tracking the biggest stories making news today. >>> i was 12 or 13 years old, and i remember watching mary richardsone, inside mary tyler moore's everlasting influence on women in television. >> she could sing. she could dance. i want to be like that. >> how the female icon inspired hollywood's girl power revolution. >>> then emma stone graces the cover of the hollywood reporter, but is all this oscar attention bringing back her panic attacks? >> oh, my god. i get nerves. >>> and number three, the bellas take us behind the scenes at "pitch perfect 3," and is rihanna already saying good-bye to "oceans 8?" >> your insider bonus, mandy moore takes us on "a walk to remember" 15 years later. >> it was a life-changing experience. >> so is there a reunion in the works? >> then encore to tgit is back. but can i get any of chanda's angels to give me a sneak peek? >> you can't say nothing. >> i want to keep my job. >> now "the insider" tracking hollywood from the inside out. >> hollywood continues to mourn the loss of tv icon mary tyler moore. it is our number one tracking

>> mary richards made you laugh by handling the egoes and insecurities of the guys she worked with. >> reporter: but to understand just how mary was able to make it after all, - you have to 1930s, where right from the start mary set herself apart from the rest. >> i was born in brooklyn. and when you're from brooklyn, you're supposed to talk like you're from brooklyn, right? you know what i mean? well, my family had no money, but they did both major in english in college and they taught me how to speak correctly. >> reporter: her early life is a difficult one, with an alcoholic mother and a distant father. for solace young mary turned to dancing, working hard at limbering up the legs that would one day carry her to hollywood. >> my grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping, this child will either end up on stage or in jail. >> reporter: and when her family decides to go west, moving to california, 9-year old mary is the first one out the door. >> i knew i would be discovered in hollywood, it wasn't likely to happen in brooklyn. >> reporter: at

tracking the biggest stories making news today. >>> i was 12 or 13 years old, and i remember watching mary richardsnside mary tyler moore's everlasting influence on women in television. >> she could sing. she could dance. i want to be like that. >> how the female icon inspired hollywood's girl power revolution. >>> then emma stone graces the cover of the hollywood reporter, but is all this oscar attention bringing back her panic attacks? >> oh, my god. i get nerves. >>> and number three, the bellas take us behind the scenes at "pitch perfect 3," and is rihanna already saying good-bye to "oceans 8?" >> your insider bonus, mandy moore takes us on "a walk to remember15

. >> i think mary richards was a real person.always had a hard time separating myself from mary richards. their lives are different. she was single. i'm married. you know, i'm an actress, she was a career woman. but my reactions, my instinctive reactions to things were similar to the way i portrayed them on the screen. >> as much as the world loved her as mary richards, she also wanted audiences to accept her in other roles. >> i'm just going to have to rely on people to grow up and let go of her. because she's gone now. and there's another person here. >> mary took on all kinds of andrews in "thoroughly modern millie. "and "a change of habit" with elvis presley. >> the fact that i'm a nun doesn't stop me from being a woman. >> he was very much in awe of me. he was a huge fan of the dick van dyke show. >> that no-makeup look is when she played mary todd lincoln who battled mental illness. mary studied her personal letters. >> i let it gel for a while. i think more than anything else i've ever done. i think that's because of her m

whether you grew up watching her as laura petrie or mary richards or part of the generation that discovered in nighttime reruns, the news of the death of mary tyler moore likely struck you like it did many of us here with a sense of sadness and nostalgia. in a career that spans tv an stages with she will be best remembered for two sitcoms in which her character symbolized the changing perceptions of women in this country. tonight there is reaction from hollywood and beyond. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ >> reporter: mary tyler moore's smile lit up two of television's most beloved sitcoms of the '60s and '70s. as laura petrie, a flustered stay at home wife and mother. and later upending tv gender stereotypes as a career woman in "the mary tyler moore show." >> you've got spunk. >> well, yes. >> i hate spunk! >> reporter: born in brooklyn in 1936, moore landed her first job out of high school. >> i'm happy hot point. >> reporter: appearing in appliance commercials as the hot point elf. at 17 she married richard meeker, then lost her job when she became pregnant at 18 with her o

