Theodora Long chuckled when asked if the recent double Emmy award for her short film, “The Life of Bill Baggs,” made her feel somewhat like Mary Tyler Moore or Betty White, who, between them, grabbed a dozen of the iconic gold statuettes.
“Not quite,” she said, “but I do feel it’s a huge accomplishment for me, kind of a stay-home mother who got involved in a lot of things. Winning an Emmy for just starting a story and taking the concept to film. … It was my story to tell.”