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''Rhoda'' is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off from ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', in which Harper had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, her spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly-fashioned Jewish neighbor and best friend of Mary Richards between the years 1970 to 1974. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned home to New York City. The series was a huge ratings success (even beating its parent show) and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Two of its first-season episodes broke numerous television records.

''Rhoda'' was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.

Synopsis

The series opens with the pilot episode featuring a slimmed-down Rhoda Morgenstern traveling to New York City from Minneapolis for a two-week vacation staying with her twenty-one year-old sister, Brenda (Julie Kavner). While there she meets Joe Gerard (David Groh), a handsome divorcée who owns a wrecking company and has a ten-year-old son, Donny who Brenda babysits. After developing an instant attraction they begin dating for the duration of her vacation. After an argument about their feelings for each other Joe asks Rhoda to stay in New York which she does, initially moving in with Brenda at 332 E. 64th Street (actual exterior shots are of 332 East 84th Street between 1st and 2nd avenues on the south east end of the block.) Brenda, an overweight bank-teller, had self-esteem problems, similar to Rhoda herself at the outset of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' four years earlier.

The pilot episode entitled "Joe" aired on Monday, September 9, 1974 at 9:30 PM and immediately set an unprecedented record that has yet to be overturned by being the first and only television series ever to achieve a number-one Nielsen rating for its premier episode, easily defeating the ABC ratings juggernaut, ''Monday Night Football''.

Rhoda and Brenda soon realize that the small apartment can't hold them both, so Rhoda moves in with her parents Ida (Nancy Walker) and Martin (Harold Gould) at their apartment in The Bronx. Ida and Martin are the stereotypical Jewish parents. Ida is overbearing, overprotective, benevolently manipulative, and desperate to ensure Rhoda finds a good husband. Martin is her dutiful, mild-mannered dad. Ida initially goes to great lengths to baby her daughter. When it becomes apparent Rhoda is sliding into a rut by occupying her childhood bedroom, Ida forces her to move out for her own good.

As the weeks go by the relationship between Joe and Rhoda quickly blossoms. By the sixth episode, "Pop Goes the Question", an insecure Rhoda asks Joe where their relationship is heading. His response is to invite Rhoda to move in with him. After some careful thought and consultation with her sister and father Rhoda accepts Joe's invitation, but within minutes of moving in decides that rather than living together out of wedlock she wants to be married. Rhoda attempts to convince Joe that they are very compatible and would be a happily married couple. After some hesitation Joe agrees and a wedding is planned.

Rhoda's wedding

Eight weeks into the series on Monday, October 28, 1974, Rhoda and Joe were married in a special hour-long episode which broke several television records. Heavily publicized, the episode became the highest-rated television episode of the 1970s until the miniseries Roots claimed that title in 1977. On the night of its airing it had the distinction of being the second most-watched television episode of all time, only slightly surpassed by the birth of Little Ricky on the 1950s comedy ''I Love Lucy.'' It was watched by more than 50 million Americans, over half of the US viewing audience. At the conclusion of the episode, Monday Night Football host Howard Cosell knowing that few had been watching the football game up to that point joked on the air that he had not been invited to the wedding, and welcomed viewers back to the game. Hundreds of "wedding parties" were held by fans across the United States on the night of the episode to celebrate the television wedding, and within days the CBS-TV studios were overwhelmed with wedding gifts sent in by fans for the fictional Joe and Rhoda Gerard.

The wedding episode featured guest appearances by many of the main characters from ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'': Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), Lou Grant (Edward Asner), Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), Georgette Franklin (Georgia Engel), and Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman). (The only major characters who didn't attend were Ted Baxter and Sue Ann Nivens.)

In ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' episode "The New Sue Ann," airing Saturday, October 26, 1974, two days before ''Rhoda's Wedding'', the characters frequently discuss the upcoming event and buy wedding gifts. At the end of the episode Murray and Lou leave the TV station to drive Mary to the airport. During ''Rhoda's Wedding'' it is revealed that on a lark they had all decided to fly to New York to surprise Rhoda, including her frequent nemesis, Phyllis who had purposely not been invited. During the episode, Phyllis asks for the opportunity to participate in the wedding and is appointed the responsibility to pick up Rhoda at Brenda's Manhattan apartment and drive Rhoda to her parents' apartment in the Bronx for the ceremony. The self-absorbed and forgetful Phyllis neglects to keep her promise, forcing Rhoda to take the subway in her wedding dress, running through the streets of Manhattan and the Bronx, crossing the Grand Concourse to dash into her parents' apartment building in one of the most memorable television moments. Ida, in a state of shock, refuses Phyllis's profuse apologies saying "I'll kill you"; Rhoda herself is just as furious with Phyllis, as is almost everyone at the ceremony. The only one who forgives her is Georgette, who still warns Phyllis to get her tail out of the room before Rhoda arrives. The episode also features special closing credits, showing Rhoda running through the city streets in her wedding dress, and an altered version of the theme song including passages from ''The Wedding March.''

Developments

Seasons 1 & 2 (1974-1976)

For the remainder of the first and second seasons, the show focuses around Rhoda and Joe's new married life. The two move into a penthouse suite in the same building as Brenda. Rhoda advances in her career as a window dresser by opening up a small window dressing business called "Windows by Rhoda" with her old high school friend Myrna Morgenstein (Barbara Sharma). Rhoda uses her maiden surname "Morgenstern" in her professional dealings as a window dresser and her married surname "Gerard" in her personal life.

