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Rhoda
''Rhoda'' is an American sitcom television series created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns starring Valerie Harper that originally aired on CBS for five seasons from September 9, 1974 to December 9, 1978. It was the first spin-off of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' in which Harper reprised her role as Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky and flamboyantly fashioned young woman seen as unconventional by the standards of her Jewish family from New York City. The series was originally distributed by Viacom Enterprises. ''Rhoda'' begins as the character returns to New York where she soon meets and marries Joe Gerard ( David Groh). The series' third season chronicles the characters' separation and ''Rhoda''s later seasons revolved mainly around the character's misadventures as a single divorcée. Main co-stars included Julie Kavner as Rhoda's sister Brenda alongside Nancy Walker as their mother Ida Morgenstern. Other co-stars throughout the series included ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhoda Morgenstern
Rhoda Faye Morgenstern, portrayed by Valerie Harper, is a fictional character on the television sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. The character was spun off to the show ''Rhoda'', in which she was the protagonist. Character background The original opening of the series ''Rhoda'' establishes that Rhoda Faye Morgenstern was born in the Bronx, New York, in December 1941. Her family is Jewish. She is the daughter of Ida and Martin Morgenstern ( Nancy Walker and Harold Gould), and grew up in New York before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota, sometime in the late 1960s. On ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' Rhoda had a sister named Debbie ( Liberty Williams), seen in one episode, and a briefly-mentioned brother named Arnold; these two were retconned out of the back story when the character got her own series. On ''Rhoda'', Rhoda's only sibling was a younger sister named Brenda, although in the sixth episode, Brenda refers to herself as Rhoda's "youngest sister." ''The Mary Tyler Moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Harper
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 roles in '' Freebie and the Bean'' (1974) and '' Chapter Two'' (1979), both of which garnered her Golden Globe Award nominations. From 1986 to 1987, Harper appeared as Valerie Hogan on the sitcom '' Valerie'', from which she was fired after two seasons. Her character was killed off, and the show was retitled ''Valerie's Family'' and eventually ''The Hogan Family''. Actress Sandy Duncan was cast in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary And Rhoda
''Mary and Rhoda'' is a 2000 American made-for-television comedy-drama film starring Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper reprising their roles as Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern from the 1970–1977 sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. The film premiered on ABC on February 7, 2000. Although the film is a spin-off of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', James L. Brooks and Allan Burns were not credited for creating the characters; neither they nor any other writers or producers from the original series were involved with this reunion film. It was the only film of any kind to be based on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and the first production to be set in the series' universe in 18 years since the series finale of '' Lou Grant'' in 1982. ''Mary and Rhoda'' was written by Katie Ford, executive produced by Mary Tyler Moore and Susan B. Landau, and directed by Barnet Kellman. During the opening title sequence, the original 1970 version of the theme song " Love Is All Around" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Gerard
Joe Gerard, played by actor David Groh, is a fictional character on the television sitcom '' Rhoda'', a spin-off of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Rhoda's Husband While on vacation in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ..., Rhoda Morgenstern met Joe Gerard, a handsome divorcé with a young son who ran the New York Wrecking Company. Joe and Rhoda fell in love and eventually he invited her to live with him in his apartment; once she moved in, Rhoda decided she wanted to get married and, after a little hesitation, Joe finally agreed. After their wedding, Rhoda and Joe also lived in the same apartment building as Rhoda's sister, Brenda. The first and second seasons of ''Rhoda'' centered on Joe and Rhoda's life as a married couple. However, in the first epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (also known simply as ''Mary Tyler Moore'') is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns and starring actress Mary Tyler Moore. The show originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1970, to March 19, 1977. Moore portrayed Mary Richards, an unmarried, independent woman focused on her career as associate producer of a news show at the fictional local station WJM in Minneapolis. Ed Asner co-starred as Mary's boss Lou Grant, alongside Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Betty White, Valerie Harper as friend and neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman as friend and landlady Phyllis Lindstrom. ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' proved to be a groundbreaking series in the era of second-wave feminism; portraying a central female character who was neither married nor dependent on a man was a rarity on American television in the 1970s. The show has been celebrated for its complex, sympathetic characters and storylines. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Kavner
Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress. Before becoming well known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', Kavner attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, the younger sister of Valerie Harper's title character in the sitcom ''Rhoda'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also voices other characters for ''The Simpsons'', including Marge's mother, Simpson family#Jacqueline Bouvier, Jacqueline Bouvier, sisters Patty and Selma, Patty and Selma Bouvier, and half-step-great-aunt Eunice Bouvier. Known for her improvisation and distinctive "honeyed gravel voice", Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern in ''Rhoda'' in 1974. Starting in 1987, Kavner appeared on ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' included a seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Groh
