Valerie Harper was born August 22, 1940 in Suffern, New York. She is an Emmy Award-winning American actress.

She is four-time Emmy Award winner achieved fame as Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the spin-off series "Rhoda."

Valerie Harper is best known for playing upstairs neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She played the same character in the spinoff series Rhoda (1975-78). She has also made many appearances in on- and off-Broadway theater. In 2001 she ran for president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), facing fellow actress Melissa Gilbert.

In 2001 Valerie was back on Broadway starring in Charles Busch's hilarious comedy "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife". She played "the Wife" for a year on Broadway and then for another year in the National Tour.

Valerie continues to appear as a guest star on television and is currently working with her husband Tony to develop a series of health-related television specials. The couple lives in Los Angeles and have a daughter Cristina, who is also an actor.

Filmography

• Golda's Balcony (2007)
• "Committed" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Less Than Perfect" (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002)
• "Three Sisters" (2 episodes, 2001)
• "Family Law" (1 episode, 2001)
• "That '70s Show" (1 episode, 2001)
• Mary and Rhoda (2000)
• "Sex and the City" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Touched by an Angel" (2 episodes, 1996-1999)
• "Melrose Place" (2 episodes, 1998)
• "Majutsushi Orphen Mubouhen" (1998)
• "Generator Gawl" (1998)
• Dog's Best Friend (1997)
• "Promised Land" (1 episode, 1996)
• The Great Mom Swap (1995)
• "The Office" (1995)
• A Friend to Die For (1994)
• The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991)
• Stolen: One Husband (1990)
• "City" (1990)
• The People Across the Lake (1988)
• Drop-Out Mother (1988)
• Strange Voices (1987)
• "Valerie" (28 episodes, 1986-1987)
• "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1986)
• The Execution (1985)
• Blame It on Rio (1984)
• An Invasion of Privacy (1983)
• Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
• Farrell for the People (1982)
• The Day the Loving Stopped (1981)
• The Shadow Box (1980)
• Fun and Games (1980)
• The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
• Chapter Two (1979)
• "Rhoda" (106 episodes, 1974-1978)
• Night Terror (1977)
• Freebie and the Bean (1974)
• "Mary Tyler Moore" (91 episodes, 1970-1974)
• Thursday's Game (1974)
• Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972)
• "Love, American Style" (1 episode, 1971)
• "Story Theatre" (1971)
• With a Feminine Touch (1969)
• Li'l Abner (1959)
• Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)

Awards

• Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series "Rhoda" 1974 - 75
• Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical) "Rhoda" 1974
• Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 1972 - 73
• Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 1971 - 72
• Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 1970 - 71