During this period, the show was a massive ratings hit on Monday nights, staying near the top of the ratings in both seasons, even faring better than its parent, ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. In early seasons, the closing credits of the series featured Rhoda on a New York street trying to imitate Mary Tyler Moore's trademark hat toss, but the cap slips from Rhoda's hand before she can throw it.

Season 3 (1976-1977)

During the first two seasons, television audiences were satisfied with the direction the show was taking. However, the producers found it difficult to write scripts featuring a happily married Rhoda, often writing episodes showcasing Nancy Walker's comedic performance as neurotic, overbearing Ida, or focusing on Brenda's problems including her on-again, off-again relationship with accordion player Nick Lobo (Richard Masur). Eventually, they came to the conclusion that Rhoda's appeal came from her status as an insecure single woman.

Consequently, in the first episode of the third season during a particularly dramatic scene Joe leaves Rhoda and the two remain separated for the entire season. A few weeks later they mutually agree to see a marriage counselor where Joe reveals to a stunned Rhoda that he had never wanted to be married, and that he married her only because she had pressured him into it after he had invited her to live with him. Audiences were equally stunned and deserted the program in droves. Although the producers believed the plot development was essential, the fan response to Rhoda and Joe's separation was overwhelmingly negative and hostile. CBS was inundated with thousands of angry letters protesting the plot development, "Rhoda" and "Joe" received sympathy cards and letters of condolence, with Groh later reporting that he had received hate mail for as much as a year after the season had ended. This sentiment would translate into a steep ratings decline during the course of the season and the show ranked #32 for the 1976-77 season (falling from #8 the year before). Though Ida appears in the opening episode ("The Separation"), both she and Martin are absent for the remainder of the season, explained as traveling across the country in an RV. (At this time, Nancy Walker departed the program to headline two short-lived ''ABC'' series - ''The Nancy Walker Show'', and ''Blansky's Beauties'' - and Harold Gould left to star in his own show - ''The Feather And Father Gang'' - on ''NBC''.) To help fill in the void left by Walker and Gould, the producers hired comedienne Anne Meara as Rhoda's new friend, Sally Gallagher, a middle-aged divorcee who makes her living as an airline stewardess. Meara did not catch on with viewers and her character lasted only one season.

With Rhoda and Joe now separated, they soon move out of their apartment. Joe moves to another building while Rhoda trades apartments with downstairs neighbor Gary Levy (Ron Silver), a jean-store owner who soon strikes up a platonic friendship with Rhoda. Stories initially center on Rhoda and Joe's attempts to work through their differences. As the season progresses, however, Joe is seen less frequently and Rhoda begins dating other people. Ultimately, they never reconcile and Joe is never seen again after this season. Johnny Venture (Michael DeLano), a lounge singer, becomes a frequent suitor that Rhoda only barely tolerates. Meanwhile, Brenda, no longer overweight but still with self-esteem problems, finally finds a boyfriend in professional roller-skater and toll-booth worker Benny Goodwin (Ray Buktenica), whose principal claim to fame is the similarity of his name to the famous musician Benny Goodman. She also occasionally dates neighbor Gary Levy as well as continuing her casual relationship with Nick Lobo.

Season 4 (1977-1978)

For the fourth season, Rhoda's divorce is finalized and she resumes use of her maiden name "Morgenstern" full time. The show then centers on her role as a thirty-something divorcée, dating from time to time. Ida and Martin came home after a year's absence from their lengthy cross-country trip (in reality, both Nancy Walker's and Harold Gould's attempts at a new series the previous year had failed).

Brenda continues to date Gary Levy and Benny Goodwin. Meanwhile, Rhoda's career is undergoing a transition. Seeking a career change, she finds a job at the Doyle Costume Company. There she works for the gruff Jack Doyle (Kenneth McMillan), a man with similarities to Lou Grant. Season 4 ranked higher than season 3 in the ratings (finishing at #25 for the year). Nancy Walker's return to the series, plus Valerie Harper's astounding weight loss, brought back some of the lost audience members from the previous year, but "Rhoda" never regained the popularity it had achieved during its first two seasons on television.

Season 5 (September-December 1978)

The show underwent additional changes in the fifth and final season. Ida and Martin go through a separation of their own; Martin then goes to Florida to find himself. He returns after several episodes but Ida wants to be wooed back, leading to dating and other romantic rituals between the two. Brenda and Benny get engaged to be married, with their wedding planned for later in the season. Gary Levy does not return for this season; it is briefly mentioned near the season's start that he has moved to Chicago. A new co-worker, Tina Molinari (Nancy Lane), joins Rhoda and Jack at the costume shop, having appeared in several Season 4 episodes as an employee at Gary's jeans store. She is distinguished by her highly affected, 'Valley Girl'-like speech patterns.

With the show now moved to Saturday night, ratings declined drastically and ''Rhoda'' was canceled by CBS in December 1978 with four episodes remaining unaired, though these episodes later aired in syndication.

