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Valerie Harper

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Valerie Harper: Biography

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Birth Place: Suffern, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/22/1940, Leo
Profession: Actor; dancer

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Valerie Harper Fast Facts:

Began ballet lessons at age 6 and was dancing in the Radio City Music Hall corps de ballet by age 16.
Appeared in several Broadway musicals, including Michael Kidd's Li'l Abner (1958) and Wildcat (1960); used her earnings to finance acting classes.
Moved with then-husband Richard Schaal from New York to Chicago in the mid 1960s so he could join the famed Second City comedy troupe; she later auditioned and was also accepted, beginning a five-year run with the company.
Was Linda Lavin's understudy in 1968's Something Different and their stage careers have intertwined ever since: Lavin replaced Harper in Story Theatre, and Harper replaced Lavin in 1995's Death Defying Acts and in 2001's The Tale of the Allergist's Wife.
Landed the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, the Bronx-born, no-nonsense comic sidekick in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in 1970; earned a spin-off series, Rhoda, four years later.
Had first substantial movie role as Consuelo in 1974's Freebie and the Bean; made TV-movie debut that same year in Thursday's Game.
Cast as the matriarch in Valerie in 1986; title was changed to Valerie's Family and then to The Hogan Family after Harper left the series in 1987 due to a contract dispute (she was replaced by Sandy Duncan).
Co-wrote and starred in All Under Heaven, a one-woman show about author Pearl S. Buck that debuted in 1998.
Penned a memoir (with writer Catherine Whitney and illustrator Rick Tulka) in 2001 entitled Today I Am a Ma'am: And Other Musings on Life, Beauty and Growing Older.
Portrayed Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel, in both the touring production and the film version of Golda's Balcony.

Valerie Harper Relationships:
Cristina Cacciotti - Daughter
Dominic - Brother
Howard Harper - Father
Iva McConnell Harper - Mother
Lea - Sister
Richard Schaal - Ex-husband
Tony Cacciotti - Husband
Valerie Harper Awards:
1972 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy - Winner
1973 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy - Winner
1975 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Winner
1976 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1977 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1978 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1974 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1974 Emmy: Best Supporting Actress in Comedy - Nominee
1975 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Winner
1976 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1980 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1975 Golden Globe: New Star of the Year - Actress - Nominee
1971 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
1973 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1971 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy - Winner
College:
Attended Hunter College, New York, NY; attended New School for Social Research, New York, NY

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