Hollywood pays tribute to Mary Tyler Moore: “She turned the world on with her smile”
Mary Tyler Moore, the legendary sitcom star who inspired the lyrics “who can turn the world on with her smile?”, died today at the age of 80. Moore’s TV career took her from small, offscreen roles to feminist icon, and she could count many of her contemporaries as fans. When the news broke, her Mary Tyler Moore Show co-star Ed Asner was one of many actors and comedians who shared their condolences online.
Viola Davis credited the late icon with “changing the face of TV.” Jenny Slate paid homage to “TV’s modern woman,” while George Takei evoked the MTM theme song.
Denis Leary shared a powerful quote of Moore’s, while Sandra Bernhard recalled how the veteran actress led a generation of women to believe they were “going to make it after all.”