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Mary Lou Retton

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Biography

Born

1/24/1968, Fairmont, West Virginia

Birth Name

Mary Lou Retton

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- I Love the 80s Strikes Back
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 10 1989
    10/24/03
  - S 1: Ep 9 1988
    10/24/03
  - S 1: Ep 8 1987
    10/23/03
  - S 1: Ep 7 1986
    10/23/03
  - S 1: Ep 6 1985
    10/22/03
  - + 5 More Credits
- Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sharing
    9/22/02
  - S 1: Ep 4 Cooperation
    9/15/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 Rejection
    9/8/02
  - S 1: Ep 2 Insecurity
    9/1/02
  - S 1: Ep 1 Feelings
    8/25/02
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 66 December 8 - 12, 1986 - Friday
    12/12/86
  - S 1: Ep 65 December 8 - 12, 1986 - Thursday
    12/11/86
  - S 1: Ep 64 December 8 - 12, 1986 - Wednesday
    12/10/86
  - S 1: Ep 63 December 8 - 12, 1986 - Tuesday
    12/9/86
  - S 1: Ep 62 December 8 - 13, 1986 - Monday
    12/8/86
Guest Star (14)

Role
- Special Agent Oso
  Gymnastics Coach
  - S 2: Ep 23 For Your Hands Only; Thunderbeam
    5/6/11
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 19: Ep 6 Gymnastics
    10/21/08
  - S 17: Ep 19 Troy, Ray & Mary Lou
    6/11/07
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 165 August 15, 2008
    8/15/08
  - S 53: Ep 142 July 16, 2004
    7/16/04
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 8 Gymnasts: Little Girls, Big Dreams
    8/8/04
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 27 Olympian's Edition
    1/27/02
- Buddy Faro
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Ain't That a Kick in the Head
    10/16/98
- The Roseanne Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Mary Lou Retton
    10/2/98
- Dream On
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Taking of Pablum 5-2-3 (1)
    6/22/94
- Baywatch
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 11 The Child Inside
    11/22/93
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 106 February 18, 1992
    2/18/92
- Knots Landing
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 15 Letting Go
    1/23/92
- The Chuck Woolery Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 44 November 14, 1991
    11/14/91
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 100 February 21, 1991
    2/21/91
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 35: Ep 2 It's a Ho Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour
    12/16/84

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- When 16-year-old Carly Patterson won the Olympic gymnastics title in the 2004 Games--the first American gymnast to do so since Mary Lou earned it 20 years earlier--Mary Lou said that she was so excited, she scared her kids with all her screaming.
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- Gymnastics coaching sensation Bela Karolyi has said that Mary Lou was the most pleasant gymnast he ever worked with in his career. "She was such a natural!" he raved.
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- Mary Lou was the first female athlete to be featured on the Wheaties cereal box.
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- Mary Lou Retton Gymnastics means fun for my kids! It provides building blocks for life. By allowing my daughters to participate in gymnastics, I am providing them with the tools they will need to be successful in life, regardless of which direction they choose. And with those tools, they can accomplish anything in life.
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- Mary Lou: No, I don't have prom pictures, but I do have pictures of me standing on the Great Wall of China.
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