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The entertainment world is celebrating the life of actress valerie harper. >> the television star gained fame as rhoda morgenstern on "mary tyler moore show" and earned her own fame after that. she died after a battle with cancer. she was 80 years old. here's more. >> reporter: she was the girl upstairs, the best friend. >> aw! rhoda! >> reporter: as rhoda morgenstern, the unforgettable sidekick in the 1970s hit series the "mary tyler moore show." born in new york in 1939, valerie harper grew up performing ballet. but it was in los angeles where she was discovered by a casting agent. harper wa...

Started out as a dancer on broadway. but it was in los angeles where she was discovered by a casting agent. harper was asked to audition as the single girl from new york who landed in minneapolis on the mary tyler moore show. >> i'm going crazy with hunger. >> well eat something. i can't i got to lose ten pounds by 8:30. >> she played the funny imperfect pal to america's sweetheart mary richardson. it was a part that would launch her career as an actress. she won three emmys for her role before leaving the show? 1974 to star in the spinoff rhoda. >> my name is rode an and i was born in the bro...

After graduating from northwestern university, meghan markle moves home to los angeles. she's eager to chase her acting dreams, but the industry is tough. >> that is an industry that is built on judging you and tearing you down and rejecting you and making you second guess your weight and your skin and your hair and your talent and your poise. >> it's brutal. it's brutal. >> harvey young was meghan's acting professor in college. >> when you leave college it's a pretty bleak world of just laying bare your soul as part of an audition before a casting agent and then more often than not being told...

After graduating from northwestern university, meghan markle moves home to los angeles. she's eager to chase her acting dreams, but the industry is tough. >> that is an industry that is built on judging you and tearing you down and rejecting you and making you second-guess your weight and your skin and your hair and your talent and your poise. >> it's brutal. it's brutal. >> harvey young was meghan's acting professor in college. >> when you leave college, it's a pretty bleak world of just laying bare your soul as part of an audition before a casting agent, and then more often than not being to...

(vo) call 844-4-brightstar for your free home care planning guide. after graduating from northwestern university, meghan markle moves home to los angeles. she's eager to chase her acting dreams. but the industry is tough. >> that is an industry that is built on judging you and tearing you down and rejecting you and making you second-guess your weight and your skin and your hair and your talent and your poise. >> it's brutal. it's brutal. >> harvey young was meghan's acting professor in college. >> when you leave college, it's a pretty bleak world of laying bare your soul in front of a castin...