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Valerie Harper

Acting

Born August 22, 1939 · Suffern, New York, USA

Died August 30, 2019

Also known as Валери Харпер · Valerie Kathryn Harper · Val Harper

Biography

Valerie Harper (August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019) was an American actress, known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for her starring roles on the sitcoms Rhoda (a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Valerie.

Awards & recognition

  • Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award · 1987
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 1975
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1975
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 1975
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 1974
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  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1973
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1972
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1971
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 2010 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1978 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1977 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1976 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · nominated

Filmography45 titles

Columbo

1971as Eve Babcock

The Simpsons

1989as Jennifer Clarkeson (voice)

The Muppet Show

1976as Self - Special Guest Star

Desperate Housewives

2004as Claire Bremmer

That '70s Show

1998as Paula

Drop Dead Diva

2009as Judge Leslie Singer

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self - Guest / Various Characters

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Rhoda Morgenstern

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Sex and the City

1998as Wallis Wysel

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2008as Self

The Execution

1985as Hannah Epstein

2 Broke Girls

2011as Nola Anderz

Hot in Cleveland

2010as Angie

Touched by an Angel

1994as Kate Prescott

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

2013as Theresa Capodiamonte

Childrens Hospital

2008as Mamma Fiorucci

American Dad!

2005as IHOP Diner (voice)

Dancing at the Harvest Moon

2002as Claire

NOVA

1974as Narrator (voice)

Less Than Perfect

2002as Judith, Owen's Mom

The Great Mom Swap

1995as Grace

Strange Voices

1987as Lynn Glover

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

'Til Death

2006as Barbara Stark

Night Terror

1977as Carol Turney

A Friend to Die For

1994as Mrs. Delvecchio

Dancing with the Stars

2005as Self - Contestant

Freebie and the Bean

1974as Consuelo

The People Across the Lake

1988as Rachel Yoman

Melrose Place

1992

Fridays

1980as Self

Blame It on Rio

1984as Karen Hollis

Chapter Two

1979as Faye Medwick

Fixing Pete

2012as Mrs. Friedlander

Drop-Out Mother

1988as Nora Cromwell

Rock, Rock, Rock!

1956as Teenager at Prom (uncredited)

The Town That Came A-Courtin'

2014as Charlotte

The View

1997as Self

Shiver

2012as Audrey Alden

Stolen: One Husband

1990as Katherine Slade

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015as Self

Certainty

2011as Kathryn

Golda's Balcony

2007