Cast

Valerie Harper - Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard

Julie Kavner - Brenda Morgenstern

David Groh - Joe Gerard (1974–77)

Nancy Walker - Ida Morgenstern (1974–76, 1977–78)

Harold Gould - Martin Morgenstern (1974–76, 1977–78)

Ron Silver - Gary Levy (1976–78)

Ray Buktenica - Benny Goodwin (1977–78)

Kenneth McMillan - Jack Doyle (1977–78)

Lorenzo Music - Carlton, the doorman (voice only)

Other recurring characters/guest stars

Recurring characters

Carlton, the drunken doorman in Rhoda's building, is played by Lorenzo Music (who would later voice Garfield). He is often heard on the intercom, but almost never seen, only his arm occasionally appearing from doors. He is seen from the back in one episode in which he hitches a cab ride with Rhoda and her friends.

Mae, the office bookkeeper at Joe's wrecking company, appears prominently in two episodes during the first season and is played by actress-comedienne ''Cara Williams'' (of ''Pete and Gladys'').

Rhoda's girlfriends over the years include: Alice Barth (Candice Azzara); Myrna Morgenstein (Barbara Sharma), whom Rhoda had sat behind in high school when in alphabetical order in home room; Susan Alborn (Beverly Sanders), another friend from high school; and Sally Gallagher (Anne Meara), a divorced airline stewardess who befriends Rhoda and accompanies her in the singles scene. (Meara's husband Jerry Stiller also appears in one episode as Sally's ex-husband.)

Brenda's boyfriend in early episodes is accordionist Nick Lobo (Richard Masur).

Shortly following her separation from Joe, Rhoda begins an on-again, off-again romance with conceited Las Vegas entertainer Johnny Venture (Michael DeLano).

Joe's friend Charlie Burke (whom Rhoda finds annoying) is played by Valerie Harper's then-husband, actor Richard Schaal (who also appears in several ''Mary Tyler Moore'' episodes as at least three different characters and as a regular in the first season of ''Phyllis'').

Guest stars

The following are well-known actors who feature in guest-starring roles on ''Rhoda'': Henry Winkler, Vivian Vance, Eileen Heckart, John Ritter, Norman Fell, Doris Roberts, Joan Van Ark, Tim Matheson, Linda Lavin, Judd Hirsch, Ruth Gordon, Howard Hessman, Anne Jackson, Robert Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Stiller, Jack Gilford, Rene Auberjonois.

Ratings

The following is a list of the ratings for ''Rhoda'' during its five year run:

1974-75: #6

1975-76: #8

1976-77: #32

1977-78: #25

September–December 1978: #67

Broadcast history (CBS)

September 1974 - September 1975---Mondays----9:30-10:00 p.m.

September 1975 - January 1977-----Mondays----8:00-8:30 p.m.

January 1977 - September 1978-----Sundays----8:00-8:30 p.m.

September 1978 - December 1978----Saturdays—8:00-8:30 p.m.

Awards

Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Valerie Harper, 1975

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Julie Kavner, 1978

Golden Globe Awards:

Best TV Show, Musical/Comedy - 1975

Best TV Actress, Musical/Comedy - Valerie Harper, 1975

Collectively, ''Rhoda'' garnered a total of 17 Emmy nominations and 7 Golden Globe nominations.

''Mary Tyler Moore Show'' tie-ins

Nancy Walker and Harold Gould originated their roles as Rhoda's parents on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. In the second season episode ("A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend"), Ida visits Rhoda in Minneapolis. Rhoda's sister and brother, Brenda and Arnold, are casually referred to in this installment. It is also mentioned that Brenda lives in Chicago. In the fourth season (1973–1974), Mary and Rhoda travel to New York City for the wedding of Rhoda's sister, Debbie (played by Liberty Williams). Comedienne Brett Somers also makes an appearance in this episode as Rhoda's Aunt Rose. Brenda and Arnold are not seen or referred to.

During the first season of ''Rhoda'' the closing credits show Rhoda crossing Broadway and Seventh Avenue in Times Square and attempting to emulate her friend Mary Richards by tossing her hat in the air, only to drop it. She then picks up the hat, pulls it down onto her head, and walks away slightly embarrassed.

Mary Richards is featured in five episodes of ''Rhoda'':

#Mary accompanies Rhoda to the airport for her flight to New York in the pilot episode "Joe" (September 9, 1974). This scene is shown prior to the opening credits, and was cut from U.S. syndication, as well as the Season One DVD release. #Rhoda phones Mary to announce she and Joe are getting married in the episode "Pop Goes the Question" (October 14, 1974). #Mary (along with Lou Grant, Murray Slaughter, Georgette Franklin and Phyllis Lindstrom) appear in the hour-long episode surrounding Rhoda's wedding (October 28, 1974). #Mary surprises Rhoda and Joe with a visit in the episode "Along Comes Mary" (March 10, 1975). #Rhoda phones Mary with the bad news that she and Joe are getting a divorce in "The Ultimatum" (January 30, 1977).

Rhoda and Joe are featured together on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' episode, "Mary Richards Falls in Love" (November 22, 1975).

Rhoda appears in the final episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', "The Last Show" (March 19, 1977).

A recently divorced Rhoda Morgenstern-Rousseau (with her adult daughter, Meredith) is reunited with her old friend, recently widowed Mary Richards-Cronin (with her adult daughter, Rose) after many years of estrangement in the made-for-TV movie ''Mary and Rhoda'' (February 7, 2000).

