Valerie Harper Trivia

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DOB
22 August 1940, Suffern, New York, USA

Height
5' 6"

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Valerie Harper

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Is a graduate of the Erhard Seminars Training (AKA est).
Daughter, Cristina, born 1983
Ex-stepdaughter, Wendy Schaal, is an actress.
Valerie was born at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, N.Y.
She and her then husband actor Richard Schaal were also a writing team and wrote a script for the series "Love, American Style" (1969) called "Love and the Visitor", back in the early 70s.
In the fall of 1987 she was abruptly fired by Lorimar from her NBC TV series "Valerie" (1986). She didn't show for filming one day. The series decided to continue on without her as "Valerie's Family" with Sandy Duncan playing Sandy Hogan, replacing Harper's "Valerie Hogan" character. Harper sued Lorimar for breach of contract and in the fall of 1988 was awarded $1.4 million plus 12.5% of the profits of the show, which continued on without her until 1991.
Measurements: 36-26 1/2-40 (while on "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)), 35 1/2-24-36 (trimmed down for her "Rhoda" (1974) spin-off). (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 206-207. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387