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VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE VEMENT LIFE ACHIEVEMENT LIFE 8 6 5 7 Love, Betty White She went on to star in 5) Ordinary People, 1980, with Timothy Hutton, 6) Six Weeks, 1982, 7) Blessings, 2003, 8) guest-starring with SAG Life Achievement Award honoree Betty White in Hot in Cleveland, earlier this year, and 9) a congratulatory message from White. turned successful career woman. She has had adversity in her life, including alcoholism, illness and the accidental death of her son. She ultimately focused her efforts on changing the world for the better, first as a role model for young women at a time when there were far too few, and later with her philanthropic work. Moore has dedicated her efforts to fighting type I diabetes, and she knows well the difficulties of living with the disease. She was diagnosed while working on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and was slow to adjust to a new life of regulated diets and insulin shots. In her book detailing her struggles with the disease, Growing Up Again: Life, Loves and Oh Yeah, Diabetes, Moore recounts the angst she felt aſter being diagnosed at the thought of having to inject herself with insulin. She practiced the injection process on California oranges. "What a responsibility I had now become to myself," she wrote. "My head was spinning. And boy was I scared!" 56 SCREEN ACTOR - Fall 2011 With a busy life and a starring role on a hit show, she didn't always take care of herself as well as she might have. On the set of Mary Tyler Moore, she suffered a bout of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, and began to act strangely. Luckily, the show's producer, Allan Burns, had the presence of mind to administer orange juice to the ailing Moore, helping to boost her blood sugar back to normal levels. Those experiences prepared her for her role as the international chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, using her star power to educate people about the disease and lobbying Congress for increasing federal funding for research. She has also been an advocate for animal rights, including efforts to end animal euthanasia. Her opposition to killing animals has also led her to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. Despite a lifetime of accomplishments to her credit, the native New Yorker isn't slowing down. Moore appreciates the honor SAG is bestowing upon her. SAG.org "It's a bit like winning Miss Congeniality," she says, smiling that trademark smile. "And I'm thrilled." Screen Actors Guild National President Ken Howard summed up Moore's multifaceted appeal: "Mary Tyler Moore won our hearts as Laura Petrie and Mary Richards, our respect as her production company became synonymous with quality television, our awe as she tackled difficult subject matter in film and on Broadway, and our admiration as she turned her public recognition into a catalyst to draw attention to critical and deeply personal health and social issues. She truly embodies the spirit behind SAG's Life Achievement Award, and we are honored to proclaim her as its 48th recipient." The SAG Life Achievement Award will be presented at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on January 29. Tune in to TNT or TBS at 5 p.m.(PT)/8 p.m. (ET). See page 48 for details. 9 Mary Tyler Moore is so special. SAG is just catching up. Everyone has been celebrating her Life Achievement since we met this lovely lady! Paramount Pictures Universal Pictures TV Land Cliff Lipson/CBS