Harper worked often enough to remind you that she was still working just about the time you began to wonder about that. "That I'm absolutely - I don't want to, my God, I want to live to be 102". She was 80 years old.
Harper on her fight with cancer: "It's not so much about resisting death. Goodnight lovely. I'll see you soon", wrote Ed Asner, sharing a throwback photo with Harper. "A lot of stuff that looks impossible is not".
The star had battled multiple cancers over the course of ten years.
"I guess you'd call me a Jersey girl", she once said. I'm going on 74. That lesson proved handy for execs in following years on shows like "NYPD Blue", when David Caruso left after one season; when "Two and a Half Men" had to adjust after Charlie Sheen was sacked over his misconduct; and even up to the recent switch on "House of Cards" (as Kevin Spacey was sacked due to sexual assault allegations).
When Harper went from sidekick to star, she carried her character's independence and style along with her. America was waiting for her when she arrived: The first episode of "Rhoda", which premiered in September 1974, was the first (and perhaps the last) pilot episode to top the ratings.
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"Mare", as Rhoda calls her buddy, is a Midwestern sweetheart, the flawless one with a gorgeous figure and glamorous job as a local television producer.
Harper is perhaps best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern, Mary Richards' best friend and neighbor in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran 1970-77.
The venerable actress had four Emmy statutes on her mantle - three for best-supporting actress in a comedy for "Mary Tyler Moore" in 1971, 1972 and 1973; and then for best lead actress in a comedy for "Rhoda" in 1975.
In 1986, Harper attempted a sitcom comeback with the NBC series Valerie, but was removed from the title role after the second season because of a contract dispute with Lorimar-Telepictures. She was replaced by Sandy Duncan, and the series was renamed "The Hogan Family". But Harper will be remembered most for her impeccable comic timing, a skill that earned her praise as the glamorous, hard-living actress Tallulah Bankhead in the play Looped. They didn't reveal the cause, but the actor was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2013. Harper described the audition as the "easiest, most pleasant audition process I ever went through". This series didn't achieve the success of her previous shows, and Harper was removed from her role after the second season, though the show continued for additional seasons under other names.
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