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*Includes pictures *Includes Moore's own quotes about her life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading “My grandfather once said; having watched me one entire afternoon; prancing and leaping and cavorting; ‘this child will either end up on stage or in jail." Fortunately; I took the easy route.’” – Mary Tyler Moore “I’m Mary Tyler Moore and I am…an actress; an animal lover; the chairman of the Juvenile diabetes Research Foundation; the wife of Dr. Robert Levine…Suffice it to say there are a lot of ways to end that sentence; and I don’t think I’ve come close to living through all the possibilities; thank heavens. But what I do know is that in every role I am a devotee of laughter and tears; committed to expressing the nuances of each.” – Mary Tyler Moore A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures; but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series; readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute; while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. If television was still coming into its own during the 1950s; it truly became a national phenomenon across America in the 1960s; and in an era where most Americans finally owned a television; one of the most popular shows on the air was The Dick Van Dyke Show. The show starred Dick Van Dyke as a middle class writer who worked on a television show; but it also helped catapult Mary Tyler Moore (who played his wife) to superstardom and her own hit show; The Mary Tyler Moore Show. If anything; Mary Tyler Moore is now better known than Van Dyke; in part because her show was one of the most popular and influential shows of the ‘70s. Moore’s show was the first mainstream television program to portray a single woman more focused on her job than her domestic life. Geoff Hammill wrote of the show; “As Mary Richards; a single woman in her thirties; Moore presented a character different from other single TV women of the time. She was not widowed or divorced or seeking a man to support her." Moore’s show was so critically acclaimed that it won dozens of Emmy awards; holding a record for the most Emmy awards for nearly 25 years; and it was recently ranked one of the best shows of all time by the Writers Guild of America. The shows made Moore a superstar; and it’s no surprise that she never had another show nearly as praised as the ones that brought her fame; but she had a long and storied career across TV; film; and Broadway. She has also participated in numerous charity endeavors and remains an activist well into her 70s. American Legends: The Life of Mary Tyler Moore chronicles the life and career of one of America’s most famous television stars. Along with pictures of important people; places; and events; you will learn about Mary Tyler Moore like never before; in no time at all.