Cast reunions

Although they have never reunited in-character on a TV special or movie, some of the cast members of ''Rhoda'' have gotten together over the years on the following daytime talk-shows:

On November 21, 1984, Valerie Harper, Julie Kavner and Nancy Walker reunited to reminisce about the series on the syndicated ''Hour Magazine'' (with Gary Collins) in which they hosted a week-long series dedicated to TV reunion shows.

In May 1996, Valerie Harper, David Groh and Harold Gould reunited on ''Sally Jesse Raphael'' to talk about the show's best moments as reruns of ''Rhoda'' began airing on Nick at Nite. Author Julius C. Burnett ("Rhoda Revisited"; see below) also appeared briefly in the segment. Interesting episodic facts from Burnett's book were used during a voiceover at the beginning of each episode of Nick at Nite's reruns of the show.

Home video

DVD releases

On April 21, 2009, Shout! Factory released the first season of ''Rhoda'' on DVD in Region 1, which was the year of the show's 35th anniversary.

The release also includes a "Remembering Rhoda" featurette, as well as the original one-hour version of "Rhoda's Wedding", as opposed to the two-part edited version that aired in syndication. Unfortunately, 15 of the season's 24 episodes are the edited-for-syndication versions taken from poor quality masters, while the other 9 episodes (including the Wedding episode) are the unedited network versions. A review on DVDTalk also states some of the edited episodes being time compressed.

Because the pilot episode in the DVD set is the syndicated version, Mary Tyler Moore's appearance at the beginning of the episode is cut. However, the full version of the pilot, in much better quality (complete with Mary's scene) can be viewed at The Paley Center for Media in New York and Los Angeles. Footage from the missing scene is even included in the end credits to the pilot. Season 2 and Season 3 episodes were released unedited.

Season four was released on September 21, 2010, as a Shout! Factory select title, available exclusively through their online store.

!DVD Name	!Ep#	!Release Date
Season One		April 21, 2009
Season Two		March 30, 2010
Season Three		July 6, 2010
Season Four♦		September 21, 2010
Season Five		TBA

♦ - Shout! Factory select title, sold exclusively through Shout's online store

VHS releases

A 2-VHS set, ''Rhoda: Volumes 1 & 2'' containing two episodes on each cassette, was released by MTM Home Video in July 1992.

!VHS Name	!Ep#	!Release Date	!Titles
Rhoda - Volume 1		July 1992		*Joe	*You Can Go Home Again
Rhoda - Volume 2		July 1992		*I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes	*Parents' Day

''The Very Best of Rhoda'', a 4-VHS boxed-set containing the best episodes from each season, was released by MTM Home Video on March 24, 1998.

!VHS Name	!Ep#	!Release Date	!Titles
Season 1 (1974–75)		March 24, 1998		*Rhoda's Wedding (Part 1)	*Rhoda's Wedding (Part 2)
Season 2 (1975–76)		March 24, 1998		*Friends and Mothers	*A Night with the Girls
Season 3 (1976–77)		March 24, 1998		*The Separation	*An Elephant Never Forgets
Seasons 4 & 5 (1977–79)		March 24, 1998		*One is a Number	*Happy Anniversary	*Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Syndication

Season 1 of the show is currently available for free online viewing on Hulu.com. All episodes from that season are there, except for "The Honeymoon", due to legal issues. While the versions of the episodes are, for the most part, the same as the versions on the DVD, there are a few minor differences:

"You Can Go Home Again", which was released unedited on the DVD, is edited on Hulu.

The following 4 episodes, all of which were released edited on the DVD, are unedited on Hulu: "The Lady in Red", "The Shower", "I'm a Little Late, Folks", and "Anything Wrong?".

In Canada, ''Rhoda'' started airing on Comedy Gold on February 28, 2011.

"Rhoda Revisited"

The long-awaited "Rhoda Revisited," author Julius C. Burnett's book on the series (with Foreword by Valerie Harper) was released by Ju-Ju & Co. Entertainment LLC on December 21, 2010.

References

External links

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Rhoda Scott (b. July 3, 1938, Dorothy, New Jersey) is an African-American hard bop and soul jazz organist.

The daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father's and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Masters' degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music.

By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond Organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician and is considered by many to be the top female jazz organist.

Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world," she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals." From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice, earning her nicknames such as "The Barefoot Lady" and "The Barefoot Contessa".

In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well.

She has many famous standards in her repertory, like In the Mood, Theme from New York, New York, Summertime, Mack the Knife, Take Five, Hit the Road Jack, Greensleeves, Tico-Tico no Fubá, Let it Snow, and Delilah. In May 2011 in a context of Versailles Jazz Festival she gave a significant performance together with a classical organist Francis Vidil, combining sonic palettes of classical organs with jazz and Hammond organs.

Source

''Rhoda Scott in New York''

References

External links

Rhoda Scott official website

Rhoda Scott discography at [ Allmusic.com]

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Barbara Dennerlein (born 25 September 1964 in Munich, Germany), is a hard bop and post-bop Hammond B3 organist

Career

Early years

At age 11, Dennerlein began playing electronic organ. After starting organ lessons, she learned to play the two manual organ with a bass pedalboard. After one and a half years of lessons she continued to study without formal instruction. At age 15, she played in a jazz club for the first time. When leading her own bands, Dennerlein was often the youngest musician in the group, and she learned to cooperate with more experienced musicians. Her local reputation as the "Organ tornado from Munich" spread after her first TV appearances in 1982.

