdf/mural_narrativeguide.pdf |publisher=Vinyl Record Day |access-date=January 26, 2017 |page=4 |archive-date=October 16, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016005942/http://www.vinylrecordday.com/pdf/mural_narrativeguide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Van Dyke"/> Much later, Thomas explained that "she missed it by a nose{{nbsp}}... no daughter of mine could ever have a nose that small".<ref name="Van Dyke">{{cite book |last=Van Dyke |first=Dick |title=My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir |date=2011 |publisher=Crown Archetype |isbn=9780307592262 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRvfn1BCoHwC&q=no+daughter+of+mine+could+have+that+nose+Mary+Moore&pg=PT79 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke 1964.JPG|thumb|right|upright|240px|Moore with [[Dick Van Dyke]] in 1964]]

Moore's first regular television role was as 'Sam' a mysterious and glamorous telephone switchboard operator/receptionist in the series ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' with [[David Janssen]]. Sam's sultry voice was heard talking to Richard Diamond from her switchboard; however, only her legs and occasionally her hands appeared on camera -- never her face, adding to the character's mystique.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/tyler-moore-dick-36447.aspx|title=Mary Tyler Moore's Big Break |magazine=TV Guide|date=May 6, 2004 |access-date=August 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112042757/https://www.tvguide.com/news/tyler-moore-dick-36447.aspx/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref>  After creating a minor sensation by appearing as Sam in 12 episodes of ''Richard Diamond'' as an uncredited player, Moore asked for a raise -- and was promptly fired by the show's producers and replaced by Roxane Brooks in the role.  However, Moore was able to parlay the publicity from 'revealing' Sam's identity to the press into several flattering articles and profiles, giving her career a boost.

About this time, she guest-starred in [[John Cassavetes]]' [[NBC]] detective series ''[[Johnny Staccato]]'', and also in the series premiere of ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]'' in September 1960 and the ''[[Bachelor Father (American TV series)|Bachelor Father]]'' episode "Bentley and the Big Board" in December 1960. In 1961, Moore appeared in several big parts in movies and on television, including ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]''; ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''; ''[[Surfside 6]]''; ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted: Dead or Alive]]'' with [[Steve McQueen]]; ''[[Steve Canyon]]''; ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]''; ''[[Thriller (American TV series)|Thriller]]'' and ''[[Lock-Up (TV series)|Lock-Up]]''. She also appeared in a February 1962 episode of ''[[Straightaway (TV series)|Straightaway]]''.

====''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1961–1966)====
[[File:Dick Van Dyke Show main cast photo.jpg|thumb|right|240px|''[[Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' cast: [[Morey Amsterdam]], [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], Moore, [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Rose Marie]], 1962]]
In 1961, [[Carl Reiner]] cast Moore in ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', a weekly series based on Reiner's own life and career as a writer for [[Sid Caesar]]'s television variety show ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'', telling the cast from the outset that it would run for no more than five years. The show was produced by [[Danny Thomas]]' company, and Thomas himself recommended her. He remembered Moore as "the girl with three names" whom he had turned down earlier.<ref name=paley>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070301201915/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=43 Profile] the [[Paley Center for Media]]. Retrieved April 3, 2009.</ref>

Moore's energetic comic performances as Van Dyke's character's wife, begun at age 24 (eleven years Van Dyke's junior), made both the actress and her signature fitted [[capri pants]] popular, and she became internationally known. When she won her first [[Emmy Award]] for her portrayal of Laura Petrie,<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1995|p=114}}</ref> she said, "I know this will never happen again."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mary-tyler-moore-star-mary-tyler-moore-show/story?id=44534207 |title=Mary Tyler Moore, Star of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies at 80 |last=Fisher |first=Lucina |date=January 25, 2017 |website=ABC News |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> As Laura Petrie, Moore often wore styles that recalled the fashion of [[Jackie Kennedy]], such as capri pants, echoing an ideal of the Kennedy administration's [[John F. Kennedy#"Camelot Era"|Camelot]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Sixties Chronicles|first=David|last=Farber|page=153|publisher=Publications International Ltd.|isbn=141271009X|date=2004}}</ref>

