Valerie Harper

Valerie Harper

actress, writer, producer

Valerie Harper was born on Aug 22, 1939 in USA. Valerie Harper's big-screen debut came with Rock Rock Rock! directed by Will Price in 1956. Valerie Harper is known for Stars in Shorts: No Ordinary Love directed by Tessa Blake, Noel Arthur stars as Evans and Edward Asner as George. Valerie Harper has got 12 awards and 11 nominations so far. The most recent award Valerie Harper achieved is Atlanta ShortsFest. The upcoming new movie Valerie Harper plays is Shiver which will be released on Feb 15, 2021.

Making people laugh was only one facet of Valerie Harper's career, which extended from the stage to television and feature films. A native of Suffern, New York -- "I was born to suffer" -- Harper began her career as a dancer with the corps de ballet at Radio City Hall during its spectacular heyday. She gradually moved into acting, working in everything from industrial shows to regional theatre to the Second City comedy troupe of Chicago. Eventually, she made it to Broadway in productions of Dear Liar, the Tony Award winning Story Theatre, Something Different and Metamorphosis. Stardom came with television, including four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for her work in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Rhoda (1974), in which the latter she played the title role. Harper won Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, and her Rhoda's Wedding episode set that 1974's ratings record. Since retiring Rhoda Morganstern to re-runs, Harper was active on stage and in movies. Her feature films included Les anges gardiens (1974), Chapitre deux (1979), The Last Married Couple in America (1980) and C'est la faute à Rio (1984). In television, she starred on all three networks in movies of the week, including Farrell for the People (1982) (NBC), Un enfant de lumière (1982) (ABC) and An Invasion of Privacy (1983) (CBS). A strong supporter of women's rights, Harper worked since the mid-80s on a film with second husband Tony Cacciotti which will probably never reach fruition after all this time, based on a true story involving domestic violence.

  • Birthday

    Aug 22, 1939
  • Place of Birth

    Suffern, New York, USA

Known For

Awards

12 wins & 11 nominations

Atlanta ShortsFest
2017
Best Leading Actor
Winner - Festival Award
My Mom and the Girl (2016)
IndieFEST Film Awards
2016
Best Leading Actor
Winner - Award of Excellence Special Mention
My Mom and the Girl (2016)
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