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Rhoda was an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Valerie Harper played the lead role of Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard. A indicate ran in CBS from 1974 to 1978.

Rhoda Morgenstern, recently departed from either A Mary Tyler Moore Indicate, got withdraw at home to New York City from Minneapolis and she quickly met her soon-to-be married man, Joe Gerard. It married around an hour-long favorite, "Rhoda's Wedding" that was one of a greatest rated television episodes of the 1974-75 year. A marriage did non endure yearn, notwithstanding. Realizing a Rhoda character's charm & humor come from either her status as an unsafe lone woman, a producers got her & Joe separate toward a middle of the 2nd year, by using their divorcement ensuing by year's prevent. A indicate's unexpended seasons centered about Rhoda's role as a 30-something divorcée.

Rhoda too starred David Groh (when Joe), Nancy Walker (as Rhoda's mother), Harold Gould (as Rhoda's father) & Julie Kavner (as Rhoda's sister Brenda).

One of a revenant bits was Carlton a door guard, played by Lorenzo Music, who was a door guard inside Rhoda's building. He was typically heard on the intercommunication system, however was never seen.

Quotes

"My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December, 1941. I've always felt responsible for World War II. The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food. I had a bad puberty; it lasted 17 years. I'm a high school graduate. I went to art school. My entrance exam was on a book of matches. I decided to move out of the house when I was 24; my mother still refers to this as the time I ran away from home. Eventually I ran to Minneapolis where it's cold, and I figured I'd keep better. Now I'm back in Manhattan. New York, this is your last chance!"

-- From either a program opener, in a period of the foremost year. (MP3 file: [http://home.comcast.net/~linkman00/tv/Rhoda.mp3])

Dragon and the Pearl
Valerie Harper's biography from the Dragon and the Pearl, an on-line version of theatrical program

The Mary & Rhoda list
A discussion group for the series 'Mary & Rhoda', and the classic MTM television sitcoms which preceded it.

IMDb: Rhoda
Cast, crew, and production information.


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