She will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace, mia Valeria. The actress was told by doctors in January that she had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, an incurable condition in which cancer cells spread into the membrane surrounding the brain. She was given as little as three months to live, but eight months later, she revealed that her cancer was near remission. She appeared on the syndicated show The Doctors in March to discuss her illness. In , doctors had removed a tumor from her right lung.
The actress never smoked. What more can I ask for? Years earlier, Harper appeared as a dancer opposite Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason on Broadway and starred for two seasons on the series Valerie before being fired amid a highly public salary dispute with NBC and Lorimar Television. In , she earned a Tony nomination for portraying bawdy s actress Tallulah Bankhead in the comedy Looped.
With Rhoda an out-of-shape, bandana-wearing Jewish girl from The Bronx and Mary an all-too-courteous, impeccably dressed Presbyterian from the Midwest, the two were opposites who did not get along at first. Rhoda debuted on Sept. In the eighth week, her wedding with Joe drew 52 million viewers, at the time second in history to only the I Love Lucy episode in January in which Little Ricky is born.
The chicken liver is getting rancid. We kept ending up with plots that featured the funny insecurities of poor Brenda. Create a list ». Cinderella Liberty premiere. Comedic actresses. Total Recall premieres. TV Sidekicks with Kick. See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Valerie Harper's work have you seen? Won 4 Primetime Emmys. See more awards ». Known For. Freebie and the Bean Consuelo - Bean's Wife.
Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress 72 credits. IHOP Diner voice. Jennifer Clarkeson voice. General Hospital nurse voice. Lisa's Opus Myles voice.
Backstage Mom voice. Butterworth voice. Show all 7 episodes. Mamma Fiorucci. Nola Anderz. Aunt Bunny. Theresa Capodiamonte. Judge Leslie Singer. Claire Bremmer. Barbara Stark. Lily Solomon. Judith, Owen's Mom. Merle Keats. Amanda Wolf. Wallis Wysel. Kate Prescott. Students English version, voice. Girl Emcee English version, voice. Dream Crowd English version, voice. Townspeople English version, voice. Mia Mancini. Molly Arnold. Harper made such an impression that she was offered the spin-off series in Being committed to Rhoda for four years left her little time to do anything else.
But just before the series took off, she had her first credited role in a feature film as Consuela, the fiery, cheating wife Consuela of a cop Alan Arkin in Freebie and the Bean But she was most active on television. Apart from regularly popping in as Rhoda on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, she starred in another sitcom called Valerie, playing the mother of three teenage boys whose husband, an airline pilot, is away most of the time.
However, following a salary dispute, she was fired after the second series in In , Harper and Tyler Moore were reunited for a TV special, Mary and Rhoda — both characters now with grown-up daughters - with the intention of launching a new series. But it failed to rekindle the inspiration of the past, and the idea was abandoned.
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