====''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–1977)====
In 1970, after performing in the one-hour musical special ''Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman'', Moore and husband [[Grant Tinker]] successfully pitched a sitcom that centered on Moore to [[CBS]]. ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring [[Ed Asner]] as her gruff boss [[Lou Grant (fictional character)|Lou Grant]]. ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' bridged aspects of the [[Women's Movement]] with mainstream culture by portraying an amiable, independent woman whose life focused on her professional career rather than marriage and family.<ref>{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |title=Mary Tyler Moore, beloved TV icon who symbolized the independent career woman, dies at 80 |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mary-tyler-moore-20170125-story.html |access-date=January 26, 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="NYT01"/>
[[File:Mary Tyler Moore cast 1970.jpg|thumb|left|upright|240px|The original cast of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970)<br>Top: [[Valerie Harper]] (''[[Rhoda]]''), [[Ed Asner]] (''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''), [[Cloris Leachman]] (''[[Phyllis (TV series)|Phyllis]]''). Bottom: [[Gavin MacLeod]] (Murray), Moore, [[Ted Knight]] (Ted)]]
The show marked the first big hit for film and television producer [[James L. Brooks]], who would also do more work for Moore and Tinker's production company.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-l-brooks-how-long-hell-stick-simpsons-seeing-spielberg-at-supermarket-968283|title=James L. Brooks on How Long He'll Stick With 'The Simpsons' and Seeing Spielberg at the Supermarket|first=Stephen|last=Galloway|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref> Moore's show proved so popular that three regular characters, [[Valerie Harper]] as [[Rhoda]] Morgenstern, [[Cloris Leachman]] as [[Phyllis (TV series)|Phyllis Lindstrom]], and [[Ed Asner]] as [[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]] spun off into their own three separate series playing the same characters, albeit with ''Lou Grant'' being an hour-long drama instead of a half-hour sitcom.

The premise of the single working woman's life, alternating during the program between work and home, became a television staple.<ref name=paley/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/mary-tyler-moore-9413674|title=Mary Tyler Moore Biography |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=February 9, 2017}}</ref> After six years of ratings in the top 20,<ref name=museum>[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/marytylermo/marytylermo.htm "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630144414/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/marytylermo/marytylermo.htm |date=June 30, 2007 }} museum.tv. Retrieved April 3, 2009.</ref> the show slipped to number 39 in season seven.<ref name="Comediennes"/>

Producers asked that the series be canceled because of falling ratings, afraid that the show's legacy might be damaged if it were renewed for another season.<ref name="Comediennes">{{cite book|last1=Littleton|first1=Darryl|last2=Littleton|first2=Tuezdae|title=Comediennes: Laugh Be a Lady|date=2012|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781480329744|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iz_S7n9bWW8C&q=The+Mary+Tyler+Moore+Show+%22season+seven%22&pg=PT77|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Despite the decline in ratings, the 1977 season won its third straight [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/mary-tyler-moore|title=Mary Tyler Moore|website=Television Academy}}</ref> In seven seasons, the program won 29 Emmys and Moore won three awards for Best Lead Actress in a sitcom.<ref name=":1">{{cite web| url=http://www.theintelligencer.com/news/amp/Frasier-Breaks-Emmy-Record-10490481.php |title='Frasier' Breaks Emmy Record |website=theintelligencer.com |date=September 15, 2002 |language=en |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> The record was unbroken until 2002, when the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Frasier]]'' won its 30th Emmy.<ref name=":1"/>

