Awards and Honors
Moore has received seven Emmy Awards:
- Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or Special - 1993
- Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - 1976
- Actress Of The Year-series - 1974
- Best Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - 1974
- Outstanding Continued Performance By An Actress - 1973
- Outstanding Continued Performance By An Actress - 1966
- Outstanding Continued Performance By An Actress - 1964
She was also awarded three Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - 1981
- Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - 1971
- Actress In A Television Series - 1965
She also received the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
On Broadway, Moore received a special Tony Award for her performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway? in 1980, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as well. In addition, as a producer she received nominations for Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards for MTM's productions of Noises Off in 1984 and Benefactors in 1986, and won a Tony Award for Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical in 1985 for Joe Egg.
In 1984, Moore was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.
In May 2002, Moore was present as cable TV network TV Land dedicated a statue in downtown Minneapolis to the television character she made famous on Mary Tyler Moore. The statue is in front of the Dayton's (now Macy's) department store, near the corner of 7th Street and Nicollet Mall. It depicts the iconic moment in the show's opening credits where Moore tosses her tam o'shanter in the air, in a freeze-frame at the end of the montage. Moore was awarded the 2011 Screen Actors Guild's lifetime achievement award.
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