Actor profile

Mary Tyler Moore

29th December 1936 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Acting

Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. She is best known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), which "helped define a new vision of American womanhood" and "appealed to an audience facing the new trials of modern-day existence". Moore won seven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ordinary People. Moore is also known for her supporting role in the musical film Thoroughly Modern Millie. Moore was an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism and diabetes prevention.

51 Movies 62 TV Shows 123 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration poster

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration 13th December 2025 as Self (archive footage)

Being Mary Tyler Moore poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore 13th March 2023 as Self (archive footage)

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert poster

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert 10th July 2020 as Self - Special Guest

Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile poster

Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile 17th August 2017 as Self (archive footage)

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration poster

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration 13th October 2015 as Self / Various (archive footage)

Inequality for All poster

Inequality for All 19th January 2013 as Mary Richards (archive footage)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored poster

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored 1st January 2011 as Laura Petrie (archive footage)

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life poster

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life 1st January 2011 as Self

Against the Current poster

Against the Current 18th January 2009 as Liz' Mom

Snow Wonder poster

Snow Wonder 20th November 2005 as Lula

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited 11th May 2004 as Laura Petrie

Blessings poster

Blessings 5th October 2003 as Lydia Blessing

The Gin Game poster

The Gin Game 7th April 2003 as Fonsia Dorsey

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series poster

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series 1st January 2003 as Self

Miss Lettie and Me poster

Miss Lettie and Me 8th December 2002 as Lettie Anderson

Cheats poster

Cheats 31st October 2002 as Mrs. Stark

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories 11th June 2002 as Self

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes poster

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes 20th May 2001 as Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero

Mary and Rhoda poster

Mary and Rhoda 7th February 2000 as Mary Richards-Cronin

Kids Are Punny poster

Kids Are Punny 6th December 1998 as Self (voice)

Keys to Tulsa poster

Keys to Tulsa 11th April 1997 as Cynthia Boudreau

Payback poster

Payback 10th February 1997 as Kathryn Stanfill

Flirting with Disaster poster

Flirting with Disaster 22nd March 1996 as Pearl Coplin

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden poster

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden 7th January 1996 as Jessica

Stolen Babies poster

Stolen Babies 24th March 1993 as Georgia Tann

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show poster

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show 18th February 1991 as Herself - Host

Thanksgiving Day poster

Thanksgiving Day 19th November 1990 as Paula Schloss

The Last Best Year poster

The Last Best Year 4th November 1990 as Wendy Haller

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary poster

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary 24th September 1989 as Self

Just Between Friends poster

Just Between Friends 21st March 1986 as Holly Davis

Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II 10th March 1985 as Self

Finnegan Begin Again poster

Finnegan Begin Again 24th February 1985 as Liz DeHaan

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers poster

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers 1st January 1985 as Self (archive footage)

Heartsounds poster

Heartsounds 30th September 1984 as Martha Weinman Lear

Six Weeks poster

Six Weeks 24th December 1982 as Charlotte Dreyfus

I Love Liberty poster

I Love Liberty 21st March 1982 as Self

Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars 8th March 1982 as Self

Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People 19th September 1980 as Beth Jarrett

First, You Cry poster

First, You Cry 8th November 1978 as Betty Rollin

Mary poster

Mary 24th September 1977 as Self (Various Characters)

Mary's Incredible Dream poster

Mary's Incredible Dream 22nd January 1976 as Angel / Devil / Woman

Run a Crooked Mile poster

Run a Crooked Mile 18th November 1969 as Elizabeth Sutton

Change of Habit poster

Change of Habit 10th November 1969 as Sister Michelle Gallagher

Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman poster

Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman 13th April 1969 as Herself

Don't Just Stand There poster

Don't Just Stand There 3rd September 1968 as Martine Randall

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? poster

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? 24th May 1968 as Liz

Thoroughly Modern Millie poster

Thoroughly Modern Millie 22nd March 1967 as Miss Dorothy Brown

X-15 poster

X-15 22nd December 1961 as Pamela Stewart

The Fatal Impulse poster

The Fatal Impulse 29th November 1960 as Mary Snyder

Once Upon a Horse... poster

Once Upon a Horse... 1st September 1958 as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

Operation Mad Ball poster

Operation Mad Ball 17th August 1957 as Nurse (uncredited)

Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland 16th June 2010 as Diane

Lipstick Jungle poster

Lipstick Jungle 7th February 2008 as Joyce

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show 23rd August 1998 as Christine St. George

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill 12th January 1997 as Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story 21st August 1996 as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show 10th June 1996 as Self - Guest

New York News poster

New York News 28th September 1995 as Louise Felcott

The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth 13th September 1995 as Catherine Wilde

Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio 14th August 1994 as Self

Ellen poster

Ellen 29th March 1994 as Mary Tyler Moore

Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait 14th November 1993 as Self

Frasier poster

Frasier 16th September 1993 as Marjorie (voice)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman 30th August 1993 as Self - Guest

Lincoln poster

Lincoln 27th March 1988 as Mary Todd Lincoln

American Masters poster

American Masters 23rd June 1986 as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

Mary poster

Mary 11th December 1985 as Mary Brenner

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982 as Self

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Host

Dinah! poster

Dinah! 21st October 1974 as Self

Rhoda poster

Rhoda 9th September 1974

The Pet Set poster

The Pet Set 25th January 1971 as Self

The Mary Tyler Moore Show poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show 19th September 1970 as Mary Richards

The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show 25th September 1963 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

Straightaway poster

Straightaway 6th October 1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show 3rd October 1961 as Laura Petrie

Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6 6th October 1960 as Kathy Murlow

Checkmate poster

Checkmate 17th September 1960

The Aquanauts poster

The Aquanauts 14th September 1960 as Dana March

Thriller poster

Thriller 13th September 1960 as Mary Snyder

Thriller poster

Thriller 13th September 1960 as Sherry Smith

Overland Trail poster

Overland Trail 7th February 1960 as Joan Ransom

Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye 7th October 1959

Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye 7th October 1959 as Susan Hart

Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye 7th October 1959 as Vanessa Kinard

Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye 7th October 1959 as Peggy Regan

Bourbon Street Beat poster

Bourbon Street Beat 5th October 1959

Lock-Up poster

Lock-Up 28th September 1959

Riverboat poster

Riverboat 13th September 1959 as Lily Belle de Lesseps

The Deputy poster

The Deputy 12th September 1959 as Amy Collins

Johnny Staccato poster

Johnny Staccato 10th September 1959

The David Susskind Show poster

The David Susskind Show 18th January 1959 as Self

77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip 10th October 1958 as Girl on Telephone (uncredited)

77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip 10th October 1958 as Marie Drew

77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip 10th October 1958 as Laura Chandler

Bronco poster

Bronco 23rd September 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive 6th September 1958 as Sophie Anderson

Richard Diamond, Private Detective poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1st July 1957 as Sam (voice) (uncredited)

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Host

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Hostess / Presenter / Special Award Recipient

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Memoriam (archive footage)

The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire 19th January 1955 as Linda

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet poster

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 3rd October 1952 as Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 5th October 1951 as Student

The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards 25th January 1949 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee