Mary Tyler Moore

One of my earliest favorite TV shows was THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW and thus one of my first crushes was inevitably on Mary Tyler Moore. Funny, never afraid to make herself look silly for a laugh and yet quietly sexy, classy and not as much of a cartoon character as Lucy or other funny females on TV. After failed attempts at Broadway and film stardom, she reinvented herself for an amazingly successful second act that ended up nearly dominating TV in the seventies with a new series, spin-offs and other shows from her production company.