Barbara Colby played Julie Erskine in the first three episodes of the series. She and her friend James Kiernan were murdered on July 24, 1975, not long after Up for Grabs (1975) was filmed. The crime remains unsolved.
Mary and Rhoda was a TV Movie that was produced and aired in 2000; featuring the Mary Richards and Rhoda Morganstern characters; but nobody else from the original cast. Cloris Leachman (AKA Phyllis) was offended that she was not invited to participate in any way; and she picketed the production during shooting days.
Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) and Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom) are the only actors to play the same character in La chica de la tele (1970), Rhoda (1974) and Phyllis (1975).
Jon Lormer is the only actor to appear in La chica de la tele (1970) and all three of its spin-offs, Rhoda (1974), Phyllis (1975) and Lou Grant (1977).
Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom), Henry Jones (Judge Jonathan Dexter) and Jane Rose (Audrey Dexter) are the only actors to appear in all 48 episodes of the series.