Recordings

When her third LP "Bebab" was issued, Dennerlein established her own record label in 1985. She received the German jazz critics award. Next, she did three recordings on Enja Records and three on the international jazz label Verve Records. On these recordings she worked with Ray Anderson, Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers, Roy Hargrove, Mitch Watkins, and Jeff 'Tain' Watts.

Performance set-up

Dennerlein's performances on the Hammond organ include solo performances as well as quintets (e.g. her "Bebab" band). She has MIDI interfaces and triggers built into pedals and manuals of her Hammond B-3 organ, which allows her to add synthesizers and samplers to her sound.

After a variety of projects and after playing with renowned unconventional musicians, such as Friedrich Gulda, Dennerlein started playing the pipe organ in 1994. In 2002, she recorded the first of her two (to date) jazz albums on church organ. Since 2003 she has also developed jazz projects with symphonic orchestras.

Compositions

Dennerlein's first album included four of her own titles. Her compositions vary from traditional blues schemes, romantic, melancholic ballads to tempo driven compositions with elements of swing, bebop, funk and Latin rhythms. The fast tempos and rhythmic figures she uses in her interpretations of well-known standards, and in many of her own compositions, requires fast bass pedalboard foot work . Dennerlein often uses changing meter (e.g., 3/4 to 4/4), as well as unconventional harmonic changes to add expression to her compositions.

Awards

''1995'': "German Record Critics Award" ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik") for "Take Off"

''1995'': "Jazz Award" for "Take Off" for holding the number one position in the German Jazz Charts for several months and for being best selling Jazz Album of the year in Germany

Discography

1983: ''Jazz Live''

1984: ''Orgelspiele''

1985: ''Bebab''

1986: ''Days Of Wine And Roses''

1987: ''Tribute To Charlie''

1988: ''Barbara Dennerlein Plays Classics''

1988: ''Straight Ahead!'' and ''Barbara Dennerlein Plays Classics''

1989: ''Live On Tour''

1990: ''Hot Stuff'' and ''Barbara Dennerlein Duo (Bootleg)''

1991: ''(Friedrich Gulda) Mozart No End''

1992: ''That's Me'' and ''Solo''

1995: ''Take Off!''

1997: ''Junkanoo''

1999: ''Outhipped''

2001: ''Love Letters''

2002: ''Spiritual Movement No.1 (Church organ recording)''

2004: ''In A Silent Mood''

2005: ''It's Magic''

2006: ''The Best Of Barbara Dennerlein''

2007: ''Change Of Pace (with Philharmonic Orchestra)''

2008: ''Spiritual Movement No. 2'' (live at Kaiser William Memorial Church in Berlin)

2010: ''Bebabaloo''

References

External links

Official homepage

Fan site

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Owen John "Terry" Scott (4 May 1927 – 26 July 1994) was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven ''Carry On films''. He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom ''Terry and June'' with June Whitfield. As a regular comedy performer, he went on to become one of Britain's top stars.

Scott was born in Watford and educated at Watford Field Junior School and Watford Grammar School for Boys. He studied accounting and served in the Navy during World War II. With Bill Maynard he appeared at Butlins Holiday Camp in Skegness and partnered him in the TV series ''Great Scott, It's Maynard!''. During the early 1960s, he became well known to television audiences for his role alongside Hugh Lloyd in ''Hugh and I''. Scott later appeared with Lloyd as gnomes in the 1969 sitcom ''The Gnomes of Dulwich''.

Scott is best remembered for starring alongside June Whitfield in several series of the comedy ''Happy Ever After'' and its successor, ''Terry and June''. They also starred together in the film version of ''Bless This House''.

Scott had played a small role in the very first of the ''Carry On'' series of movies, ''Carry On Sergeant'' in 1958. In 1968 he returned to the series with a role in ''Carry On Up the Khyber'' (1968), playing main roles in six of the films.

In the 1970s, he had a memorable role in TV commercials for a chocolate coated caramel bar called Curly Wurly, in which he appeared dressed as a schoolboy, complete with short trousers and cap.

Scott's novelty record "My Brother" (written by Mitch Murray) was based on this schoolboy character (he dressed in the uniform to sing it on TV) and received regular airplay on BBC radio (in particular Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart's Saturday and Sunday morning programme ''Junior Choice'' which was simulcast on BBC Radio 1 and 2) for many years. In the 1980s, with his distinctive speaking voice, Scott was the voice of Penfold the hamster in the animated series ''Danger Mouse''.

Scott suffered from ill-health for many years. In 1979, he had a life-saving operation after a haemorrhage. He also suffered from creeping paralysis and had to wear a neck brace, even on television. When ''Terry and June'' was axed in 1987, Scott suffered a nervous breakdown. The attack was in part brought on by his public confession that he had had a series of affairs during his marriage to former dancer Maggie Pollen. He was also diagnosed with cancer that same year. Scott had married Pollen in 1957 and they had four daughters.

Scott died from the cancer he had battled for 7 years at the family home in Witley near Godalming in Surrey, on 26 July 1994, aged 67.

