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Acting

Mary Tyler Moore

Career: Active from 1960 to 2013, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 30
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
2012 · Won
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
2011 · Won
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1993 · Won · 45th Primetime Emmy Awards
Stolen Babies
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1980 · Won
Ordinary People
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
1976 · Won · 28th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Actress of the Year
1974 · Won
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
1974 · Won · 26th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
1973 · Won · 25th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
1966 · Won · 18th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Golden Globes
1965 · Won
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Golden Globe for an Actress in a Television Series
1964 · Won
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1993 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1988 · Nominated
Lincoln
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1985 · Nominated
Heartsounds
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1985 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Leading Actress
1982 · Nominated
Ordinary People
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1981 · Nominated · 53rd Academy Awards
Ordinary People
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1979 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
1972 · Nominated
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
1971 · Nominated
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Mary Tyler Moore played, best-known titles first.

Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie

Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mary Tyler Moore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.1, average 4.8
Scare
1.1, average 2.6
Tension
4.5, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Lighthearted 4
Period Piece 3
Classic Sitcom 3
Nostalgic Charm 2
Quirky 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Political Intrigue 2
Moral Dilemma 2
New York City 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Heartwarming 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 74

Inequality for All

80

as Mary Richards (archive footage)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as Laura Petrie (archive footage)

Hot in Cleveland

68

TV show · as Diane

2000s

12 titles · average score 60

Against the Current

55

as Liz' Mom

Lipstick Jungle

45

TV show · as Joyce

Snow Wonder

58

as Lula

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

86

as Laura Petrie

TV show

The Gin Game

69

as Fonsia Dorsey

Blessings

as Lydia Blessing

Miss Lettie and Me

56

as Lettie Anderson

Cheats

63

as Mrs. Stark

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

68

as Sante Chambers Kimes / Eva Guerrero

Mary and Rhoda

57

as Mary Richards-Cronin

43

as Esther Raymond

1990s

13 titles · average score 64

That '70s Show

71

TV show · as Christine St. George

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)

Payback

63

as Kathryn Stanfill

Keys to Tulsa

27

as Cynthia Boudreau

Flirting with Disaster

76

as Pearl Coplin

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

as Jessica

The Naked Truth

65

TV show · as Catherine Wilde

Ellen

53

TV show · as Mary Tyler Moore

Frasier

85

TV show · as Marjorie (voice)

Stolen Babies

59

as Georgia Tann

The Last Best Year

as Wendy Haller

Thanksgiving Day

as Paula Schloss

1980s

9 titles · average score 68

Lincoln

72

TV show · as Mary Todd Lincoln

TV show · as Annie McGuire

Just Between Friends

43

as Holly Davis

Mary

TV show · as Mary Brenner

Finnegan Begin Again

72

as Liz DeHaan

Heartsounds

76

as Martha Weinman Lear

Six Weeks

61

as Charlotte Dreyfus

Making 'M*A*S*H'

as Narrator (voice)

Ordinary People

83

as Beth Jarrett

1970s

5 titles · average score 75

The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

TV show · as Mary McKinnon

First, You Cry

as Betty Rollin

Mary's Incredible Dream

as Angel / Devil / Woman

Rhoda

65

TV show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show · as Mary Richards

1960s

14 titles · average score 61

Change of Habit

34

as Sister Michelle Gallagher

Run a Crooked Mile

73

as Elizabeth Sutton

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

62

as Liz

Don't Just Stand There

as Martine Randall

Thoroughly Modern Millie

77

as Miss Dorothy Brown

The Dick Van Dyke Show

84

TV show · as Laura Petrie

X-15

52

as Pamela Stewart

Overland Trail

TV show · as Joan Ransom

Thriller

74

TV show · as Sherry Smith / Mary Snyder

Checkmate

40

TV show

The Fatal Impulse

40

as Mary Snyder

Surfside 6

71

TV show · as Kathy Murlow

1950s

15 titles · average score 64

Hawaiian Eye

66

TV show · as Susan Hart / Vanessa Kinard

The Deputy

67

TV show · as Amy Collins

Riverboat

46

TV show · as Lily Belle de Lesseps

Lock-Up

TV show

Johnny Staccato

65

TV show

Bourbon Street Beat

69

TV show

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as Sophie Anderson

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Girl on Telephone (uncredited) / Marie Drew

Bronco

66

TV show

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

72

TV show · as Sam (voice) (uncredited)

The Millionaire

68

TV show · as Linda

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

68

TV show · as Happy Hotpoint (uncredited)