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Mary Tyler Moore | 1936 – 2017

Mary Tyler Moore cemented her status as one of the great television actresses of all time with two timeless hits: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Moore was born in 1936 in Brooklyn Heights, but her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 8 years old. As a teenager, she aspired to be a dancer and appeared in several commercials at the beginning of her career.

Mary Tyler Moore cemented her status as one of the great television actresses of all time with two timeless hits: “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

Moore was born in 1936 in Brooklyn Heights, but her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 8 years old. As a teenager, she aspired to be a dancer and appeared in several commercials at the beginning of her career.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
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