Valerie Harper
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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 in the musical "Take Me Along" in 1959.
Harper is best known for her appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Exhibition (1970–1977) and its spin-off Rhoda (1974–19878).
She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Mary Tyler Moore, and later was named Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Rhoda. Harper appeared on Valerie Hogan on the sitcom Valerie from 1986 to 1987.
Her film appearances include appearances in Freebie and the Bean (1974) and Chapter Two (1979), both of which earned her Golden Globe Award nominations.
Harper returned to stage work in her later years, appearing in several Broadway productions.
In 2010, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Tallulah Bankhead in the play Looped.
Early life
Harper was born in Suffern, New York, the daughter of Iva Mildred (née McConnell) and Howard Donald Harper. Her father was a lighting salesman; her mother was born (and raised) in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, before transforming into a teacher and then becoming a nurse. Before her mother immigrated to the United States, her parents married in Alberta. Valerie was the middle child of three siblings Leanne and her brother Merrill, who later adopted the spelling "Don" in honor. Virginia, her father's second marriage to Angela Posillico (1933–1996), was her half-sister after her parents' divorce in 1957.
She said her parents were expecting a boy, and that her first and middle names were derived from the women's doubles tennis champions, Valerie Scott and Kay Stammers, who competed for the first time this year. She had ancestry from France, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Welsh. Rhoda Morgenstern based her character on her Italian stepmother and Penny Ann Green (née Joanna Greenberg), with whom she appeared in the Broadway musical Wildcat. She was raised Catholic, but she "quit" the church at an early age.
Due to her father's work, her family has been moving every two years. Harper attended schools in South Orange, New Jersey; Pasadena, California; Monroe, Michigan; Ashland, Oregon; and Jersey City, New Jersey. When her family returned to Oregon to study ballet, she stayed in the New York City area. She attended Lincoln High School in New Jersey before graduating from the private Young Professionals School on West 56th Street, where classmates included Sal Mineo, Tuesday Weld, and Carol Lynley.
Personal life
In 1964, Harper married actor Richard Schaal. In 1978, they separated, after which she had a friendship with Peter Horton. Cristina, her mother, married Tony Cacciotti in 1987 after being engaged for seven years, and the couple welcomed their baby, Tony Cacciotti, in 1987.
Harper herself was not Jewish despite portraying Jewish characters, such as Rhoda Morgenstern.
Career
Harper began her Broadway career as a dancer and chorus girl on Broadway, and went on to appear in several Broadway shows, including Wildcat (starring Lucille Ball), Li'l Abner, Take Me Along (starring Jackie Gleason), and Subways Are For Sleeping. She was also cast in the musical Destry Rides Again, but she was eventually forced to cancel rehearsals due to sickness. In Matthew Lombardo's Looped at the Lyceum Theatre, she appeared in Tallulah Bankhead on Broadway in February 2010.
Harper appeared in Li'l Abner (1959), starring a Yokumberry Tonic wife. She debuted on television on an episode of The Doctors ("Zip Guns can kill") and appeared in Love with the Proper Stranger. She was in Paul Sills' Story Theatre with Richard Schaal, Linda Lavin, and others, who were later seen in sketches on Playboy After Dark. When You're in Love with the Whole World is Jewish, which also included Frank Gallop's famous novelty song The Ballad of Irving, a recitation. Harper and Schaal went to Los Angeles in 1968 and co-wrote an episode of Love, American Style.
Harper was discovered by casting agent Ethel Winant, who called her to audition for the role of Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in Los Angeles in 1970. She appeared in the spinoff series Rhoda (1974–1978), in which her character returned to New York City, from 1970 to 1974.
Rhoda Morgenstern received four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for her role. In 2000, she reunited with Moore in Mary and Rhoda, a television film that reunited their characters in later life. By Shout, the first season of Rhoda was released on DVD on April 21, 2009. Factory.
Harper was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Freebie and the Bean (1974), and she appeared on The Muppet Show in 1976, its first season.
Harper appeared on NBC's Valerie Hogan in 1986, as the family matriarch Valerie Hogan. She was dropped from the series at the end of its second season after a wage dispute with NBC and production company Lorimar in 1987, and she sued NBC and Lorimar for breach of contract. Her allegations against NBC were dismissed, but the jury found Lorimar wrongfully discharged her and paid her $1.4 million plus 12.5% of the show's earnings. The series continued without her, with the explanation that her character had died off screen. The family was first renamed Valerie's Family, then The Hogan Family, as Harper was replaced by actress Sandy Duncan, who played her sister-in-law Sandy Hogan.
Harper appeared in numerous television films, including a role as Maggie in a Michael Cristofer film The Shadow Box, directed by Paul Newman, and in guest roles on shows such as Melrose Place (1998) and Sex and the City (1999).
Harper ran for president in 2001 as a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and lost to Melissa Gilbert. She served on the SAG's Hollywood board of directors.
In 2005–2006, Harper portrayed Golda Meir in a national tour of the one-woman drama Golda Meir. In 2007, a film of the film was released.
In the world-premiere performance of Matthew Lombardo's Looped at the Pasadena Playhouse from June 27 to August 3, 2008. In 2009, the performance transferred to Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.. It was then on Broadway from February 2010 (previews) to April 2010, for which Harper received a Tony Award nomination. She had intended to continue her appearance on a national tour beginning in January 2013, but she had to cancel due to her health.
On ABC's Desperate Housewives, Claire Bremmer, aunt of Susan Delfino (Teri Hatcher), appeared in Ellen Bremmer.
Harper was selected a contestant for the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars on September 4, 2013, partnering with professional dancer Tristan MacManus. On October 7, 2013. They were booted from the program.
In the episode "Valentine's Day" on American comedy web television series Liza on Demand, Harper appeared as Wanda, the character from "Valentine's Day" on the American comedy web television series Liza on Demand.
Harper was active in the women's liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s and was a promoter of the Equal Rights Amendment. L.I.F.E. was co-founded by Dennis Weaver with Dennis Weaver. In 1983, a nonprofit that helped thousands of homeless people in Los Angeles.