mary richards was a role model for single working women. >> you know what? ve got spunk. >> well -- >> i hate spunk! >> off camera, mary faced many challenges. during the run of the mary tyler moore show, she was diagnosed with a chronic health condition. >> i am a diabetic. i'm one of the lucky ones. i haven't had too many terrible side effects yet, but they await me. they await everyone who has diabetes. >> she was married three times. she found happiness in her final marriage to robert levine, a doctor 18 years her junior. they were together for more than three decades. >> in our case, they really did say it wouldn't last because i'm older than robert is. he's jewish. i come from a catholic family. there were a lot of reasons for it not to work, but it did. >> sharing more memories of mary, carl reiner, a close friend for over 50 years, he revealed his final poignant words to her. >> i spoke to her husband a day or so before she passed away, and i remember telling him, i said, she may not hear you, but whisper in her ear that it's okay to go. you can go. >

i think that's why mary richards feels authentic. ona isn't just a shtick it's rooted in something real. >> what's wrong? >> three years after the mary tyler moore show went off the air, robert redford gave moore permission in the film "ordinary people" to turn off her smile. to be the icy, non-empathetic, over defended person moore suspected she really was. >> has no idea who her son is up to, she lied and -- >> you lied every time you came into this house. >> must have been terribly challenging, also liberating stand subversive. moore's big movie career never happened. as she aged it got harder to recycle the mary richards persona, when she tried to go against that imagine tv movies like "like mother, like son" aka mary richards murders eat i.t. bunker she often went over the top. >> do you have any idea what the past years have been? >> there was one glorious exception. david o. russell's 1997 psycho farce "flirting with disaster" in which she plays a wild auto selfish rhymes with rich and use all her comic smarts. >> what did i ju

. >> as much as the world loved her as mary richards, she also wanted audiences to accept her in other. >> i'm just going to have to rely on people to grow up and let go of her now. she is gone now and there is another person here. >> mary took on all kind of characters. starring with julie andrews in "modern millie" and "a change of habit" with elvis presley. >> it doesn't stop me from being a woman. >> playing mary todd lincoln who battled mental illness, mary studied the letters. >> i let it all gel for a while. and more than any other than i've done. and i think perhaps it is because of her madness. >> she was a woman who treasured her friends, especially betty white. >> she is my friend. we have seen each other through some times. we have laughed together a whole lot. >> gifted with boundless energy, at age 57, she made a workout video for mature women. >> it reminds me of my early beginnings as a chorus dancer and how hard it was. but i was young then. i could handle it a little easier than i can now. >> and on the day she received her star on hollywood's walk of fame, in typical

that role of an icy shattered mother was so powerful and, in fact, because we remembered mary richards and to see her going through that made that part even more powerful and she was great in it and got an oscar nomination. >> chris remembers this too going back to "the mary tyler moore show." in the first year it was she might make it after all then they changed it to she's going to make it after all and, boy, did she. >> she sure did. sharing her personal struggles as well. helped a lot of people there. a lot more coming up. >>> up next president trump gives david muir a tour of his office, his new digs and he'll tell us what it was like in that car ride to the capitol hill with president obama in that abc news exclusive. news exclusive. but there's so much more to it. here's how benefiber® works. inside us are trillions of good microflora that support digestive health. the prebiotic fiber in benefiber® nourishes them... and what helps them, helps you. clear, taste-free, benefiber®. for huge deals across the hurryentire store. today like paint plus primer at the new lower price of on

and mary richards, the character she played on her iconic '70s sitcom.ssic making millions laugh each week and inspiring a generation of women to succeed including our own andrea mitchell. >> reporter: mary richards, the path-breaking, all-american single career girl. yes, girl. not woman. this was 1970, after all. >> i would like to know why the last associate producer before me made $50 a week more than i do. >> oh, because he was a man. >> reporter: an inspiration to all of us who broke through in an age where women were told we didn't belong in the newsroom. >> it seems you've been asking personal questions that don't have a thing to do with my qualifications for this job. >> you know what? you've got spunk. >> well, yes. >> i hate spunk! >> reporter: tonight so many news women tweeting their tributes to someone so iconic she once inspired this spontaneous moment on the "today" show. ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ >> reporter: her life felt realtous as we watched the first mention of the pill on a sit come. >> don't forget to take your pill. >

