Editing Mary Tyler Moore (section)

====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]]''.