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Nurse (1981 TV Series)
''Nurse'' is an American medical drama television series that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981, to May 21, 1982. Series star Michael Learned won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1982 for her role on the show. It was based on the bestselling book ''Nurse'' (1979) by Peggy Anderson. Synopsis The series follows Mary Benjamin, the supervising nurse at Grant Memorial Hospital in New York City who returned to work after the death of her physician husband. Cast * Michael Learned as Nurse Mary Benjamin * Robert Reed as Dr. Adam Rose * Hattie Winston as Nurse Toni Gilette * Bonnie Hellman as Nurse Penny Brooks * Hortensia Colorado as Nurse Betty LaSada * Dennis Boutsikaris as Joe Calvo * Clarice Taylor as Nurse Baily * Christopher Marcantel as Chip Benjamin * Rex Robbins Rex McNicol Robbins (March 30, 1935 – September 23, 2003) was an American character actor of stage and screen. He played the Narrator/Mysterious Man in the first national tour of ' ...
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Sue Grafton
Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ('' "A" Is for Alibi'', etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross Macdonald. Before her success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies. Early life Sue Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to C. W. Grafton (1909–1982) and Vivian Harnsberger, both of whom were the children of Presbyterian missionaries. Her father was a municipal bond lawyer who also wrote mystery novels, and her mother was a former high school chemistry teacher. Her father enlisted in the Army during World War II when she was three and returned when she was five, after which her home life started falling apart. Both parents became alcoholics, ...
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Virgil W
Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ''Eclogues'' (or ''Bucolics''), the ''Georgics'', and the epic ''Aeneid''. A number of minor poems, collected in the ''Appendix Vergiliana'', were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars generally regard these works as spurious, with the possible exception of a few short pieces. Already acclaimed in his own lifetime as a classic author, Virgil rapidly replaced Ennius and other earlier authors as a standard school text, and stood as the most popular Latin poet through late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and early modernity, exerting inestimable influence on all subsequent Western literature. Geoffrey Chaucer assigned Virgil a uniquely prominent position among all the celebrities of human history in ''The House of Fame'' (1374–85), describi ...
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George Bellak
George Bellak (April 9, 1919 – October 22, 2002) was an American television writer who was active from the 1950s to the 1980s. He wrote episodes for ''Justice'', (1954), ''Playhouse 90'' (1957-1959), ''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1961), '' N.Y.P.D.'' (1967-1968), ''Cannon'' (1970-1975), and dozens of others. He was a winner of Writers Guild of America Award, and was nominated for an Emmy award for his teleplay " Sadbird" as part of the ''CBS Playhouse ''CBS Playhouse'' is an American anthology drama television series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series won ten Primetime Emmy Awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights. ...'' series.TV.com''CBS Playhouse'': "Sadbird" Bellak was recruited in August 1973 to work on the TV series '' Space: 1999'' (1975). He wrote the pilot episode " Breakaway" and was story consultant during early development, even preparing a writer's guide in September, before leaving the show ...
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Philip Leacock
Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer. His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock. Career Born in London, England, Leacock spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films. He was known for his films about children, particularly '' The Kidnappers'' (US: ''The Little Kidnappers'', 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars for two of its performers, and '' The Spanish Gardener'' (1956) starring Dirk Bogarde. He also directed '' High Tide at Noon'' (1958) and '' Innocent Sinners'' (1958) with Flora Robson. He began to work mainly in Hollywood, where he made '' The Rabbit Trap'' (1959) with Ernest Borgnine and '' Take a Giant Step'' (1959) about a black youth's encounter with racism, both under contract to Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions. He followed with '' Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960) about an ...
