Mary Tyler Moore Biography

Mary Tyler Moore Profile Biography – Biographyzone.com. Mary Tyler Moore (Brooklyn, December 29, 1936) is an American television and film. At 8 years he moved to California, where he spent a difficult childhood because his mother’s alcoholism. During adolescence, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a disease that will put to the test several times. In 1955 he graduated from a Catholic school. In the same year he married Dick Meeker, with whom he had shortly after his only son, Richie.

Mary Tyler Moore Profile History

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Born	December 29, 1936 (1936-12-29) (age 74) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1958–present
Spouse	Dick Meeker (m. 1955–1961) «start: (1955)–end+1: (1962)»”Marriage: Dick Meeker to Mary Tyler Moore” Grant Tinker (m. 1962–1981) «start: (1962)–end+1: (1982)»”Marriage: Grant Tinker to Mary Tyler Moore” Location: Robert Levine (m. 1983–present)

Mary Tyler Moore Career

Very attractive and passionate about acting, in the late fifties appeared in some television commercials. He obtained his first success, appearing in the role of secretary in a captivating series Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-60), where it is noted especially for his long and beautiful legs.

She was noticed by actor Dick Van Dyke, becomes his partner in the sparkling series The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66). The show achieved huge success, and with it its wonderful character. Meanwhile, after her divorce from Meeker, in 1962 the actress married television producer Grant Tinker.

In 1970 Mary became the star of the hit sitcom, Mary Tyler Moore in which she plays an independent single woman who moved to Minneapolis to begin a new life after a love affair inconclusive. The themes dealt with by the unconventional series and the excellent test of the actress, makes this a classic TV series. The series, which lasted until 1977, will earn a 4 Emmy awards. The same character also appears in several episodes of the series Rhoda and Phyllis, as well as in the TV movie Mary and Rhoda (2000). She was also cited in the famous song of Buddy Holly Weezer

In 1980 he achieved great success in theaters playing the frustrated mother in Ordinary People (Ordinary People) by Robert Redford, so earns an Oscar nomination. Meanwhile Mary, however, must deal with several issues: hisalcoholism, the deterioration of diabetes, the divorce from Grant Tinker, and the tragic suicide of her son Richie.

But fail to recover, while continuing to work successfully both for television and for the theater (even gets a Tony Award for her performance in the play Whose Life Is It Anyway?). For over twenty years,Mary Tyler Moore lives happily with her new husband, Dr. Robert Levine, and devoted himself with passion to charity to support people living with her own illness. (Source : http://biographyzone.com/mary-tyler-moore-biography/)