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The misstatement of the century: Mary Tyler Moore once referred to herself as ''plain'' and ''simple''
Moore was often approached by fans for style tips.
Everyone struggles with their self-esteem from time to time, and celebrities are no different. Those we idolize for being successful and attractive deal with the same self-worth problems as everyone else.
Mary Tyler Moore was known as the "it" girl of television. As the star of shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, if Moore had an ego, you couldn't really blame her. However, Moore stayed caring and humble throughout her career, the exact opposite of a prima donna. Television can be a rough business, and Moore's feelings were hurt more than once by losing roles because of how she looked.
But, even in the face of her success, Moore was still unwilling to acknowledge her effect on people and her appeal to the public.
"You know I'm really amazed that men refer to me as sexy," she said during an interview with the Ledger-Star. "As far as I'm concerned I'm just a freckle-faced, pugnosed, plain and simple girl next door."
Moore was also a hero to young women everywhere, who looked up to her.
"The girls want to know about how I wear my hair, select my clothes, how to get into show business and they usually ask for an autographed picture," she said.
Moore even insinuated that a former first lady also took inspiration from her, at least in terms of her hair. Of the look, Moore said, "It's sort of the Jackie Kennedy look but I had it before she did. I'm flattered to think maybe she borrowed it from me."
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legs, which the network insured for a million dollars, as a PR move.
I have never seen it but its supposed to be a good PI series.
Mary also appeared in a lot of Warner Brothers series early on, usually as the
"babe" type, as on Hawaiian Eye and 77 Sunset Strip(Sunday nights on MeTV+).
She never looked better than all dolled up in an evening gown on 77 Sunset Strip,
the same is true of Donna Douglas, as Warners great make up/costume department
from it's decades of making movies was still intact and knew every trick of the trade.
Capri pants when the series first started filming, they decreed no more pants and
the pants scenes reshot. Supposedly a compromise was reached where foam rubber inserts
were taped on the curve of her lower buttocks to make them not so prominent, as Mary still
had a cut dancer's figure from many years of dance study and rigorous exercise.
I think those CBS execs had issues if you ask me, what weirdness to make actresses
conform to their dinosaur views.
On the other hand, in the classic film Anchors Aweigh (1945), Frank Sinatra was outraged
when producers saw the flat bottomed Frank in his tight navy uniform.
They then had fake rubber buttocks attached to him, as the light weight Frank looked
even scrawnier next to screen partner Gene Kelly with his muscular dancer's
body (honed by decades of workouts) when both were shot in uniform next to
each other.
I can't see this happening today, to either Mary or Frank.