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Being Mary Tyler Moore

Explores the vanguard career of the woman who, as actor, performer, and advocate, revolutionized the portrayal of women in media, redefined their roles in show business, and inspired generations to dream big and make it on their own.

Director

James Adolphus

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Genre

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N/A

Production

HBO Documentary Films,Fifth Season,Hillman Grad Productions,Good Trouble Studios,Martin Chase Productions,The Mission Entertainment

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 7 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/being-mary-tyler-moore

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- Right! Better and prettier!
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- Right! Better and prettier! - (AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDI...

- DINAH: Yes! Let's not forget...
- (CHUCKLES) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- DINAH: Yes! Let's not forget... - (CHUCKLES)

DICK VAN DYKE:
There was no hint at all - Being Mary Tyler Moore

DICK VAN DYKE: There was no hint at all

I said she may be
the next Katharine Hepburn - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I said she may be the next Katharine Hepburn

MARY: Early on, Carl saw
some spark of humor in me. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

MARY: Early on, Carl saw some spark of humor in me.

He wrote a script called
My Blonde-Haired Brunette. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

He wrote a script called My Blonde-Haired Brunette.

- Oh, Millie, I'm getting old.
- Oh, come on, Laura. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- Oh, Millie, I'm getting old. - Oh, come on, Laura.

Yeah, well,
it's not just a gray hair, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Yeah, well, it's not just a gray hair,

We each know exactly - Being Mary Tyler Moore

We each know exactly

- Well, you have to make them.
- Well, how do you do that? - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- Well, you have to make them. - Well, how do you do that?

Well,
whenever Jerry starts taking me - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Well, whenever Jerry starts taking me

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- ♪ (SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - ♪ (SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

MARY: I had always been
a big fan of Nanette Fabray, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

MARY: I had always been a big fan of Nanette Fabray,

Twelve long glorious years
of marriage, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Twelve long glorious years of marriage,

(GLASS SHATTERS) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(GLASS SHATTERS)

- (SOBS HEAVILY)
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- (SOBS HEAVILY) - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

We are dyeing it back
to its natural color. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

We are dyeing it back to its natural color.

MARY: And he wants to know why,
what happened? - Being Mary Tyler Moore

MARY: And he wants to know why, what happened?

(WHIMPERS) "Why?" - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(WHIMPERS) "Why?"

DICK: It was just fascinating
to watch Mary Tyler Moore - Being Mary Tyler Moore

DICK: It was just fascinating to watch Mary Tyler Moore

...yucky! (SOBS) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

...yucky! (SOBS)

And it was at that point - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And it was at that point

ROB: Mary and her
being beautiful and being funny, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

ROB: Mary and her being beautiful and being funny,

I mean, Lucy was a rarity - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I mean, Lucy was a rarity

It wasn't thought of
as a feminine thing to do. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

It wasn't thought of as a feminine thing to do.

I was the single voice of sanity
in amongst all these lunatics. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I was the single voice of sanity in amongst all these lunati...

LARRY MATHEWS:
Mary was a combination to me - Being Mary Tyler Moore

LARRY MATHEWS: Mary was a combination to me

It was important to Mary
to have that connection, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

It was important to Mary to have that connection,

BEVERLY SANDERS:
She had Richie, her son, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

BEVERLY SANDERS: She had Richie, her son,

(INDISTINCT CLAMORING) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(INDISTINCT CLAMORING)

MARY: Laura actually had
opinions of her own, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

MARY: Laura actually had opinions of her own,

I said, "I've seen
all the other actresses - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I said, "I've seen all the other actresses

So, why don't we try
to make this real?" - Being Mary Tyler Moore

So, why don't we try to make this real?"

She wore pants,
which was the first time - Being Mary Tyler Moore

She wore pants, which was the first time

BILL PERSKY:
The network was horrified, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

BILL PERSKY: The network was horrified,

BILL: She wasn't someone at home
waiting for him - Being Mary Tyler Moore

BILL: She wasn't someone at home waiting for him

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

But she gave something out,
and whether it was not - Being Mary Tyler Moore

But she gave something out, and whether it was not

They were not envious
of the fact - Being Mary Tyler Moore

They were not envious of the fact

When I would meet people,
they'd say, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

When I would meet people, they'd say,

♪ Mary, Mary Tyler Moore ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

♪ Mary, Mary Tyler Moore ♪

- Thanks a lot.
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- Thanks a lot. - ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

- (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING, CHEERING)
- ♪ (JOYOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING, CHEERING) - ♪ (JOYOUS MUSIC PLAYING)...

