Mary Tyler Moore

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5he starred in the two best sitcoms of all time. She's Jattled alcoholism and diabetes. But it wasn't until \'Iary Tyler Moore took control of her career with the !lew TV movie, Mary and Rhoda, that she finally real ized what the rest of us have always known ... liIJrl·! By MICHAEL GIL -.I!I The girts are back UI townl "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" -with Mary Tyler Moore (leH) as Mary . Richards and Valene Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern was one ot those rare TV series that almost never had a weak episode. ' MARY T~'I('r ~toore rdurn!' to her mQ~t bclnn-d chRr:'lcler in the TV mO\'jc ·Mary end RhodR .~ nirinlt nt'xl Monda\' on ABC. The surprise? WhAt ~ound ~'''kc a no-brAiner for any network w:"" nctul\l1y a fllruJ!glc to make. It WI''' plnnned all ~ sitcom. then O~ ill 1V mo\'ic that mil;ht lead to a ~cricil And thB~lthf:rW~h!e R~{CCl~~eOi~d I~: ~:~}~S' sional carecr. thr 63·year-old Emm)' win-. ncr look control of the situation, "howing . the s;)mc dctcnllintltion that Mnry Rich· IUds always did when something !"cRlly mattered . . ~I thought. 'There'. nobody else who ~s • going t.o do thiS: R 80)'S Moore ... 'And If . rou want it done. you better alan hold· ~d It(o~~id~t ~~~i1;~~~nfui: ':J:~nt:~~ ~ cl~~.:en~1:'~;~;1ss:t!~iTo~g~"nd Rhoda " ' :n~it:thi~tJ~hg ~t~nfh~~p~::~hit~r: world oMessed with youth. Mory al~ re tumll to TV journalism, a world thafl" much ~die r nnd more tabloid-y than it ..... during her dnys at WJM. Moore -who wrote her Butohio~r8phy ye ... r~ ago -plans to return to writing ns . wt'U. inl"pir('d by how hnppy ~hc \\'a1' to be callinJ: the "hols alj nn active pro· du«r. "t didn't ht'p a journal (during the making of thi~ movlel, hUl I have very fresh in my mind all the ClIpcricnccK." :~~ri!1fu~eit ~;!d J~I;~~m~ec~~~~hl:r \~,~ • good long piece for 3 magazine or in fact a book, "I tend to Ihink it might be a book be· c:aUH' it's not only th(' accounti.ng of what happent'd the first time 1 got the idea for thill Ihow. Ifl" al~ about the gfO\Io'lh on my pllrt." .. h(' says. -, wal" :uuund MTM" -Ih(' imm('n~I~ ' Marr ~Ier M .. ~ Is a Widow, Valerie Harper a divorcee, bolh willi grown daughlers -Joie I.enz ('ar leII) and _ M.arlsa ~ra'l.--:: ~d '!"lIIlooldng to Ii~ happiness In a w.orld obses58d ~11h youth. • .' -. creative production company that ..... •• nam('d an.er her -"but' W8& n,vu a part. o( il. 1\·(' "1 ...... ,\'111 laid lea· husband I Grant Tinker y,'Il. the one who ran thal company and did it bcRuti(uliy . I was al WK)'I too ACared or jultt rell inl'pl t.o l!:Lt'p into 8ny olhrr role bl'Mid~l" Rctre88." lronicaliy . her willingne"a to let othenc make the important deci !ionl played a key role in Moor(". "ucce,." She initiHlly re(u!\ed t.o audition for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" -another sent'I that always mnb" lhe short list or thf' best ~itcoml" or all time. ") turned it down: remembf'rll M()(Irt', ") said to my aswnt. "No I've had my henrt broken ~ many lime, this w~k , I'm 'wi ~oing ." She Wilt: drpres5t'd llecaulle of two partJt sh,,'d ju!'t Iittli Hut her agent pcTllistcd : thi" wnf; Carl R<'iner from thf' I('~cndary "Your Show of Show!''' ..... hn SI)('clfical\v wanlrd h,r In read ror th(' purt or Laura Petrie. Shc hnd lo go, Mnore rt'!t'nh'd ,md -3cCflrding to RI'ilH'r -!'hr unly h:ld 10 re"d Iwo wurd ~ ht·rul't' he knt·w 1'Ih., WD~ tht' flnl' nnd h~ jumpt·d lip til tlrIl~ h"r mtn thc producl'r'!,; ufflce. "WI'II. il W;\!t "",rf' III:... two wllrd .. : .!Ih" IAulo!hs. "h "'.,," " l'rlllpir "f ",'nlcnn'!! at It'a~t. Uut thal's jU!l-1 ""h,,1 ht' did. "II,' upt'nrd hill palm Bnd put hil" hltnfl lin Iht· tup "f my hr:lIJ rend l":lid. 'OlnH' \\'Ith mf": lind n'" Ir h .. W:I'" cunducIIII:.! Iht, ruddt·r f,ra ",hip. II was always too scared or just felt inept to step into any other role besides actress.' -Mary Tyler Moore h(' .!It.ecn.