Selected films

''Blue Murder at St Trinian's'' (1957)

''Carry On Sergeant'' (1958)

''The Bridal Path'' (1959)

''I'm All Right Jack'' (1959)

''And the Same to You'' (1960)

''Nearly a Nasty Accident'' (1961)

''The Night We Got the Bird'' (1961)

''What a Whopper'' (1961)

''Nothing Barred'' (1961)

''Mary Had a Little...'' (1961)

''Father Came Too!'' (1963)

''Murder Most Foul'' (1964)

''Gonks Go Beat'' (1965)

''Doctor in Clover'' (1966)

''The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery'' (1966)

''Carry On up the Khyber'' (1968)

''Carry On Camping'' (1969)

''Carry On Loving'' (1970)

''Carry On Henry'' (1970)

''Carry On up the Jungle'' (1970)

External links

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name	Mary Tyler Moore
birth date	December 29, 1936
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actress
years active	1958–present
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Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936) is an American actress, primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms. Moore is best known for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–77), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Laura Petrie (Dick Van Dyke's wife) on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1961–66). She also appeared in a number of films, most notably 1980's ''Ordinary People'', in which she played a role that was the polar opposite of the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Moore has also been active in charity work and various political causes, particularly around the issues of Animal rights and Diabetes mellitus type 1. Mary Tyler Moore has had health problems with diabetes, starting in the late 1960s and alcoholism, which was treated in the 1980s. In May 2011, Moore underwent elective brain surgery to remove a benign meningioma.

Early life

Mary Tyler Moore was born in the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, of Irish and English descent, to George Tyler Moore, a clerk, and his wife Marjorie Hackett. Her father was Roman Catholic and her mother a Catholic convert. Mary was the eldest of three siblings. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from England. Her paternal great-grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman Moore, owned the house which is now Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum. Moore's family moved to Los Angeles, when she was eight years old. She attended Saint Rose of Lima, a Catholic school in Brooklyn, followed by St. Ambrose School (Los Angeles) and the Immaculate Heart High School (Los Feliz).

Career

Television

At the age of 17, Moore aspired to be a dancer. She started her career as "Happy Hotpoint", a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV commercials during the 1950s series ''Ozzie and Harriet''. She filmed 39 TV commercials in five days, ultimately earning about $6,000 from her first job. Her time as "Happy Hotpoint" ended when it became difficult to conceal her pregnancy in the dancing elf costume. Moore modeled anonymously on the covers of a number of record albums and auditioned for the role of the older daughter of Danny Thomas for his long-running TV show, but was turned down. Much later, Thomas explained that "no daughter of mine could have that [little] nose."

Moore's first regular television role was as a mysterious and glamorous telephone receptionist on ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''. To add to the mystique, only her voice was heard and her shapely legs appeared on camera. About this time, she guest-starred on John Cassavetes's NBC detective series ''Johnny Staccato''. In 1960, she guest starred in two episodes, "The O'Mara's Ladies" and "All The O'Mara's Horses", of the William Bendix-Doug McClure NBC western series, ''Overland Trail''. Several months later, she appeared in the first episode, entitled "One Blonde Too Many", of NBC one-season ''The Tab Hunter Show'', a sitcom starring the former teen idol as a bachelor cartoonist. In 1961, Moore appeared in several big parts in movies and on television, including ''Bourbon Street Beat'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''Surfside Six'', ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'', ''Steve Canyon'', ''Hawaiian Eye'', and ''Lock-Up''.

In 1961, Carl Reiner cast her in ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', an acclaimed weekly series based on Reiner's own life and career as a writer for Sid Caesar's television variety show, telling the cast from the outset that it would run no more than five years. The show was produced by Danny Thomas's company, and Thomas himself recommended her. He remembered Mary as "the girl with three names" whom he had turned down earlier. Moore's energetic comic performances as Van Dyke's character's wife, begun at age 24 (eleven years Van Dyke's junior), made both the actress and her signature tight capri pants extremely popular, and she became internationally famous. When she won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Laura Petrie, she said, "I know this will never happen again." Mary Tyler Moore recently stated on ''The Rachel Ray Show'' that she was actually 23 years old when she first starred on the Dick Van Dyke Show. She had told producers that she was 24 because she heard that initially Dick Van Dyke had stated that she might be too young for the part.

In 1970, after having appeared earlier in a pivotal one-hour musical special called "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman", Moore and husband Grant Tinker successfully pitched a sitcom centered on Moore to CBS. ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant, a character that would later be spun off into an hour-long dramatic series. The premise of the single working woman's life, alternating during the program between work and home, became a television staple. After six years of ratings in the top 20, the show slipped to number #39 during its seventh season. Producers argued for its cancellation because of its falling ratings, afraid that the show's legacy might be damaged if it were renewed for another season. To the surprise of the entire cast including Mary Tyler Moore herself, it was announced that they would soon be filming their final episode. After the announcement, the series finished strongly and the final show was the most watched show during the week it aired. The 1977 season would go on to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, to add to the awards it had won in 1975 and 1976. The series had become a touchpoint of the Women's Movement because it was one of the first to show, in a serious way, an independent working woman. After a brief respite, Moore threw herself into a completely different genre. She attempted two unsuccessful series in a row: ''Mary'', which featured David Letterman, Michael Keaton, Swoosie Kurtz and Dick Shawn in the supporting cast and lasted three episodes, which was re-tooled as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Hour'', a backstage show within a show, with Mary portraying a TV star putting on a variety show. To arouse curiosity and nostalgic feelings, Dick Van Dyke appeared as her guest, but the program was canceled within three months. About this time, she also made a one-off musical/variety special for CBS, titled ''Mary's Incredible Dream'', which featured John Ritter, among others. It did poorly in the ratings and, according to Moore, was never repeated and will likely never be aired again because of legal problems surrounding the show.

