As its season one theme tells us, Rhoda Morgenstern was born in the Bronx, New York in December 1941 (she always felt responsible for World War II). Valerie Harper was born in Suffern, NY in 1939, but she and Rhoda always felt a little bit like the same person, and it was so sad to hear of the passing of the iconic actress today at the age of 80 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was a Tony-nominated stage actress and starred in a handful of other series, but she will always be remembered as Rhoda Morgenstern, first on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and then on her spinoff, Rhoda. That role earned her eight straight Emmy nominations and three wins and cemented her as one of TV's greatest characters. While Mary Richards was pure, pretty and perfect, Rhoda was probably the character the audience identified with much more. She was urban, Jewish, struggled with her weight and her dating life, and yet had a sarcastic and funny sensibility about it all. Mary Tyler Moo...
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