>d mc down the hllllway t.n Sheldon Leonard'lIi office." . An.cr live seosons, Rf'int'r pulled lhe pluK on 1'he Dick Van Dyke Show: knowing thnt they would in· r~:~I~~~o:~a~~ar:r:; ~"~n::alt~~=i and commcrcial I'UC('CSJI simpl~' "lop ping bccaullc ill creator w~'"t"tI 10 gel while lhe going was good. VirtuAlly every olher clIIS~IC !'il· com -". Love Lucy: "M-A·S·U." "Ch('en." "Seinrcld: and c('rimnl}, "AU in the F.mily" -ovct!l-tayt'd Iheir wclcomr hy )"ra,,.. l}\rnu<lung till' KT't'at triumph th('v'd al·hwl't..J by ~lI(,(,l.inK out" r .. ,\Y· morl' lucr,,' tl\'(' I'i~"sonlll . Thf' finly otht'r !'huw In c,,11 it a d;ly dUl'inK illt Vl'"k? -Thl' !\tar)' Tylf'r MOllrr Show." Uut :!Knin. ir M •• nn' had h~"'11 ,,1fII'I' :1"~'·rli\I· . t~i~ ~~~n;' h:v~:~rr:~ me that Jim Brooka and the other writers wanted to go on to other projeocL8: admi18 Moore, who aaid all of th('m -induding herself -.... ·ere young and wanted to see what was around lhe comf'r. "Out it ........ hard for me. I didn't want t.o let il go beeDUIe • had al lowed it t.o become my family. the (amily I'd (('It I n('ver had when I WIU growin~ up -\.he place where you (eel cnmfortable . "I would hav(' kf'pl it on for .n· olher couple o( yean. But I "u f!~n ,:~:eIJ~ ~';:1n :~::~ enough t.o have th06e (eelings and !!:lOnd up (or them," In.!'kad, IIh(' movf'd on lind "1lle Mary Tylf'r Moore Sho....... ~. mAined one of those rare TV l'e riu lhat almo!!ot Of'ver had a weAk f'pi5Otle. much lellJl a \10'(,&11. )'f':1r, lit!~~~i~~~I~rhn~et i~F~~~~c~ Cry: A film ah(lut hrt'''l''t c.ncer. !-iht, had memurahll" tum1' in fea hlr" film.!', pl:,,\;nF: an icily no mOVl' Ith 1l1!':,uIler.P Out ~prinkll!'<l thrflu~htlut ..... ere un":lti!'fving Alh'mplJl at (Ither ""ri,'" th" 'XO", ~ .. :lW t ..... o l'Iitcoml'i and a dramll. "N('W' York Nt.'wa.p CCCI:oL,rrlllF: Grcjforv Ilarri",uni dl"""pp«ar quit-kly. . In thl' lotle 'iO",. sh" t"'C'n m"d~ Iwo !!tHh." at a ".rit'ly sho .... One' ,~~·IUA' 01" fnl,'" IIA Next for Mary: give birth to :-' 'Labor Pains ~:~~ ILII'I {rom Pag' 109 Yo'''5 • -Carol Burndt~ ·like sketch comed.v called "Mary," It lasted three epi sodel. The other was a .it com about people mounting A variety ~ries. a show _within _a_t;how concept ~l1ed ibe Mary Tyler Moore Hour," It lasted three months. Surprisingly. Ellen DeGenercs willlry the same idea with ber nex.t project. -, wish her bclt..er luck than 1 had with mine,"' laugh. MoorT. who jok.ingl.Y She haA another film in lie can -"'Labor P:linl!l,-C&.tl;t.( rine Rob ).fOrTOW -and iii etCing other projects. -Sh"'s he': ~::toYnda l:;:f::fuo: ~~~d:~:V~ i,; hC~;;~ lif" fur years, . ~ I .. "Ar\cr Grant. Tinker and t divorced and I came to New York, ll:M!gan to rea~ nu. Ji(e. I ~gan to .ee that: It· only could I hrlndle 1"',. ' my own but that I rould:.J handle life married~' younger man. not to pi, -. • man who would en raTe'-. -', : The way Ihey -.: Maty Trte< M-. InsIsb Uvn wiI not be , .. _ Mory ,nd Rhoda TV .. ries -jusllhe TV mcme. ., caUslhe genre a ",ilvar." 1bough it didn't 100st long, the show did give career booetA to Michel Keaton, Oav;d Letterman and Doria Roberts, "'ho now has • plum role on "Everybody Lovee Raymoad: one 0( Moo...e's favorite shows cur ...entlyon lht! air. "What I moatl,r like about it i, the "'nting: uy. Moore. "It', fresh and it's honeat. "1 a150 like Rly Romano in p.u1icular," she aays. "And I think Patricia Heaton i. out- :~;~ ~~:';·...e~r .k~dd.h! take. Mr time but .h~'. ,1110 fuu~~k;t::~~tiH:;ton haa yet. to sna...e, much-deserved Erji?:' But M()()("e i"n'tloolt · in4 (~ck on past succe~ . . j. me to do thines ind~ dently," ; The ~.ull ia "Mary I and Rhoda," If it'a ,ua:e.(ul, Moore ia toying with \heide. 0( other TV movies cOn~inu - in.\~~e~r;o~il "01 be! m~~e . into' eeries," insist.. Moore. ~a: '::~dmthe~~':;:! ~~E ~:? .:~a~on:u~ti~lf~ together that I would, not want to live with oN;' we-ekly ba.i"," And (rom t.h<! tone in ~~r voice. you Mlieve her. ,- From now on, ",,'heth,r Moore ucceeds or (atla, you know one thing: .he', loine to be in charge and the J,W:. tts. or failure will be hen .lone. And ,n the awecw for iL .

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