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Valerie Harper has announced to People magazine that she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on January 15th. The 73-year-old TV and stage actress is best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern during the 1970s on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her own spinoff Rhoda. She also starred in the late 1980s sitcom Valerie and Valerie’s Family later retitled The Hogan Family after Harper was written out of the show due to a dispute with the producers Miller-Boyett. In more recent years she has been a busy and award-winning actress in theater productions on both coasts. She also was a Screen Actors Guild activist, running for SAG president in 2001 but losing to Melissa Gilbert. In the People issue appearing on newstands Friday, Harper said she is suffering from leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and may have just three months to live. Harper had been publicizing her new memoir I, Rhoda and dealing with her illness privately until now.
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This is terribly hard news to read. I had the pleasure of working with Valerie many years ago. Her love and spirit are infectious. Her talent and passion, boundless. I admire her bravery and I wish for her only peace and warmth.
Terribly sad news. Just finished her memoir I, RHODA and loved all the behind-the-scenes tales of her times on THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW and RHODA. What a legacy she will leave–one of the best and most beloved situation character characters ever in Rhoda and years of high impact work in humanitarianism and feminism. A super talent and class act.
So sad
It makes me aware that the things that I fuss and worry about in a typical day are insignificant. Also, I used to think my Mother reminded me of Rhoda. You will not go unnoticed….
She’s not dead yet, people! I love that she is living day to day as should everyone, sick or healthy.
Maybe we want to say how much we admire her work and what an impact she had on so many of us while she can still read it.
Amen to that! Nobody is promised tomorrow..
Tragic. What an ebullient, dynamic woman. She made an impact on many stages and makes one now again in the most profound way. Outspoken, bright, hard working, indelible. Crushing news.
Ms. Harper, I wish you all the best and hope that your suffering is minimal. You have brought me and my family many years of laughter and joy, watching you portray Rhoda on both “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda”. I hope you can find your own laughter in this time of illness and also hope that you prove the doctor’s prognosis wrong.
Ms. harper, i wish you all the best. my prayers are with you. i hope the doctors are wrong. funny funny lady! class act!
You are a beautiful woman with a beautiful heart. I have so many happy memories of your work in MTM, Rhoda and Sex In The City. Thank you, thank you for all the joy you’ve brought to the world.
Well, hopefully she outlives what the dr. said. Keep positive Valerie
hopefully she will just outlive the doctor, that would be better still
This news absolutely tore me up. Valerie Harper has always seemed to be such a class act — in addition to being a wonderful actress. I can only pray that she proves the doctors wrong. Thank you, Valerie, for so many years of laughter and warm humor. I wish you only the best.
She was interviewed on NPR a month ago, promoting “I, Rhoda”. She was wonderful–funny, smart, generous–and never give the slightest indication that she had just been given this terrible diagnosis. Life lessons for us all.
I am so sad to hear this news. I worked with Valerie, too, many years ago, and her spirit was so positive, uplifting and warm. God bless her.
Every time I eat a chocolate bonbon, I still think of applying it directly to my hips…originally said by Rhoda (Valerie Harper). However long she still has…I wish her the sweetness and joy she brought to my life over her long and wonderful acting career.
Valerie you have lived you’re life extraordinarily on a daily basis and you should indeed continue to do just that. None of us know the final moment. At this point, a prognosis is simply an informed suggestion, but it is not an absolute truth by any means. I know people who have been told they have months to live and go on to live for over a decade while maintaining a nice quality of life…on meds, having mostly good days, with a few bad days (who in the hell doesn’t have bad days), but most importantly still here kicking ass and taking names and doing whatever it is they choose to do (and having a blast while doing so I might add). Love and light to you!!!
Valerie, you had us laughing the moment you said, “This is MY apartment!” Thank you for being “so real.” One never saw the acting. Such a huge talent you are! Also, thank you breaking the barrier of being “too Jewish.” Sitcoms were never the same after YOU made the difference. Love and light to you.
We are so sorry to hear about your illness. God be with u in this time
I was very sorry hear this news today. She’s a fantastic actor and one who has made many generations laugh. I wish her a peace and thank her for the many, many times she’s made me personally smile or laugh – what a great gift that is.
What a truly unfortunate outcome For such a decent , talented person. I hope she catches a break. She deserves a better ending than this.
Sad news; she is one classy lady! Loved her shows and want to say thank you for all the entertainment you provided us throughout your career Valerie! I will be praying for you and your family during this trying time.
Someone imagined the Rhoda character and someone wrote her dialogue, but Valerie Harper took it and ran away with it, and revolutionized television and pop culture – Valerie Harper was definitely on loan from God, but sadly, He’s calling in His marker.