she is from galileeNo, actually Mary Richards is from Roseburg, Minnesota.
The character's name is Mary Richards, but she's played by Mary tyler Moore.
At the National Press Club on 5/28/09, she said that she was not on an insulin pump; doesn't like the idea of something "attached to her" at all times.
No, she had a son, but he died in an accidental shooting in 1980.
Minneapolis , Minnesota .