On his new sitcom, “Superior Donuts,” Judd Hirsch plays the owner of a Chicago doughnut shop who, after a half-century in business, warily hires a young go-getter bent on freshening the bill of fare. “I’m going to help you bring this place into the 20th century,” says Franco, the eager new assistant played by co-star Jermaine Fowler.
Category: Ordinary People
Rest in Peace, Mary Tyler Moore, Reluctant Feminist Icon
In 1970, when Moore embodied the character of flighty, 30-year-old single TV news producer Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , there was no other such woman portrayed on television – at least not one who was leading her own show or not dismissed as slutty. The only forerunner was Marlo Thomas in That Girl , but her Ann Marie was a 20-something on her way to marriage, while Mary was running away from the institution.
Mary Tyler Moore managed a career with three terrific acts
Mary Tyler Moore demolished that oft-quoted line about there being no second acts in American lives. That’s because her acclaimed 1970-77 CBS series, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” was the second act for this durable, immensely likable television star.
Rest in Peace, Mary Tyler Moore, Reluctant Feminist Icon
In 1970, when Moore embodied the character of flighty, 30-year-old single TV news producer Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , there was no other such woman portrayed on television – at least not one who was leading her own show or not dismissed as slutty. The only forerunner was Marlo Thomas in That Girl , but she was a 20-something woman who was on her way to marriage, while Mary was running away from the institution.
Mary Tyler Moore portrayed intelligent, independent characters who were generous of spirit
Mary Tyler Moore in a scene from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the mid-1970s. Mary Tyler Moore in a scene from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the mid-1970s.
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore: Bob Newhart shares memories
WGN’s Dean Richards will speak to comedian Bob Newhart about his memories of Moore and her legacy on the WGN Evening News. Moore gained fame in the 1960s as the frazzled wife Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
Mary Tyler Moore reaction: – She’ll last forever, as long as there’s television’
“She’ll last forever, as long as there’s television. Year after year, we’ll see her face in front of us.”
Mary Tyler Moore accepts her Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild …
Comfortably single and unafraid to stand up to her gruff newsroom boss, Mary Richards splashed onto television screens at a time when feminism was still putting down roots in America, a woman who charged through the working day with equal parts humor and raw independence. Mary Tyler Moore’s character charmed TV watchers, earned the actress Emmy nominations and became a potent symbol of womanhood in the 1970s.