- Oh! (CHUCKLES)
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- Oh! (CHUCKLES) - ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

And I wanna thank Dick and Rosie - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And I wanna thank Dick and Rosie

(EXHALES) ...and Jerry,
and Carl and Sheldon - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(EXHALES) ...and Jerry, and Carl and Sheldon

- (AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)
- ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- (AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING) - ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)...

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

But the disposition was a result
of the writing of Carl Reiner, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

But the disposition was a result of the writing of Carl Rein...

I always tried to make
the character as close - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I always tried to make the character as close

Simply because it's easier
to sustain a character - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Simply because it's easier to sustain a character

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

And we'd be rehearsing
on the set - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And we'd be rehearsing on the set

And she'd be up there
watching us, just observing us. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And she'd be up there watching us, just observing us.

And I will never forget,
one day, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And I will never forget, one day,

For my money, one of
the brightest young talents - Being Mary Tyler Moore

For my money, one of the brightest young talents

LUCILLE: I am very, very happy
to see you today - Being Mary Tyler Moore

LUCILLE: I am very, very happy to see you today

I guess you're kind of aware
of my admiration for you - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I guess you're kind of aware of my admiration for you

I have been made aware of it
and I'm thrilled. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I have been made aware of it and I'm thrilled.

- MARY: Oh, thank you.
- LUCILLE: He is as handsome - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- MARY: Oh, thank you. - LUCILLE: He is as handsome

- ♪ (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- MARY: I had just separated - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- ♪ (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - MARY: I had just separat...

Grant was
with the advertising agency - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Grant was with the advertising agency

So, he was a sometime visitor
to the set, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

So, he was a sometime visitor to the set,

GRANT TINKER: I came out here
to see them shoot the pilot - Being Mary Tyler Moore

GRANT TINKER: I came out here to see them shoot the pilot

She was dynamite,
and what was great about her - Being Mary Tyler Moore

She was dynamite, and what was great about her

He asked me to have dinner.
It was in fact the same day - Being Mary Tyler Moore

He asked me to have dinner. It was in fact the same day

I think some time should elapse
before I begin to see people." - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I think some time should elapse before I begin to see people...

(CHUCKLES) ...some publicity,"
which is where he was, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

(CHUCKLES) ...some publicity," which is where he was,

GRANT: And out of that meeting,
came a relationship that grew - Being Mary Tyler Moore

GRANT: And out of that meeting, came a relationship that gre...

Not only were we alike
in many ways - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Not only were we alike in many ways

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

In other words,
you're only half married - Being Mary Tyler Moore

In other words, you're only half married

I think I could waste
an awful lot more energy - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I think I could waste an awful lot more energy

- I make good use of that time.
- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- I make good use of that time. - ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ...

And I'm very blessed.
I'm very lucky in that - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And I'm very blessed. I'm very lucky in that

I had little interest in that - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I had little interest in that

JOHN: I think there may
have been some tension - Being Mary Tyler Moore

JOHN: I think there may have been some tension

She tried but the vicissitudes
of that business - Being Mary Tyler Moore

She tried but the vicissitudes of that business

Rich had so little interest
about the business - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Rich had so little interest about the business

I know he liked spending
a lot of time with his dad. - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I know he liked spending a lot of time with his dad.

And they went fishing
and hunting, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

And they went fishing and hunting,

LARRY: When he came on set, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

LARRY: When he came on set,

Richie was able
to bring out the bad boy in me, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

Richie was able to bring out the bad boy in me,

So, we were pretty devious - Being Mary Tyler Moore

So, we were pretty devious

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Being Mary Tyler Moore

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

I still believe in marriage
and children, - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I still believe in marriage and children,

I mean,
she didn't really light up - Being Mary Tyler Moore

I mean, she didn't really light up

- (LAUGHS)
- (RONA LAUGHS) - Being Mary Tyler Moore

- (LAUGHS) - (RONA LAUGHS)

Being Mary Tyler Moore poster

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Explores the vanguard career of the woman who, as actor, performer, and advocate, revolutionized the portrayal of women in media, redefined their roles in show business, and inspired generations to dream big and make it on their own.

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Director: James Adolphus

Writer: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Susan Silver

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Fifth Season,Hillman Grad Productions,Good Trouble Studios,Martin Chase Productions,The Mission Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 May 2023

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 7 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/being-mary-tyler-moore