Ed Asner says the cast of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show" endured plenty of ups and downs — just like a family. “We loved each other,” the actor recently told Closer Weekly. “We forgave each ...

In real life, Moore and Asner were just as close. Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner were close friends but disagreed when it came to politics Asner commended Moore for her willingness to let others ...

Asner won five of his seven Emmy Awards for playing Grant, three as best supporting actor in a comedy series for “Mary Tyler Moore” and two for lead actor in a drama for “Lou Grant.” ...

courtesy of her Mary Tyler Moore Show costar Ed Asner. The tribute originally appeared in Entertainment Weekly last January. WHEN LOU MET MARY During the casting process for The Mary Tyler Moore ...

When it comes to Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner differs with his Mary Tyler Moore Show alter ego, Lou Grant. "She had spunk," says Asner, paraphrasing the gruff but lovable newsman who professed ...

Ed Asner, the seven-time Emmy Award-winning ... playing Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Balding and burly, Grant was a journeyman character actor before he was paired up with Mary Tyler ...

Ed Asner, the prolific character actor and seven-time Emmy winner best known for playing Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died Sunday at his home in Tarzana, California, The New York Times ...

Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his ...

With Mary Tyler Moore starring as aspiring news producer Mary Richards, the sitcom’s casting of Ed Asner as her grumpy but warmhearted boss Lou Grant made for TV magic. The two actors remained ...

Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in th ...