Mary Tyler Moore's Big Break
Clip: Season 3 Episode 1 | 1m 30s
Actress Mary Tyler Moore nearly skipped the audition for "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
Actress Mary Tyler Moore describes how she nearly didn't go to the audition for "The Dick Van Dyke Show." She wowed the show's creator and director, Carl Reiner, and got the part of Laura Petrie, the wife of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke).
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Mary Tyler Moore's Big Break
Clip: Season 3 Episode 1 | 1m 30s
Actress Mary Tyler Moore describes how she nearly didn't go to the audition for "The Dick Van Dyke Show." She wowed the show's creator and director, Carl Reiner, and got the part of Laura Petrie, the wife of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke).
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