Mary Tyler Moore: A Smile That Turned the World On (English Edition)

This TBook — featuring a selection of stories, reviews and interviews from The New York Times archives — traces the life and career of the actress Mary Tyler Moore, who died at age 80 of cardiopulmonary arrest in Greenwich, Conn., on January 25, 2017. Ms. Moore, who performed in a variety of roles over her 60-year career in show business, is best known and beloved for her roles in two popular and critically acclaimed sitcoms: as Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Her plucky, perky character Mary Richards, an independent 30-something single career woman who opened the show by famously tossing her hat in the air, became an influential role model for generations of women. Ms. Moore won seven Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the film “Ordinary People,” directed by Robert Redford. She and her former husband, Grant Tinker, founded MTM Enterprises, which produced a string of hit television shows that include “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Newhart,” “WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Hill Street Blues” “St. Elsewhere,” “Remington Steele, “Rescue 911” in addition to the spinoff sitcoms “Rhoda,” “Phyllis” and “Lou Grant.”