Premise: Mary Tyler Moore ( December 29 , 1936 -- January 25 , 2017 ) was an American actress , known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1970 -- 1977 ) , in which she starred as Mary Richards , a single woman working as a local news producer in Minneapolis , and The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1961 -- 1966 ) , in which she played Laura Petrie , a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker , wife and mother . The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3 , 1961 to June 1 , 1966 , with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning over five seasons . The Mary Tyler Moore Show , originally known simply by the name of the show 's star , Mary Tyler Moore , is an American sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977 .
Hypothesis: Mary Tyler Moore starred in an American sitcom.
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