American - Actress | August 22, 1940 -
At an ERA fundraiser years ago, one of my favorite buttons was the one that said, 'Every mother is a working mother.'
Valerie Harper
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Stop working so hard at being interesting and focus on what's outside yourself. There are universes out there that need to be explored. And, an interested person is extremely interesting.
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Anything I can give women to help them feel better about themselves, that's what I want to do.
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When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the aunt. You can have a small part. You're an actor.
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That's very unusual for an actor, to have gainful employment that they are secure in, that they know is going to be there year after year.
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Rhoda Morgenstern gave a wonderful impetus and propulsion to my career.
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My stepmother Angela is an Italian from New York City. I based Rhoda on her and a Jewish friend named Penny Ann Green. People often said that Rhoda seemed to be Italian. That was the Angela seeping through.
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Pearl Buck was my mother's favorite author.
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My mother was a Book of the Month Club devotee. I remember she always looked forward to Pearl Buck's books.
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I loved working in the theater.
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I danced in choruses from about 1959 to 1967, in 'Take Me Along,' 'Wildcat,' and 'Subways Are for Sleeping.'
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