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Mary Kay Place
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: September 23, 1947 in Tulsa, OK Biography:University of Tulsa graduate "Mary Kay Place" hightailed it to Hollywood in hopes of becoming a writer and performer of comedy material. She was hired for 1970s The Tim Conway Comedy Hour as a production assistant to both star Conway and producer "Norman Lear". It was Conway who gave her her first on-camera break, while "Lear" saw to it that Place received her first writing credit on his subsequent "All in the Family". "Lear" displayed her to even better advantage in the role of senseless, tactless, and eminently lovable would-be C&W star Loretta Haggers on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976-1977). She won an Emmy for her work as Loretta, and was later nominated for a Grammy for her spin-off musical album, Tonight! At the Capri Lounge...Loretta Haggers. She wrote scripts for such TV sitcoms as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Phyllis, and "MASH", usually in collaboration with her... Full Biography
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