inspired single women everywhere to follow their dreams, as memorable minneapolis news producer mary richardmoore show." >> you've got spunk. >> well -- >> reporter: born in brooklyn, new york, an aspiring dancer, she soon starred in dozens of commercials, which led to several television appearances. then 1960s, carl reinner cast her as laura petrie on "the dick van dyke show." >> don't play innocent with me, rob. >> reporter: moore's comedic energy lit up the screen and a star was born. her success continued in the '70s with "the mary tyler moore show" where moore showed single working women could have it all with seven emmy awards and three golden dplo een globes on the s was nominated for a best actress oscar for her role in "ordinary people." >> you blame me for the whole thing. >> reporter: amid her success came personal tragedies at home. in 1980, her only son, ritchie, died at just 24 when he accidentally shot himself. in her memoir, "after all" moore acknowledged she was a recovering alcoholic. she also publicly discussed her struggle with diabetes, spending many years raising money

and her iconic character, mary richards, was equally bold. >> mr. grant, there is no good reason why two people doing the same job at the same place, shouldn't be making the same -- >> he had a family to support. you don't. >> reporter: her character fearlessly asked for a raise. a major feat for a woman in the '70s. and bravely fought back against her boss, who questioned why she wasn't married. >> never married? >> no. >> why? >> why? >> you type. >> there's no simple answer to that question. >> reporter: mary tyler moore proved that women weren't so one-dimensional. as she told bryant gumbel in 1995, the show was risky. >> cbs tested our first episode. and it tested worse than in history. everybody hated me. they thought i was a loser. how come i was 30 and still not married. >> reporter: unmarried and on birth control, unheard of on tv in 1972. >> don't forget to take your pill. >> i won't. [ laughter ]

longtime friend, carol burnett telling us -- >> she will will always be loved and mary richards willuly was america's sweetheart. >> as a 30-something single career woman in the 1970s, her character paved the way for the modern american woman. from the moment she walked through the doors of the fictional tv station wjm-tv, minneapolis. >> it does seem you've been asking a lot of very personal questions that don't have a thing to do with my qualifications for this job. >> you know what, you've got spunk. >> well, yes. >> i hate spunk. >> mary tyler moore. >> reporter: "the mary tyler moore show" was a hit scoring 29 emmys spanning seven seasons. >> in his own words, a little song, a little -- >> reporter: co sharing his memories with "good morning america." >> every day going to work was a pleasure because the beautiful mary was there waiting. >> reporter: from a young age, moore dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. but her breakout role came on "the dick van dyke show." >> oh, rob, how could you? >> reporter: the actress often showing off her dancing skills oncreen. ♪ truly fac

as mary richard on her own "mary tyler moore show." single woman, making her way in the world of work, but her sunny exterior was always a triumph over her personal challenges. here's abc's david wright celebrating a life lost. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ >> reporter: she was feminism's most relatable role model. >> it does seem you have been asking a lot of personal questions that don't have a thing to do with my qualifications for this job. >> you know what? you got spunk. [ laughter ] >> well -- >> i hate spunk. [ laughter ] >> reporter: as mary richards, the associate producer of "the 6:00 news with ted baxter" in minneapolis. >> you haven't met me. i'm ted baxter. the anchorman. >> i know. and i'm mary richards. i'm the new -- >> wonderful. i have been telling lou we needed a new one. >> reporter: she navigated a male-dominated workplace with grace -- >> how old are you? >> 30. >> no hedging. no how old do i look? >> why hedge? how old do i look? [ laughter ] >> reporter: humanity. >> 30. >> thank you for being my

thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> would there have been a "murphy brown" without a mary richardse really opened the door for women -- for women not defined by a relationship. for women trying to have a career. for -- and it also opened the door to quality television because the writing was so exceptional and had such depth, was character-driven. and mary was an icon unlike any other. >> both your shows dealt with groundbreaking issues for women, as well. we're talking about women on birth control. your show dealt with being a single mom. and "the mary tyler moore show" talking about equal pay. how important were the role models for women on tv? >> i think they were very important. and i think for young girls growing up, watching those characters on television, it gave them a sense of entitlement that they didn't feel up until then they had. i think mary tyler moore really made women feel entitled to a career, and to be defined without a man. >> what i loved about mary tyler moore, so much, she had a vulnerability. you felt the pain when she went in and asked for a raise. every gi

and mary richards, the career woman of the "mary tyler moore show." born in brooklyn, new york, in 1936, moore was the oldest child of an politic mother and distance father. she found refuge in dance lessons. those led to her first job out of high school. appearing in appliance commercials as the hot point elf. at 17, moore married richard mooeker, an older salesman then lost her job when she became pregnant at 18 with her only son, richie. >> it's no use, i'm just fed up. >> reporter: she returned to tv as a guest star on various series until she landed the role of sam, the sultry unscene answering service operator on richard diamond private detective in 1957. her big break came in 1961 when she became dick van dyke's tv wife for the next five years. >> oh. >> reporter: she returned to tv in 1970, "the mary tyler moore show" produced by her own company, mtm led by her second husband, grant tinker. as mary richards, she broke the role for women in sitcoms. she was over 30, employs and spent the night with a man. >> why are you here? >> well, i haven't

