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.
Mary Mae Ward The role of Mary Mae Ward was originated by Rosalind Cash (1938â€“1995)[3] in 1994, who played her as a proud matriarch character who had triumphed over racism and tragedy.[4] When Cash died of cancer in 1995, the Mary Mae Ward character was written out of the series, with an explanation of having died of natural causes. In 1996, Cash was posthumously nominated for an Emmy Award, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.[5]