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Valerie Harper

ActorBorn 1939, died 2019On stage 1959 to 20107 productions on this page

Valerie Harper
CBS Television

Valerie Kathryn Harper (August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019) was an American actress. She began her career as a dancer on Broadway, making her debut as a replacement in the musical Li'l Abner. She played Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) and its spinoff Rhoda (1974–1978). For her work on Mary Tyler Moore, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series three times, and later received the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Rhoda. Her film appearances include supporting roles in Freebie and the Bean (1974) and Chapter Two (1979), both of which garnered her Golden Globe Award nominations. From 1986 to 1987…

On stage

7 productions, 51 years
1959
Take Me AlongBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Peter Glenville
448 performances
1960
WildcatBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Kidd
172 performances
1961
Subways Are For SleepingBroadway St. James. Original. Directed by Michael Kidd
205 performances
1970
Paul Sills' Story TheatreBroadway Ambassador Theatre. Original
243 performances
1971
Ovid's MetamorphosesBroadway Ambassador Theatre. Original
35 performances
2000
The Tale of the Allergist's WifeBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by Lynne Meadow
777 performances
2010
LoopedBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Rob Ruggiero
33 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Gene Varrone 3 productions
  • Wendy Nickerson 2 productions
  • Sandra Roveta 2 productions
  • Richard Schaal 2 productions
  • Richard Libertini 2 productions
  • Regina Baff 2 productions
  • Penny White 2 productions
  • Paula Kelly 2 productions
  • Paul Sand 2 productions
  • Melinda Dillon 2 productions
  • Mary Frann 2 productions
  • MacIntyre Dixon 2 productions

Also credited on

1 work

Li’l Abner

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