Knighting Americans: Which U.S. Celebs Deserve the Title ‘Sir’ or ‘Dame’?

Mary Tyler Moore

Why she might be knighted: It’s rare that a leading TV star would create even one indelible portrayal, but MTM had two: Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and the era-defining working woman Mary Richards on her eponymous ’70s classic. That’s not to mention the production company she created — which produced The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs, The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP In Cincinnati, and even Hill Street Blues — and her still-frightening, Oscar-nominated performance in Ordinary People. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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