minneapolis, moore was mary richard, 30 years old, split from her boyfriend.ejected the idea sunny was divorced for fear viewers would think she >> secretarial job. >> reporter: now she was looking for work. >> what religion are you? >> mr. grant, i don't know quite how to say this, you are not allowed to ask that when someone is applying for a job. it is against the law. >> want to call a cop? >> reporter: hundred of women worked for cbs news. in the 1970s, women in the tv news rooms were rare. mary got the job, but there was another battle ahead. >> i would loike to know why th last associate producer before me made $50 a week more than i do? >> oh, because he was a man. >> reporter: the mary tyler moore show took on social, use rarely mentioned on primetime tv. >> can i spend the night? >> reporter: sex. >> no. >> reporter: birth control. >> don't forget to take your pill. >> i won't. >> i won't. >> reporter: and homosexuality. >> what do you mean he is not your type? he's successful. >> he's gay. >> reporter: by the end of the series mary had been promoted

. >> this is our associate producer, mary richards. walter:kite. >> nice to meet you. >> pelley: remembering mary tyler moore. ♪ you might just make it after all ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we were saddened today by the death of one of television's most beloved stars and a long-time member of our cbs family, mary tyler moore. she died today in a connecticut hospital at the age of 80 after a long battle with a number of health problems. cbs chairman and c.e.o. leslie moonves said mary tyler moore was a once in a generation talent, one of the very best to ever grace our airwaves. a little bit later in the broadcast we'll have a tribute. but first, in a major development in the trump administration's premier week, with the stroke of a pen, the former real estate developer launched the biggest construction project of his life, a wall on the mexican border estimated to cost around $10 billion. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today the united sta

it was her television character mary richards who showed a generation you have young women who was possible in the male dominated workplace. abc's elizabeth hur backs back on her life and career. >> associate producer. can you believe that? >> mary tyler moore inspired single women everywhere to follow their dreams as memorable anyplace news producer mary moore show."" >> you've got spunk. >> born in brooklyn, new york, an aspiring dancer, she starred in several commercials. then in the 1960, carl reiner cast her as laura petri on the dick van dyke show." >> >> don't play innocent with me, rob. you found it and you opened, didn't you. >> reporter: her energy lit up the screen and a star was born. her success continued in the '70s with "the mary tyler moore show" where along with her sidekick rowda, moore showed single women could have all with seven emmy awards and three golden globes on the shelf, floor was also nominated for a best actress oscar for her role in the 1980s film, "ordinary people." in her memoir "after all," she acknowledged she was a recovering alcoholic and publicly discus

i'm ted baxter. >> i'm mary richards. >> wonderful.e been saying we needed a new one. >> reporter: she navigated a male-dominated workplace with grace -- >> no hedging. no how old do i look? >> why hedge? how old do i look? [ laughter ] >> reporter: human the i. >> 30. >> thank you for being my friend. >> reporter: the 168th episode, the series finale was the only time all the actors were seen in the same room together. ♪ >> reporter: "mary tyler moore show" reason for more than seven seasons. ♪ it's a long way ♪ to the sweetest girl i know >> reporter: born in brooklyn, mary tyler moore started off as a dancer. in didn't see her face. >> how's the telephone answering business? >> no complaints, mr. d. how's the detecting going? >> reporter: her big break came in 1961, the "madmen" era. >> are you angry with me for something? >> what makes you think that? >> come on glchlt. >> reporter: she won seven emmy awards and three golden globes and was nominated for an oscar for a serious role. distant mother in "ordinary people." >> it's reall

fired. >> stand-by, everybody. >> reporter: mary richards may not have shattered the glass ceiling, butned the mor, and millions of women followed her in. >> pelley: gayle king. later tonight, gayle will host a cbs news special "mary tyler moore: love is all around." that's at 9:00, 8:00 central. and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org chop highway 17 which is still closed in b directions.. >>> kpix 5 news begins with a developing story in the santa cruz mountains. chopper 5 over highway 17 which is still closed in both directions. a sea of headlights, gridlock, stretching back miles as police search for a bank robbery suspect considered armed and dangerous. good evening, i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm ken bastida in for allen martin. this evening, a warning from the santa clara county sheriff's department: they are telling residents of the redwood estates neighborhood to be careful as they make their way home this evening. they are putt