In the 1985–86 season, she returned to CBS in a series titled ''Mary'', which suffered from poor reviews, sagging ratings, and internal strife within the production crew. According to Moore, she asked CBS to pull the show, as she was unhappy with the direction of the program and the producers. She also starred in the short-lived ''Annie McGuire'' in 1988. In the mid-1990s, she had a cameo and a guest starring role as herself on two episodes of ''Ellen''. She subsequently also guest starred on Ellen DeGeneres's next TV show, ''The Ellen Show'', in 2001. In 2004, Moore reunited with her ''Dick Van Dyke Show'' castmates for a reunion "episode" called ''The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited''.

In August 2005, Moore guest-starred as Christine St. George, a high-strung host of a fictional TV show on three episodes of Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show''. Moore's scenes were shot on the same soundstage where ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was filmed in the 1970s. Moore made a guest appearance on the season 2 premiere of ''Hot in Cleveland'', which stars her old co-star Betty White. This will mark the first time since 1977 that White and Moore have worked together since ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''.

Theatre

Moore appeared in several Broadway plays. She starred in ''Whose Life Is It Anyway'' with James Naughton, which opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on February 24, 1980 and ran for 96 performances, and in ''Sweet Sue'', which opened at the Music Box Theatre (transferred to the Royale Theatre) on Jan. 8, 1988 and ran for 164 performances. She was the star of a new musical version of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' in December 1966, but the show, titled ''Holly Golightly'', was a notorious flop that closed out-of-town before reaching Broadway. In reviews of performances in Philadelphia and Boston, critics "murdered" the play in which Moore claimed to be singing with bronchial pneumonia. During the 1980s, Moore and her production company produced five plays: ''Noises Off'', ''The Octette Bridge Club'', ''Joe Egg'', ''Benefactors'', and ''Safe Sex''. She appeared in previews of the Neil Simon play ''Rose's Dilemma'' at the off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club in December 2003 but quit the production after receiving a critical letter from Simon instructing her to "learn your lines or get out of my play". Moore had been using an earpiece on stage to feed her lines to the repeatedly rewritten play.

Movies

Moore made her film debut in 1961's ''X-15''. She subsequently appeared in a string of 1960s films (after signing an exclusive contract with Universal Pictures), including 1967's ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' with Julie Andrews and 1968's ''What's So Bad About Feeling Good?'' with George Peppard, and ''Don't Just Stand There!''.

In 1969, she starred opposite Elvis Presley as a nun in ''Change of Habit''. Moore's future television castmate Ed Asner also appeared in that film (as a cop). After that film's disappointing reviews and reception at the box office, Moore returned to television, and did not appear in another feature film for eleven years. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1980's ''Ordinary People''. Other feature film credits include ''Just Between Friends'' and ''Flirting with Disaster''.

She has appeared in a number of television movies, including ''Like Mother, Like Son'', ''Run a Crooked Mile'', ''Heartsounds'', ''The Gin Game'' (based on the Broadway play; reuniting her with Dick Van Dyke), ''Mary and Rhoda'', ''Finnegan Begin Again''. and ''Stolen Babies'' for which she won an Emmy Award in 1993.

Author

Moore has written two memoirs. The first, ''After All'', released in 1995, in which she acknowledged that she is a recovering alcoholic. The next, ''Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes'', was released on April 1, 2009, and focuses on living with type 1 diabetes (St. Martin's Press; ISBN 10: 0312376316).

Personal life

Family

In 1955, aged 18, she married Richard Carlton Meeker whom Mary described as "the boy next door," and within six weeks was pregnant with her only child, Richard Jr. (born July 3, 1956). Coincidentally, he was known as "Richie," which was also the name of her TV son on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''. Meeker was also used as Laura's maiden name in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ("Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced" - Season 1/Episode 6), where Rob (an Army sergeant) meets Laura (a USO dancer) for the first time backstage on base. Meeker and Moore divorced in 1961. Moore married Grant Tinker, an NBC executive, in 1962, and in 1970 they formed the television production company MTM Enterprises, which created and produced the company's first television series, ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Moore and Tinker divorced in 1981. She married Dr. Robert Levine on November 23, 1983 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. They met when her mother was treated by him in New York on a weekend housecall after returning from a visit to the Vatican. In 1980, at the age of 24 Mary's son Richie died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, accidentally shooting himself in the head while handling a sawed-off shotgun. The gun was later taken off the market because of its "hair trigger". Just prior to his death, Moore had secured a job for him in the CBS mailroom.

Charity work

In addition to her acting work, Moore is the International Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. In this role, she has used her fame to help raise funds and raise awareness of diabetes mellitus type 1, which she has, almost losing her vision and at least one limb to the disease.

In 2007, in honor of Moore's dedication to the Foundation, JDRF created the "Forever Moore" research initiative which will support JDRF's Academic Research and Development and JDRF's Clinical Development Program. The program works on translating basic research advances into new treatments and technologies for those living with type 1 diabetes.

