The Mary Tyler Moore Show poster

TV series · 1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

“Good night and good news.”

First aired 19 September 1970 Comedy TMDB ↗

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Ted Knight
as Ted Baxter
46
Cloris Leachman
as Phyllis Lindstrom
44
Everyone else (76) ↓
Mary Jackson
as Mrs. Arnell
59
Tom Pedi
as Al
57
Robert Emhardt
as Investigator
56
Walter Cronkite
as Walter Cronkite
53
Isabel Sanford
as Mrs. Wilson
53
Alan Manson
as Dr. Powell
52
Slim Pickens
as Wild Jack Monroe
51
James McCallion
51
Vincent Gardenia
50
Janis Paige
as Charlene Maguire
48
Nancy Walker
48
Nancy Walker
as Ida Morgenstern
48
Betty White
as Sue Ann Nivens
48
Shirley O'Hara
as Mrs. Malone
46
Harold Gould
as Martin Morgenstern
46
Russ Grieve
as Henry Thomas (uncredited)
46
Anthony Eisley
as Ross Nelson
45
Shelley Berman
as Dr. Walter Udall
45
Doris Roberts
as Helen Farrell
44
Priscilla Morrill
as Edie Grant
43
Michael Constantine
as Mike Cooper
43
Pat Carroll
as Loretta Kuhne
43
Richard Schaal
as Howard Arnell
42
Norman Bartold
42
David Ketchum
as Hal
42
Dick Balduzzi
as Philly
42
Dick Balduzzi
as Fred
42
Bradford Dillman
as Matt Bryan
40
Vic Tayback
40
Ed Asner
as Lou Grant
40
Lou Cutell
as Nice Little Man
39
John Gabriel
as Andy Rivers
39
Gavin MacLeod
as Murray Slaughter
39
Dabney Coleman
as Congressman Phil Whitman
38
Gino Conforti
as Roy
38
Gino Conforti
as Roy Martoni
38
Richard Gautier
as Ed Cavanaugh
38
John Harkins
as Reverend Burns
38
Clifford David
as David Boyd
38
Steve Franken
as Jonas Lasser
38
Sheree North
as Charlene Maguire
38
Richard Libertini
as Big Chicken
37
Janet MacLachlan
as Sherry Wilson
37
Darlene Conley
as Matron
36
John Saxon
as Mike Tedesca
35
Paul Sand
35
Monte Markham
as John Corcoran
35
Ron Masak
as Ed Mims
34
Jack Riley
as Barry Barlow
34
Jack Riley
as Eldon Colfax
34
Michael Callan
as Chuck Pelligrini
34
Arlene Golonka
as Alice
34
Arlene Golonka
as Betty Bowerchuck
34
Timothy Brown
as Timothy Brown
33
Robert Wolders
as Paul Van Dillen
33
Mary Tyler Moore
as Mary Richards
33
Michael Bell
as Fireman
32
Joyce Bulifant
as Marie Slaughter
32
Rosalind Cash
as Enid Berringer
31
Valerie Harper
as Rhoda Morgenstern
31
Frank Ramírez
as Gustavo
31
John Amos
as Gordy Howard
30
Stuart Margolin
as Warren Sturges
30
Ron Rifkin
as Ed Schroeder
30
Rudy De Luca
as Nightclub Manager
27
Elliott Street
as Milt
26
Jon Korkes
as Beck Wilson
24
Linda Kelsey
as Gloria Munson
24
Peter Strauss
as Stephen Linder
23
Georgia Engel
as Georgette Franklin
22
Georgia Engel
as Georgette Baxter
22
Richard Masur
as Bob Larson
21
Christopher S. Nelson
as Copy Boy (as Christopher Stafford Nelson)
16
Lisa Gerritsen
as Bess Lindstrom
12
Lois Nettleton
as Barbara Coleman
Unknown
David Hayward
as Messenger
Unknown
Load more of the cast →
← Back to top
Are you older than Rachel McAdams in The Notebook? Find out.
Play the quiz →