'The Dick Van Dyke Show' (1961-1966)

Moore auditioned to play <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003834" title="Danny Thomas" href="/topic/entertainment/danny-thomas-PECLB003834.topic">Danny Thomas</a>' daughter on "The Danny Thomas Show" but didn't land the part. However, Thomas later remembered her and recommended her for a role on another sitcom he was producing, "<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENTTV000000295" title="The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program)" href="/topic/entertainment/television/the-dick-van-dyke-show-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV000000295.topic">The Dick Van Dyke Show</a>," based on creator <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003511" title="Carl Reiner" href="/topic/entertainment/carl-reiner-PECLB003511.topic">Carl Reiner</a>'s time as a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="010000000943" title="Comedy (genre)" href="/topic/arts-culture/genres/comedy-%28genre%29-010000000943.topic">comedy</a> writer for "Your Show of Shows." When Moore joined the series, playing Laura Petrie, the wife of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB004076" title="Dick van Dyke" href="/topic/entertainment/television/dick-van-dyke-PECLB004076.topic">Dick Van Dyke</a>'s Rob Petrie, she was just 23 years old -- 11 years younger than Van Dyke. The role made Moore a star and earned her two Emmy Awards.

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Moore auditioned to play Danny Thomas' daughter on "The Danny Thomas Show" but didn't land the part. However, Thomas later remembered her and recommended her for a role on another sitcom he was producing, "The Dick Van Dyke Show," based on creator Carl Reiner's time as a comedy writer for "Your Show of Shows." When Moore joined the series, playing Laura Petrie, the wife of Dick Van Dyke's Rob Petrie, she was just 23 years old -- 11 years younger than Van Dyke. The role made Moore a star and earned her two Emmy Awards.

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