Valerie Harper

Harper was born in Suffern, New York. Married four times with three children, Hutton as of 2004 lives in Palm Springs. Harper has worked almost exclusively in television, and has also had roles in made-for-TV-movies and guest spots on a number of series, including Sex and the City. However, after regaining control of her life, she went on to teach acting. (It was renamed Valerie's Family in 1987 and later The Hogan Family after Harper left the series and was replaced by Sandy Duncan). Afterwards, Hutton had trouble with alcohol abuse, eventually attempting suicide, and had a nervous breakdown. She also played family matriarch Valerie Hogan on the 1980s sitcom Valerie. In 1967, she was signed for starring roles in Paramount westerns, but was fired shortly after the projects began.

Harper won four Emmy awards and a Golden Globe for her work as Rhoda Morgenstern on both series. Hutton worked in radio and toured in nightclubs, then appeared ontelevision through the 1960s. Harper is best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking yet vulnerable Rhoda Morgenstern on two CBS television sitcoms of the 1970s: The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, in which she played the title role. Her status as a Hollywood star ended during contract disagreements with Paramount. Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1940) is an American actress. In 1942, she signed with Capitol Records, one of the first artists to do so, but was unhappy with their management, and signed with RCA. She made 14 films in 11 years during the 1940s and 1950s.

When DeSylva became a producer at Paramount Studios, Hutton acquired a starting role in Let's Face It in 1943. DeSylva. In 1939 she appeared in several muscial shorts, and appeared on Broadway in Panama Hattie and Two for the Show, produced by B.G. A few years later, she was scouted by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who gave Hutton her entre into entertainment.

As a teenager, she sang in several local bands, and at one point visited New York hoping to perform in Broadway, where she was rejected. Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move; eventually they moved to Detroit. Raised by a single mother, Hutton (along with her sister, Marion Hutton) started singing in the family's speakeasy at age 3. Betty Hutton, (born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American actor, musician and comedienne.

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