Mary Tyler Moore is an Oscar nominated and Emmy winning actress, producer and director. Mary Tyler Moore has had a stunning career as an actress.  From her portrayal of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show to her most beloved character, Mary Richards, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, audiences have embraced her work and loved the person breathing life into these endearing characters. For her groundbreaking work in television and motion pictures, Mary has received an unmatched 7 Emmy Awards, 5 People’s Choice Awards and 3 Golden Globes. And like the great team player she is Mary makes everyone around her better, her Mary Tyler Moore Show still holding the record for having been awarded more Emmys than any other television show in history. But the awards do not stop there.  She made her dramatic debut on Broadway in Whose Life is it Anyway? and received a special Tony Award for her portrayal of a hospitalized quadriplegic fighting for control of her life. Mary has riveted us with her moving presentation of complex and determined women in First You Cry, Heartsounds, Gore Vidal’s Lincoln, and in her academy award nominated role as Beth Jarrett in Robert Redford’s Ordinary People.

“Mary Tyler Moore embodies the ideals of the David Angell Humanitarian Award through her tireless work as International Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) said John E. Johnson, Executive Director of the American Screenwriters Association.  “Her efforts deliver real results and real hope to all people who suffer from juvenile diabetes.”

Moore was diagnosed with juvenile, or Type I, diabetes more than 30 years ago.  The disease is caused when a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone needed to sustain life.  People with juvenile diabetes must take multiple daily insulin shots to stay alive, but insulin is merely life support. In 2001, she chaired the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International’s Children's Congress in which she and 200 children with diabetes gathered in Washington, D. C. to call for an increase in funding for diabetes research and support of embryonic stem cell research, which she called "truly life affirming."  Additionally, Moore and her husband, S. Robert Levine, M.D., Chairman of the Foundation’s Clinical Affairs Advisory and its Board of Chancellors, are co-chairs of JDRF’s Stem Cell Development Fund, a $20 million fundraising program in support of embryonic stem cell research.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), the world's leading nonprofit, nongovernmental funder of diabetes research, was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with juvenile diabetes--a disease which strikes children and young adults suddenly, makes them insulin dependent for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications. Since inception, JDRF has provided more than $500 million to diabetes research worldwide. JDRF's mission is constant:  to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

Larry King, CNN host of Larry King Live and a broadcast legend for four decades, introduced Ms. Moore and shared his insights on her work with JDRF and as a person. This year marked the 45th anniversary of his talk show host's debut in broadcasting. King has won numerous awards during his career, including the prestigious Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism, the George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, and a News and Documentary Emmy Award for outstanding  Interview/Interviewer. He even has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND HEAR MS. MOORE ON LARRY KING LIVE TALKING ABOUT ASA AND THE DAVID ANGELL HUMANITARIAN AWARD (this is a large wmv file) 

PICTURES

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Becker Producer David Hackel with Executive Director John E. Johnson

Larry King Interviewed by E! Reporter

Larry King and Mary Tyler Moore Pose with David Angell Humanitarian Award

Mary Tyler Moore Arrives for the Awards Dinner

Mary Tyler Moore, Larry King and John E. Johnson Share an Early Awards Evening Moment

Mary Tyler Moore Beams at Receiving the Angell award

Mary Tyler Moore with Sarah Nadeau (former Miss Maine)

Lew Hunter, Mary Tyler Moore and Milo Addica - winners all!