“Talk about a woman of a certain age - Pearl Buck was a great prototype of continuing to work. She was in the hospital dying of cancer, and in the next room was her secretary, typing out her next book.”

American actress

Valerie Harper was an American actress, best known for her television work in the 1970s. She was active first as a Broadway dancer, making her debut as a replacement in Li'l Abner. She became widely known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and later on its spin-off, Rhoda. For The Mary Tyler Moore Show, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series three times, and she later won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Rhoda.