David Lawrence Groh (May 21, 1939 – February 12, 2008)Noland, Claire (14 February 2008)"David Groh, 68; Husband on 'Rhoda'". ''Los Angeles Times''. was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Joe Gerard in the 1970s television series ''Rhoda'', opposite Valerie Harper. Early life and career Groh was born in Brooklyn, the son of Mildred and Benjamin Groh. He had a sister, Marilyn. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, then enrolled at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he graduated with a degree in English literature. He performed with the American Shakespeare Theatre, then went to Great Britain to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a Fulbright scholarship, and served in the United States Army from 1963 to 1964. On his return to New York City, he studied at The Actors Studio. He made his television debut in silent walk-on parts in two episodes of the Gothic daytime soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' on ABC in 1968, but did not garn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Walker
Nancy Walker (born Anna Myrtle Swoyer;Often mistranscribed as "Smoyer" May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television. She was also a film and television director (lending her talents to ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', on which she also made several guest appearances). During her five-decade-long career, she had long-running roles as Mildred on '' McMillan & Wife'' and as Ida Morgenstern on several episodes of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and on the spinoff series '' Rhoda'' as a prominent recurring character. Early life She was born Anna Myrtle Swoyer in Philadelphia to vaudevillian parents, the elder of two daughters. When she was 10 months old, she made her debut in vaudeville alongside her parents. She decided to become an actress at the age of 10. Acting career In 1937, as "Nan Barto", Walker appeared on the NBC radio programs ''Coast to Coast on a Bus'' and ''Our Barn.'' She made her Broadway debut in 1941 in '' Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Gould
Harold Vernon Goldstein (December 10, 1923 – September 11, 2010), better known as Harold Gould, was an American character actor. He appeared as Martin Morgenstern on the sitcom ''Rhoda'' (1974–78) and Miles Webber on the sitcom ''The Golden Girls'' (1985–92). A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Gould acted in film and television for nearly 50 years, appearing in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, and over 100 stage plays. He was known for playing elegant, well-dressed men (as in ''The Sting''), and he regularly played Jewish characters and grandfather-type figures on television and in film. Early life Gould was born in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Louis Goldstein, a postal worker, and Lillian, a homemaker who did part-time work for the New York State Health Department. Gould was raised in Colonie, New York and was valedictorian of his high school class. He enrolled at Albany Teachers College upon graduation and studied to become a social stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Music
Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, composer, musician, performer, writer and producer. Music began his career in the 1960s with his wife, Henrietta, forming the comedy duo Gerald and His Hen. He then became a writer and a regular performer on the controversial CBS variety show ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''. In the 1970s, Music co-created the sitcom '' The Bob Newhart Show'' with David Davis and composed its theme music with his wife. He also wrote episodes for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and '' Rhoda'', and got a major voiceover role for playing the unseen, but often heard, Carlton the Doorman in ''Rhoda''. Music gained fame in the 1980s for voicing Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield in twelve animated specials, and later an animated series, video games, and commercials. His distinctive drawling voice of Garfield was later emulated by other actors following his death in 2001. Early life and career Gerald Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Your Doorman
''Carlton Your Doorman'' is a 1980 American television pilot for an animated spin-off of the live-action sitcom '' Rhoda'' (1974–1978) that was never picked up as a series. It originally aired as a " CBS Special Presentation" on May 21, 1980, and has never been rebroadcast. Synopsis Carlton is a New York City doorman and a misfit who seeks to better himself and his position in society. In the pilot episode, Carlton seeks a replacement for his boss's wife's dog, Punkin, who died while in his care. He tries everything to replace the dog so his boss does not find out. It was revealed in this episode that Carlton was a relatively young man, with shoulder-length blond hair and mustache. He also has a gray cat named Gringo. Production The episode relates the adventures of Carlton, the Doorman (voiced by Lorenzo Music), the previously off-screen character from ''Rhoda'' who was heard via the intercom but almost never seen (except only his arm would occasionally appear from doo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davis (TV Producer)
David Davis (August 5, 1936 – November 4, 2022) was an American television producer and television writer. He co-created the sitcoms ''The Bob Newhart Show'' (with Lorenzo Music) and ''Taxi'' (with James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, and Ed. Weinberger). He also wrote, produced, and developed the sitcom ''Rhoda'', co-starring his partner Julie Kavner. He also wrote and produced ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', off of which ''Rhoda'' was spun. In 1979, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his producing work on ''Taxi''. Personal life and death Davis was born in Brooklyn on August 5, 1936. His father, Phil Davis, was a writer for the game shows ''Truth or Consequences'' and '' This Is Your Life''. He moved to Los Angeles during his childhood, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied film. Davis had two daughters, Samantha and Abigail, from his marriage to Joann Leeson, which ended in divorce in 1972. Davis was in a relationship with actress Julie Kavner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