She also adopted a Golden Retriever puppy from Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue in Hudson, Massachusetts. She is an animal rights activist and promoted her cause on the Ellen DeGeneres sitcom ''Ellen''. She has worked for animal rights for many years. She has worked with Farm Sanctuary to raise awareness about the cruelty of factory farming and to promote the compassionate treatment of farm animals.

She is also a co-founder of Broadway Barks, an annual animal adopt-a-thon held in New York City. Moore and friend Bernadette Peters work to make New York City a no-kill city and to promote adopting animals from shelters.

In honor of her father, George Tyler Moore, a life-long American Civil War enthusiast, in 1995 Moore donated funds to acquire an historic structure in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, for Shepherd College (now Shepherd University) to be used as a center for Civil War studies. The center, named the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War is housed in the historic Conrad Shindler house (ca. 1795), which is named in honor of her great-great-great-grandfather, who owned the structure from 1815–52. Moore also contributed to the renovation of the house used as headquarters during 1861–1862 by Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Use of the house had been offered to Jackson by its owner, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman Moore, commander of the 4th Virginia Infantry and a great-grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore.

Moore supports embryonic stem cell research. When President George W. Bush announced that he would veto the Senate's bill supporting the research, she said, "This is an intelligent human being with a heart, and I don't see how much longer he can deny those aspects of himself."

Politics

During the 1960s and 1970s, Moore could have been described more as a liberal or moderate liberal. However, during a 2011 interview with former castmate Ed Asner on the O'Reilly Factor, Asner stated that Moore became "much more conservative at late." In fact, Bill O'Reilly admits that Moore had been a major viewer of his show, which describes how her political views had leaned towards the right in recent years.

Honors

In 1984, she was awarded the ''Women in Film'' Crystal Award. In early May 2002, Moore was present as cable TV network TV Land dedicated a statue in downtown Minneapolis to the television character she made famous on ''Mary Tyler Moore''. The statue is in front of the Dayton's (now Macy's) department store, near the corner of 7th Street and Nicollet Mall. It depicts the iconic moment in the show's opening credits where Moore tosses her tam o'shanter in the air, in a freeze-frame at the end of the montage.

MTM Enterprises

Moore also founded MTM Enterprises, Inc. in 1969. This company produced ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and several other television shows and films. It also included a record label, MTM Records. MTM Enterprises later produced popular American sitcoms and drama television series such as ''Rhoda'' and ''Phyllis'' (both spin-offs from ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''), ''The Bob Newhart Show'', ''WKRP in Cincinnati'', ''Hill Street Blues'', and ''Newhart''. It was later sold to Television South, an ITV Franchise holder during the 1980s.

Filmography

Television

''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''

''The Tab Hunter Show'' (1960), guest star in the first episode

''Stagecoach'' (1961)

''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1961–1966)

''Run a Crooked Mile''

''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–1977)

''Rhoda'' (1974–1978)

''Phyllis'' (1976–1977)

''How To Survive the '70s (special)'' (1978)

''Mary'' (1978)

''First, You Cry'' (1978)

''The Mary Tyler Moore Hour'' (1979)

''Heartsounds'' (1984)

''Finnegan Begin Again'' (1985)

''Mary'' (1985–1986)

''Lincoln'' (1988)

''Annie McGuire'' (1988)

''The Last Best Year'' (1990)

''Thanksgiving Day (TV series)'' (1990)

''Stolen Babies'' (1993)

''New York News'' (1995)

''Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden'' (1996)

''Ellen'' (1996)

''Payback'' (1997)

''Good as Gold'' (2000)

''Mary and Rhoda'' (2000)

''Like Mother, Like Son'' (2001)

''The Ellen Show'' (2001)

''Miss Lettie and Me'' (2002)

''The Gin Game'' (2003)

''Blessings (TV movie)'' (2003)

''The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited'' (2004)

''Snow Wonder'' (2005)

''That '70s Show'' (2006)

''Lipstick Jungle'' (2008)

''Oprah'' (May 19, 2008)

''Good Morning America'' (March 31, 2009)

''Hot in Cleveland'' (January 19, 2011)

Film

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1958	''Once Upon a Horse...''	Dance Hall Girl	uncredited
1961		Pamela Stewart
1967	''Thoroughly Modern Millie''	Miss Dorothy Brown
1968	''What's So Bad About Feeling Good?''	Liz
1968	''Don't Just Stand There!''	Martine Randall
1969	''Change of Habit''	Sister Michelle Gallagher	Elvis Presley's last nonconcert movie
1980	''Ordinary People''	Beth Jarrett	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1982	''Six Weeks''	Charlotte Dreyfus
1986	''Just Between Friends''	Holly Davis
1996		Pearl Coplin	Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996	''''	Granny Rose	voice
1997	''Keys to Tulsa''	Cynthia Boudreau
1998	''Reno Finds Her Mom''	Herself
2000	''Labor Pains''	Esther Raymond
2002		Mrs. Stark
2009		Mom

References

External links

Mary Tyler Moore at TVGuide.com

The Museum of Broadcast Communications biography of Moore

''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' Online

"Remembering the Dick Van Dyke Show" (Mary Tyler Moore)

Mary Tyler Moore Archive of American Television Interview

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