Mary Richards

Mary Richards is a fictional character the main character, played by Mary Tyler Moore, in the long-running television sitcom, Mary Tyler Moore. Mary Richards is the daughter of Walter and Dottie Richards (although she calls her mother Marge in the episode "Bess, You is my daughter now"). She also had a crusading journalist aunt named Flo Meredith. She was engaged to a medical student named Bill, who left her after breaking off their engagement. R... more

Mary Richards is a fictional character the main character, played by Mary Tyler Moore, in the long-running television sitcom, Mary Tyler Moore. Mary Richards is the daughter of Walter and Dottie Richards (although she calls her mother Marge in the episode "Bess, You is my daughter now"). She also had a crusading journalist aunt named Flo Meredith. She was engaged to a medical student named Bill, who left her after breaking off their engagement. Reeling from this breakup, she packed up her new white 1969 Ford Mustang, and moved from her small hometown of Roseburg, Minnesota, to Minneapolis, at the suggestion of her friend Phyllis Lindstrom. Phyllis, the landlady of an apartment house, had signed a year's lease for Mary to have one of the best apartments. She did this, mainly to keep Rhoda Morgenstern, whom Phyllis despised, from trading up from the tiny attic loft where Rhoda resided. Though they initially clashed, Mary and Rhoda soon became best friends, to Phyllis's dismay. She also... less