mary tyler moore played a character on the dick van dyke show
mary tyler moore lrb december 29  1936  january 25  2017 rrb was an american actress  known for her roles in the television sitcoms the mary tyler moore show lrb 1970  1977 rrb  in which she starred as mary richards  a single woman working as a local news producer in minneapolis  and the dick van dyke show lrb 1961  1966 rrb  in which she played laura petrie  a former dancer turned westchester homemaker  wife and mother