mary's company mtm production produced numerous shows and said this logo gave her an aha moment. >> that was her graphic icon for her show. mary tyler moore first gave me the idea that you can own your own show and produce it. >> he was the one. >> she was the one. she was the one. that's where i got that idea from. mtm productions. ♪ she can turn the world on with her smile ♪ ♪ take a nothing day and make it worthwhile ♪ know it ♪ >> by the way, gayle king will have a show mary tyler moore, love is all around. we found so many amazing moments with mary, that we want to share with you now. >> newsroom. >> i think mary richards was a real person. and i've 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 an

mtm productions. >>. ♪ who can take on nothing in the day and make it all seem worthwhile ♪ ♪ you shouldit >> a lot of people singing that song the last 24 hours. by wait, gayle king will anchor a one-hour special on cbs entitled mary tyler moore, love is all around. >> we have been pouring through our "e.t." vault and we found so many amazing moments with mary that we want to share with you now. >> newsroom. >> i think mary is real person and i always add problem separating myself from laura. she was single, i'm married. 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 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 to

mtm productions. ♪ she can turn the world on with her smile ♪ ♪ take a nothing day and make it worthwhilet's you, girl, and you should know it ♪ >> by the way, gayle king will have a show mary tyler moore, love is all around. we found so many amazing moments with mary, that we want to share with you now. >> newsroom. >> i think mary richards was a real person. and i've always had a hard time separating myself from mary 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 characters, starring with julie 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

. >> yeah, you mentioned mary tyler moore with her producer, grant tinker started mtm productions behindike "hill street blues" and "rhoda." mary tyler moore started in movies like "ordinary people" for which she was nominated with an oscar. the same year, moore dealt with her own family when her son richard died from a gunshot wound to the head. it was later ruled to be accidental. mary tyler moore went on to talk about her years long battle with alcoholism and how she voluntarily entered the betty ford center. in 2011, moore had elective surgery to remove a benign brain tumor but fully recovered. we talked for years and years how she fought, an advocate for diabetes, especially juvenile diabetes. listen to her as she testified before congress. >> for years, i kept the full impact of my diabetes under wraps while people new i had type one and that i was a long-time outspoken advocate for a cure and international chairman of jdrf. the general public didn't know the extend to which diabetes affected my day-to-day life. we will do everything we can to find a cure for you. we promise. >> an

that's where i got that idea from, mtm productions. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ ♪ whoworth while ♪ ♪ well it's you girl and you should know it ♪ >> in our 36 years on the air at "e.t." we have had so many incredible moments with her and with her mary tyler moore co-stars. here is mary in her own words. >> my mother and father were very, very funny, witty, sharp people. and i never dreamed that i would be able to be doing that as my life's work. >> mary was grateful to be back with her mary tyler moore co-stars when we last saw her. they reunited for an episode of "hot in cleveland" in 2013, and we asked her how it felt to have the gang together. >> it's wonderful, but it makes me sad too. it makes me feel, why don't i have this in my current life? where are all these friends and buddies and co-workers and people who loved each other? ♪ >> mary always had fond memories of the show that made her a household name. >> it was so beaut fli written. it was a joy to play. i'm one of those incredibly lucky people who has had one good experience after another, and i've never had

additionally because it was produced by mtm productions, as a producer mary tyler moore had a tremendousortrayed. that was thanks to her and the fights that she had. fights that she had, you know backed by a team of female writers, i mean there was a huge pool of women writers for "the mary tyler moore show" also which was completely groundbreaking at the time. >> and, chris, one more question for you. mary tyler moore received an oscar nomination for her role in "ordinary people" which was against type for her. how significant was that role? >> well it was very significant, of course it was robert redford's first directorial project and cast her because he saw her walking on the beach alone at one point and realized there was this whole other side that we hadn't seen. that role of an icy shattered mother was so powerful and, in fact because we remembered mary richards and remembered mary 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 mi

they formed the production company mtm enterprises. their first project was the mary tyler moore show. the popular show ran until 1977, she tried several times to revive the variety show with limited success. in 1980 she took on a challenging stage role in whose life is it any way. her performance was met with raves from critics and audiences. this period was difficult for her. her sister died and in 1980 her son accidently killed himself. in 1971 she and tinker divorced. she developed a alcohol problem and checked into the betty ford clinic. she earned an oscar nomination for her role in ordinary people. in 1983 she married her third his, in the following years she had plenty of tv roles including a role as ben stiller's mother and a role on tv land's hot in cleveland. in 2012 she received a lifetime achievement screen actor's guild award. she wrote about her battle with type one diabetes. she showed america her versatility as an actress, she will be remembered for her ir -- spirit and turning the world on with her smile. >>> coming u

they formed the production company, mtm enterprise, they started the mary tyler moore show.hen see tried to revive the variety show genre with limited success, she starred in ordinary people, but this period was difficult for her. her sister died and in 1980 her son killed himself and she and her husband divorced. she developed a serious alcohol problem and checked into the betty ford center. she earned an os corps nomination for -- oscar nomination for her role in ordinary people. she had many tv roles including a role as ben stiller's mother and a role on tv labd's hot in cleveland. -- land's hot in cleveland. she received a screen actor's guild award and said. >> i too am happy after all. >> reporter: she spent her later years as an advocate for the juvenile diabetes foundation. she championed women's rights on television and will be remembered for turning the world on with her smile. >>> thank you. that's one of my favorite pictures of her when she takes her hat and throws it in the air. >> i did not know that her only son killed himself. she's all ma moo moo in that sho

in 1970 moore and tinker perform the production cole mtm enterprises their first project the mary tyler moore show. she played mary richards a ground-breaking tv character. she lived pinned emily with no husband or said dee boyfriend the wildly popular show ran until 1977. this period was difficult personally for moore. her sister elizabeth died. in 1980 her son accidentally killed himself. and in 1981 she and tinker divorced. around this time she developed a serious alcohol problem and checked herself into the betty forward for center for treatment in 1984. she met these challenges head on saying, you can't be brave if you only had wonderful things happen to you. moore earned an oscar nomination for her role in the 1980 robert redford directed ordinary peop people. in 1983, she married third husband robert levine. mary tyler moore showed america her versatility as an actress. championed women rooses rights on television, and will be remembered for her erie pressable spirit and turning the world on with that smile. adam housely, fox news. >> her 2000 sand auto biography moore wrote abou