Valerie Harper is so friendly, warm and real that she feels like a spunky neighbor you’d want to have over for coffee every morning. No, we aren’t mixing up the star of Broadway’s
Looped
with her famous character, Rhoda Morgenstern from
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
and
Rhoda
(are we?). We’re simply impressed by the real-life kindness embodied by this actress. In fact, Harper’s sweetness makes her transformation into booze-swilling, pill-popping