who played rhoda on mary tyler moore show
Valerie Harper While doing theater in Los Angeles in 1970, Harper was spotted by casting agent Ethel Winant, who called her in to audition for the role of Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.[2] She co-starred from 1970â€“1974 and then starred in the spin-off series, Rhoda (CBS 1974-1978) in which her character returned to New York.