her big show "the mary tyler moore show" completely back in the spotlight and who could forget mary richardsthe real-life victorian house where she rented an apartment is now on the market for $1.7 million. now, the interiors of mary's place were filmed on a set. the outside shots, though, were captured at this real 9,500-square-foot home in minnesota, minneapolis, with seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, five fireplaces, a spa bath and sauna. i have fun trivia related to this. mary richards, the character moves later on in the series and it's because the people who lived in this house were so fed up with tourists coming by and they complained and when that didn't work they plastered it with political posters and just like that mary richards moved to a high-rise. >> no way? >> forcing hollywood's hand. >> true story. >>> nfl players are remembering where they came from in the sweetest way possible. the star athletes reunited with their high school football coaches honoring them at a luncheon, and while the players are obviously grateful for all the on-field lessons, baltimore raven fullback kyle

but in the back of my mind, i knew i could do it because of mary richards. >> you know what? i hate spunk. >> the first time i watched "the mary tyler moore show," i watched her throw the hat in the air and i was suv fffused with wonder. she had an apartment, she had a job, she used her brain and not her beauty. mary, if you can hear me up there, thank you. ♪ love is all around, no need to waste it ♪ ♪ you can never tell, why don't you take it ♪ ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ root cover up. 3 seconds to flawless roots. 3 2 1 roots gone! root cover up by l'oréal hair colorist... paris. oh my gosh! mom,on my car insurance of money by switching to geico. i should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico can help you save money on your homeowners insurance too? great! geico can help insure our mountain chalet! how long have we been sawing this log? um, one hundred and fourteen years. man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. i'm not even sure this is real wood. there's no butter in this churn. do my tris look okay? take a closer look at geico. great savi

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mary richards had sex, she was on the pill, and she challenged her boss on pay!t ignoring this! >> well, i figured it was just one of those woman things. >> no! mr. grants, it's not whop one of those woman things. i would like to know why the last associate producer before me made $50 a week more than i do? >> because he was a man. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. because i really want to understand this. i'm doing as good a job as he did. >> better! >> better? and i'm being paid less than he was because? >> you're a woman. >> well, mr. grant, there is no good reason why two people doing the same job at the same place shouldn't be making the same -- >> had he a family to support. you don't. now why don't you come back? you have an answer to this! >> oh, my god. >> wow! >> like everything you talked about! >> everything you talk about 40 years later! >> again with humor and you're in there with her. you're on her side. she found a way to develop such a likeable character that it broke through all of those different boundaries. it was funny. john padony said withou

as mary richards, she played a single career-driven woman who juggled friends at work and at home. >>unk. >> well -- >> i hate spunk. [ laughter ] >> reporter: besides being funny, it was also a boost for feminism. it was one of the first shows where the lead female was succeeding in a male-dominated business. the mary tyler moore show won a peabody. its finale in 1977 was one of the most watched of all time. >> i think we all need some kleenex. >> there's some on mary's desk. [ laughter ] >> reporter: yet moore's life had its share of pain. she fought diabetes and struggled with alcoholism. her only son richie shot himself and died when he was 24. shortly thereafter mary tyler moore was nominated for an academy award for her performance as the grieving mother in 1980's "ordinary people." >> poor beth. she has no idea what her son is up to. he lies and she believes every word of it. >> reporter: she later found success on broadway and in 2013 reunited with her mary tyler moore show cast mates on the cable show "hot in cleveland." >> hello. >> looks like she made it after all. >> repor

in chicago. >>> and she turned the world on with her smile. >> this is our associate producer, mary richardsafter all ♪ >> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> we were saddened by the death of one of television's most beloved stars and a long-time member of our cbs family, mary tyler moore. she died wednesday in a connecticut hospital at the age of 80 after a long battle with a number of health problems. cbs chairman and ceo leslie moonves said mary tyler moore was a once in a generation talent, one of the very best to ever grace our airwaves. a little bit later in the broadcast we'll have a tribute. >>> but first, in a major development in the trump administration's premier week, with the stroke of a pen, the former real estate developer launched the biggest construction project of his life, a wall on the mexican border estimated to cost around $10 billion. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today the united states of america gets back control of its borders. >> reporter: on his first visit to the department of homeland security,

