P461 Teletext 461 Jan 9 22:14:43 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— MOORE OF MARY Mary Tyler Moore's appealing screen image has masked so much of the reality of her real life. She personified wholesomeness as a TV star in the Seventies, but her own life was different. She was an alcoholic during the Seventies and Eighties. Personal tragedy struck too when her only son died in 1982. Now in her mid-50s, she's beaten the bottle and problems with her remote fathjt, and built a respectable film career. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— New Releases 462 Top 10 films 463 THEATRE REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS p451 Releases Top 10 Local films TV PlusP461 Teletext 461 Jan 9 22:17:32 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— MOORE OF MARY In her new film comedy Flirting With Disaster, Mary Tyler Moore plays Pearl, a mother whose adopted son sets out to find his biological parents. She says: "I asked to play her. She's an insecure woman who manipulates people and makes sure everything is just the way she wants it." Moore admits there's something of hjrsjlf in the character - just like the emotionally detached role she had in the 1980 hit film Ordinary People. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Film opens at selected cinemas Jan 24 TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT p400 Releases Top 10 Local films TV PlusP461 Teletext 461 Jan 9 22:14:50 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— MOORE OF MARY In 1995, Mary Tyler Moore published her powerful autobiography, After All. It details her difficult childhood and often unhappy personal life. She says: "There used to bj an attitude - don't look at anything too deeply, just gloss over things. I was like that and that helped mj become an alcoholic. "When I was at the Betty Ford Clinic, they taught mj to look at myself. It's extremely painful." ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Total Entertainment 400 THEATRE REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS p451 Releases Top 10 Local films TV PlusP461 Teletext 461 Jan 9 22:14:44 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— MOORE OF MARY These days Mary Tyler Moore says she feels much happier and contented. "I think I'm in pretty good shape. I can see more of myself," she explains. Physically she's also in good shape. "I started out as a dancer and I still exercise. I do low-impact aerobics. "My mother and father were like Ken and Barbie, tall thin people, so a lot of that is inherent but I don't expect perfection anymore," she says. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— New Releases 462 Top 10 films 463 THEATRE REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS p451 Releases Top 10 Local films TV Plus