====Later projects====
On January 22, 1976, while season six of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was in progress, Moore appeared in ''Mary's Incredible Dream'', an experimental musical/variety special for CBS,<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1995|pp=190–192}}</ref> and which also featured [[Ben Vereen]]. She described it as "a totally different concept from anything ever attempted on television... We go from song to dance to song and back again, telling a story of the eternal cycle of man. If viewers don't want to follow the story, they can just enjoy the music and dancing."<ref>A first: 'Mary's Incredible Dream'", by Vernon Scott, UPI report, ''Lowell (MA) Sun'', January 5, 1976, p.24</ref> In 1978, she starred in a second CBS special, ''How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness'', where she received significant support from a strong lineup of guest stars: [[Bill Bixby]], [[John Ritter]], [[Harvey Korman]] and Dick Van Dyke. In the 1978–79 season, Moore also starred in two unsuccessful CBS variety series. The first, ''[[Mary (1978 TV series)|Mary]]'', featured [[David Letterman]], [[Michael Keaton]], [[Swoosie Kurtz]] and [[Dick Shawn]] in the supporting cast. After CBS canceled that series, it brought Moore back in March 1979 in a new, retooled show, ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Hour]]''. Described as a "sit-var" (part situation comedy/part variety series), it had Moore portraying a TV star putting on a variety show.<ref name=museum/> The program lasted just 11 episodes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Virginia |title=Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/arts/television/mary-tyler-moore-dead.html|access-date=January 26, 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=January 26, 2017 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

In the 1985–86 season, Moore returned to CBS in a sitcom titled ''[[Mary (1985 TV series)|Mary]]'', which suffered from poor reviews, sagging ratings, and strife within the production crew. Moore said she asked network to pull the show because she was unhappy with the direction and production.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1995|pp=266–267}}</ref> Moore also starred in the short-lived ''[[Annie McGuire (TV series)|Annie McGuire]]'' in 1988.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1995|pp=271–272}}</ref> In 1995, after another lengthy break from TV series work, Moore was cast as tough, unsympathetic newspaper owner Louise "the Dragon" Felcott on the CBS drama ''[[New York News]]'', the third series in which her character was involved in the news media.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Verne |date=October 22, 1995 |title=Mary Tyler Moore Roars Back to Series TV |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1995-10-22-9510130280-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702064552/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1995-10-22-9510130280-story.html |archive-date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=Newsday |via=Sun-Sentinel}}</ref> Moore was disappointed with the writing of her character and was negotiating with producers to get out of her contract for the series when it was canceled.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Constance |title=Watch Mary Tyler Moore play against type in this forgotten 1995 drama |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/1/25/14389972/mary-tyler-moore-new-york-news-madeline-kahn-fabio-1995-cbs |access-date=January 26, 2017 |work=Vox |date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Moore appeared as herself on two episodes of ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]''. She guest-starred on [[Ellen DeGeneres]]'s ''[[The Ellen Show]]'', in 2001. In 2004, Moore reunited with her ''Dick Van Dyke Show'' castmates for a reunion special, ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tucker |first=Ken |date=May 14, 2004 |title=Review:The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/05/14/dick-van-dyke-show-revisited |access-date=August 14, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

In 2006, Moore guest-starred as Christine St. George, the high-strung host of a fictional TV show, in three episodes of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sitcom ''[[That '70s Show]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-01-23-mtm-70s-show_x.htm |title=Love is all around for Moore on '70s' |last=Keveney |first=Bill |date=January 23, 2006 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Moore's scenes were shot on the same sound stage where ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was filmed in the 1970s.<ref name=":0"/> She made a guest appearance on the season two premiere of ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'', which starred her former co-star [[Betty White]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mary-Tyler-Moore-1024989.aspx |title=Mary Tyler Moore to Guest-Star on Hot in Cleveland Season Premiere |magazine=TV Guide |access-date=November 2, 2010}}</ref> It marked the first time that White and Moore had worked together since ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' ended in 1977.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2010/11/mary_tyler_moore_to_guest_star.html "Mary Tyler Moore to guest star on 'Hot in Cleveland'"], November 1, 2010.</ref> In the fall of 2013, Moore reprised her role on ''Hot in Cleveland'' in a season four episode that reunited Moore and White with former ''Mary Tyler Moore Show'' cast members [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Valerie Harper]] and [[Georgia Engel]]. The reunion coincided with Harper's public announcement that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and was given only a few months to live.<ref>{{cite news |title=Valerie Harper, Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White & More Reunite On 'Hot In Cleveland' (Photos) |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/01/valerie-harper-mary-tyler-moore-betty-white-hot-in-cleveland_n_3852277.html |access-date=January 26, 2017 |work=Huffington Post|date=September 1, 2017}}</ref>