Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: A History of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (48 page)

Mary reacts to Phyllis in a 1971 episode.
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Gavin, Ted, and Mary in the newsroom.
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Lou, Mary, Ted, and Murray welcome guest star Walter Cronkite to WJM in a 1974 episode.
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Nancy Walker, Treva Silverman, Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, and Georgia Engel discuss being “women in comedy” with reporters at a luncheon as the show reached the heights of its popularity.
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Ted Knight, Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, and director Jay Sandrich at the 1973 Emmy Awards.
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Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker arrive at the 1973 Emmy Awards.
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Valerie Harper and Ed Asner in their first Emmy wins for the show, 1971.
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Rhoda weds Joe in a country-stopping 1974 episode of
Rhoda
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Valerie Harper as Rhoda in one of her signature headscarves.
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Murray and Sue Ann banter in the newsroom.
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Sue Ann and Phyllis confront each other.
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Ted Knight and Mary Tyler Moore at a 1977 event where local newscasters “roasted” Knight.
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The cast in 1975 with new additions Betty White and Georgia Engel—and minus Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman, who’d left for their own spinoffs.
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