Mary Tyler Moore

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About the Author

MARY TYLER MOORE (1936-2017) is an award-winning TV and movie star, producer and director, and a television comedy icon. She is best known for her performances as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore show, two classic TV sitcoms. Winner of numerous Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe awards, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the film Ordinary People.

She was the international chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and a leading fund-raiser and advocate for stem cell and diabetes research. She is the author of the memoirs After All and Growing Up Again.