Valerie Harper Quotes

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Valerie Harper

Profession : Actress

Birth : August 22, 1940

Rhoda Morgenstern gave a wonderful impetus and propulsion to my career.

Valerie Harper

My stepmother Angela is an Italian from New York City. I based Rhoda on her and a Jewish friend named Penny Ann Green. People often said that Rhoda seemed to be Italian. That was the Angela seeping through.

Valerie Harper

Pearl Buck was my mother's favorite author.

Valerie Harper

My mother was a Book of the Month Club devotee. I remember she always looked forward to Pearl Buck's books.

Valerie Harper

I loved working in the theater.

Valerie Harper

I danced in choruses from about 1959 to 1967, in 'Take Me Along,' 'Wildcat,' and 'Subways Are for Sleeping.'

Valerie Harper