Mary Tyler Moore recovering from brain surgery

A representative for Mary Tyler Moore says the veteran sitcom star is "recovering nicely" after surgery to remove a benign tumour on the lining of her brain.

Spokeswoman Erica Tarin says Moore will require no additional treatment after the four-hour procedure on Friday. Tarin would not specify when the surgery took place or where.

The procedure was to remove a meningioma, a slow-growing tumour in the membranes that cover the brain. Meningiomas usually occur in older adults and are mostly benign.

The 74-year-old Moorefirst wonfame as housewife Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke show in the 1960s and then went on to even greater success starring in her own long-running sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

She was also Oscar-nominated for her performance in the 1980 movie Ordinary People.

"According to her surgeon, she tolerated the procedure without difficulty," said Tarin, who adds thetumour was entirely removed.