Losing Valerie Harper, who is dead on Friday at age 80, feels like losing a best friend. That’s because for a decade in the 1970s and continuously in reruns, Harper has been a best friend. She rose to fame first as Rhoda Morgernstern, Mary Richards’ upstairs neighbor and best friend on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and then continued the character in a spinoff series titled simply “Rhoda.” Rhoda’s wedding on the first season of that CBS comedy remains one of the most watched television programs in television history.
There was always something special about Rhoda/Valerie ever since she was first glimpsed washing the windows of Mary Tyler Moore‘s newly-rented apartment on the first “Mtm” episode. While the character was initially thought too abrasive for TV audiences, something clicked early on in the series and Rhoda became the buddy you always wanted. While Mary Richards seemed to move through life with ease,...
There was always something special about Rhoda/Valerie ever since she was first glimpsed washing the windows of Mary Tyler Moore‘s newly-rented apartment on the first “Mtm” episode. While the character was initially thought too abrasive for TV audiences, something clicked early on in the series and Rhoda became the buddy you always wanted. While Mary Richards seemed to move through life with ease,...
- 8/31/2019
- by Robert Pius
- Gold Derby
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