Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda Faye Morgenstern, portrayed by Valerie Harper, is a fictional character on the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and subsequent spin-off, "Rhoda". The original opening of the series "Rhoda" establishes that Rhoda Faye Morgenstern was born in the Bronx, New York, in December 1941. She is the daughter of Ida and Martin Morgenstern (Nancy Walker and Harold Gould), and grew up in New York before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the late 1960s. On "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Rhoda had a sister named Debbie (Liberty Williams), seen in one episode, and a briefly-mentioned brother
Richard Masur Masur studied acting at The Yale School of Drama and appeared on stage before acting in movies and television shows during the 1970s. He appeared on an episode of "The Waltons" as well as in an episode of "All in the Family" in late 1974 and had recurring roles in "Rhoda" from 1974 to 1978; "One Day at a Time" from 1975 to 1976; "Hot l Baltimore" in 1975; and the pilot to an NBC sitcom, "Bumpers", in 1977. In 1981, Masur played the role of a child molestor armed with a camera in the television film "Fallen Angel". His