>> reporter: as local news producer mary richards on "the mary tyler moore show." was good at her job. >> you've got spunk. >> well -- >> reporter: copyinging with the outsized egos and insecurities of her endlessly addled co-workers. the show gave its heroine a richly personal life but never let a boyfriend commandeer her. >> how come i never noticed that before? >> that i love you? >> that you never say it. >> reporter: she would be a role model for a generation entering the workforce, winning four emmys for the show's seven-season run. moore wasn't hip or edgy but her many skills were first on display in the 1960s, as laura petrie, on the sitcom "the dick van dyke show." on the big screen she played a nun opens elvis presley in "change of habit." >> we'll find a way, michelle. >> reporter: that same year 1969 she and then-husband grant tinker formed mtm enterprises. it produced such top series as "hill street blues." after "the mary tyler moore show," she did a variety show that had a supporting cast that included michael keaton and david letterman. then robert

she gave inspiration to follow their wives not just be a housewife the 1970s m played mary richards in minneapolis a spunky woman having a successful career winning 29 emmys over seven seasons and inspired single women everywhere. >> before that she was an unknown in the 1960s cast to play pettry next to dick van dyke. she wore pants most american wives worekirts aprons to do house work. ent on people" and got an oscar. she formed a production company with her second husband producing hill street blues the bob newhart show and rhoda. she was a champion of the arts, and helped to save the pennsylvania ballet which was broke. when he told me the ballet dancers, the agreed to as by that. a month later t ballet was saved. she testified congress for diabetes research. >> and her onlyson died in 1908 when he accidentally shot himself. today she was surrounded by fa fri died. fans left flowers and notes at the hollywood walk of fame. >> thank you money ca. >> former congressman cha kaffa ta reported to prison tove his prison sentence northwest of philadelphia. he was convicted in june on rack

this. >> i am staying right here. >> from the far from your typical housewife laura petrie to mary richardsred her feminist message with the best kind of quick wit. >> what would you say if the station manager kept saying, this is our woman executive? >> what do you say? >> oh, usually, hi. >> the thing about comedy is that you can make great statements -- >> you shut up. >> and it's not preachy when you put it in the hands of people like mary tyler moore, who just make everything very human. >> some of these guys had the nerve to come up to me and say, well, i understand your wife can beat you up. >> and what difference does it make? >> yeah, what difference -- what difference does it make? >> there was something so real about her, and that's kind of -- when we did our show, that was one of the shows we tried to emulate. >> it was this kind of newer, can i say bitchier -- >> if that's how you help me, by telling me i have pms -- >> but it's sort of an honor to be part of that tradition. >> mary tyler moore was my role model. >> we're not going to get anywhere putting on a calm face. we nee

. >> she inspired single women everywhere to follow their dreams as mary richards on the "mary tylerre" show. >> you got spunk. >> well. >> born in brooklyn, new york. an aspiring dancer, she soon starred in dozens of commercials, which led to several television appearances, and in the 1960s, carl reiner cast her as laura petree on the "dick van dyke show." >> you found it and opened it, didn't you? >> she lit up the screen and a star was born. her success continued in the '70s with "the mary tyler moore show." she showed single working women could have it all. with seven emmy awards and three golden globes on the shelf, moore was also nominated for a best actress oscar for her role in the 1980s film ordinary people. >> it's what you think i've done, you blame me for the whole thing. >> amade her success became personal tragedies. in her memoir, she ago northed she was a recovering alcoholic. in her later years, she made several guest appearances on "that '70s show." >> i look fantastic. >> after more than 50 years on television and in films, her memory continues to inspire. ♪ you mi

. >> she inspired single women everywhere to follow their dreams as mary richards on the "mary tylerre" show. >> you got spunk. >> well. >> born in brooklyn, new york. an aspiring dancer, she soon starred in dozens of commercials, which led to several television appearances, and in the 1960s, carl reiner cast her as laura petree on the "dick van dyke show." >> you found it and opened it, didn't you? >> she lit up the screen and a star was born. her success continued in the '70s with "the mary tyler moore show." she showed single working women could have it all. with seven emmy awards and three golden globes on the shelf, moore was also nominated for a best actress oscar for her role in the 1980s film ordinary people. >> it's what you think i've done, you blame me for the whole thing. >> amade her success became personal tragedies. her only son richie died at 24. in her memoir, she ago northed she was a recovering alcoholic. in her later years, she made several guest appearances on "that '70s show." >> i look fantastic. >> after more than 50 years on television and in films, her memor