--- description: Actress Valerie Harper is resting comfortably after being found unconscious backstage before a theater performance Wednesday title: Actress Valerie Harper Released From Hospital image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9344e3aff465726/69885d4ecd6848b7210a10dc/462695330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Actress Valerie Harper Has Been Released From the Hospital by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2015 3:52 AM CUT  Valerie Harper arrives for AARP the Magazine's 14th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2015 Valerie Harper arrives for AARP the Magazine's 14th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2015Gabriel Olsen—Getty Images by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2015 3:52 AM CUT Actress Valerie Harper has been [released](http://deadline.com/2015/07/valerie-harper-hospitalized-maine-1201487692/ "undefined") from the hospital she was taken to in York, Maine, after being [found unconscious](http://www.etonline.com/news/168997%5Fvalerie%5Fharper%5Frushed%5Fto%5Fhospital/ "undefined") backstage before a theater performance Wednesday, Deadline.com reports. Harper, best known for playing Rhoda on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_, revealed in 2013 that she has terminal brain cancer. The 75-year-old has continued to work through her illness and is currently appearing along with Sally Struthers in the Gershwin musical _Nice Work if You Can Get It_. She spent Wednesday night receiving treatment and was discharged Thursday morning, Deadline.com [says](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/30/valerie-harper-hospitalized-maine/30895361/ "undefined"). Harper has experience fighting cancer — she beat lung cancer in 2009 — and has endeavored to stay positive throughout her ordeal. “When I wake up in the morning, I don’t say, ‘Oh, I have cancer.’ I say ‘Another day. How you feeling? Good? Good,’” she [told](http://www.people.com/article/valerie-harper-cancer-update-ready-go "undefined") _People_ in May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3979721/actress-valerie-harper-hospital-released/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3979721/actress-valerie-harper-hospital-released/"},"headline":"Actress Valerie Harper Has Been Released From the Hospital","datePublished":"2015-07-31T03:52:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:38:57.879Z","description":"She was found unconscious before a theater performance","url":"https://time.com/3979721/actress-valerie-harper-hospital-released/","keywords":["celebrities","Cancer","Hollywood","Maine","Theater","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9344e3aff465726/69885d4ecd6848b7210a10dc/462695330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alissa Greenberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alissa-greenberg/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9344e3aff465726/69885d4ecd6848b7210a10dc/462695330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AARP The Magazine's 14th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Gala - Arrivals","caption":"AARP The Magazine's 14th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Gabriel Olsen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3979721/actress-valerie-harper-hospital-released/","name":"Actress Valerie Harper Has Been Released From the Hospital"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 14 Best Television Intros","description":"The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. 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