Died Today (Jan. 25th): Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2016)

Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2016)

Born: December 29, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically what you see is who I am. I’m independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for the good side of life and people. I’m positive, I’m disciplined, I like my life in order, and I’m neat as a pin. I love order and discipline. God, I sound like a Nazi don’t I?

Couldn’t you just slap my face for being so positive and optimistic?

[on throwing her hat in the air for the title shots for Mary Tyler Moore (1970)]: “It was a hat that my aunt had given me for Christmas, and I brought it with me because they said: ‘Be sure and dress warm. It’s going to be freezing in Minneapolis.’ So – I forget which writer it was – but we were all outside, and he said: ‘You know what would be good? If you take that hat, the beret, and throw it in the air.’

Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967 dir. by George Roy Hill Starring Julie Andrews James Fox Moore

Flirting with Disaster 1996 dir. David O. Russell starring Ben Stiller Patricia Arquette Tea Leoni

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