Harper, who won four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe playing Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its subsequent spin-off "Rhoda," went public with her battle with brain cancer in March. Read more about her diagnosis here .
Valerie was nominated for a Tony Award in 2010 for Looped . Her other Broadway credits include The Tale of the Allergist's Wife , Ovid 's Metamorphoses , Paul Sills ' Story Theatre, Something Different, Subways Are for Sleeping , Wildcat and Take Me Along . Her Off-Broadway outings include Death Defying Acts and All Under Heaven . Harper also starred in the National Tour and the film version of Golda's Balcony .
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From Dancing on Broadway to Dancing With the Stars: Celebrating Valerie Harper on Her Birthday
From Dancing on Broadway to Dancing With the Stars: Celebrating Valerie Harper on Her Birthday
Tony Award nominee Valerie Harper celebrates her birthday August 22.
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Valerie Harper in the chorus of Take Me Along at the Shubert Theatre.
Valerie Harper in the chorus of Wildcat at the Alvin Theatre.
Valerie Harper in the chorus of Wildcat .
Valerie Harper in the chorus of Subways Are For Sleeping at the St. James Theatre.
Paul Sand and Valerie Harper in Paul Sills' Story Theatre at the Ambassador Theatre.
Richard Schaal and Valerie Harper in Ovid's Metamorphoses at the Ambassador Theatre.
Mary Frann, Richard Schaal and Valerie Harper in Ovid's Metamorphoses .
Paula Kelly, Penny White, Valerie Harper, Mary Frann, Regina Baff and Avery Schreiber in Ovid's Metamorphoses .
Penny White, Paula Kelly, Mary Frann, Avery Schreiber, Valerie Harper and Regina Baff in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Richard Mulligan and Valerie Harper in Thieves .
Valerie Harper in Thieves .
Valerie Harper and Anthony Zerbe in Dear Liar
Valerie Harper in the film version of the Neil Simon play Chapter Two .
James Broderick and Valerie Harper in the TV version of the Michael Cristofer play The Shadow Box .
Valerie Harper and Lily Knight in a publicity still for the National Tour of Agnes Of God .
Valerie Harper and Kelly Bishop in Death Defying Acts at the Variety Arts Theatre.
Valerie Harper in her dressing room at Death Defying Acts
Valerie Harper as Pearl S. Buck in All Under Heaven at the Century Center For The Performing Arts.
Valerie Harper in All Under Heaven
Valerie Harper has Broadway top billing in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Valerie Harper in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Michele Lee, Valerie Harper, Tony Roberts, Anil Kumar and Shirl Bernheim in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Valerie Harper as Golda Meir in the National Tour of Golda's Balcony .
Valerie Harper in Golda's Balcony
Valerie Harper in Golda's Balcony
Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped at the Lyceum Theatre.
Brian Hutchison and Valerie Harper in Looped
Brian Hutchison and Valerie Harper in Looped
Valerie Harper at the 2010 Tony Awards
Valerie Harper and Tristan MacManus in a promotional shot for Dancing With the Stars .
Tristan MacManus and Valerie Harper
Tristan MacManus and Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper as Millicent Winter in Nice Work If You Can Get It at the Ogunquit Playhouse.