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Camille Marchetta
Camille Marchetta (born September 15, 1940), a former London literary agent, is a novelist, television writer and producer best known for her work on 1980s prime time soap operas ''Dallas'', ''Dynasty'' and ''Falcon Crest''. Biography Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian American family, Marchetta attended the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York, where she later received a BA in English literature. After a trip to England, she decided to stay and took up residence there. While in England she worked with Richard Hatton Limited where she later became a literary director for the company. Career Prior to writing for the 1980s soap opera ''Dallas'' she wrote a screenplay for a television movie that was never produced, along with one episode for the short running series ''Lucan''. On ''Dallas'' she started as a freelance writer and eventually made her way on to the writing staff, responsible for writing major story and plot lines. She also created some o ...
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David Morse (actor)
David Bowditch Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American actor. Morse became widely known for his role as Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison in the medical drama series '' St. Elsewhere'' (1982–88), and he has had roles in '' The Negotiator'', ''The Good Son'', ''Horns'', '' Contact'', '' The Green Mile'', '' Dancer in the Dark'', '' Disturbia'', '' The Long Kiss Goodnight'', '' The Rock'' and '' 12 Monkeys''. In 2006, Morse had a recurring role as Detective Michael Tritter on the medical drama series ''House'', for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. He portrayed George Washington in the 2008 HBO miniseries ''John Adams'', which garnered him a second Emmy nomination. He received acclaim for his portrayal of Uncle Peck on the Off-Broadway play '' How I Learned to Drive'', earning a Drama Desk Award and Obie Award. He has had success on Broadway, portraying James "Sharky" Harkin in '' The Seafarer''. From 2010 to 2013, he portrayed Terry Colson, an honest police officer ...
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Seymour Robbie
Seymour Robbie (August 25, 1919 – June 17, 2004) was a director of American television programs, whose work ranged from 1951 ('' Down You Go'') to 1990 (''Father Dowling Mysteries''). His credits include game shows (e.g., ''The $64,000 Question''), crime dramas (e.g., ''Kojak''), action-adventure programs (e.g., ''Wonder Woman''), and sitcoms (e.g., ''F Troop''). He was born in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w .... Filmography Theatrical and television films * ''Art Carney Meets the Sorcerer's Apprentice'' (1959 TV movie) * ''Spirit of the Alamo'' (1960 TV documentary) * ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1969 TV movie) * '' C.C. and Company'' (1970 theatrical film) * '' Marco'' (1973 theatrical film) Television series Robbie directed one or more episodes of eac ...
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Diane Venora
Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress. She graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in ''Wolfen (film), Wolfen''. She won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Bird (1988 film), Bird'' (1988). Her other films include ''The Cotton Club (film), The Cotton Club'' (1984), ''Ironweed (film), Ironweed'' (1987), ''Heat (1995 film), Heat'' (1995), ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996), ''The Jackal (1997 film), The Jackal'' (1997), ''The Insider (film), The Insider'' (1999) and ''Hamlet (2000 film), Hamlet'' (2000). Early life Venora is one of six children of Marie (née Brooks) and Robert P. Venora, who owned a dry cleaning business. She graduated from East Hartford High School (class of 1970), where she was active in musicals and plays. She studied at Boston Conservatory of Music and two years later won a scholarship to Juilliard School in New York City, where she graduated in 1977 ...
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Fred Freiberger
Fred Freiberger (February 19, 1915March 2, 2003) was an American film and television writer and television producer, whose career spanned four decades and work on films such as ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'' (1953) and TV series including '' Ben Casey'' (1963–64), ''The Wild Wild West'' (1965), ''Star Trek'' (1968–69) and '' Space: 1999'' (1976–77). Freiberger was the producer of the third and final season of science-fiction series ''Star Trek'', between 1968 and 1969. His screenwriting credits include 13 films made between 1946 and 1958. He appeared as himself in the short documentary ''Funny Old Guys'', which aired as part of the HBO series ''Still Kicking, Still Laughing'' in 2003, a few months after his death in March. Freiberger died on March 2, 2003, at his Bel-Air home, according to his son, Ben. No cause of death was given. Early life and career Freiberger was born to a Jewish family in New York City. In the late 1930s, Freiberger worked in advertising ...
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Harry Harris (director)
Harry Harris (September 8, 1922 – March 19, 2009) was an American television and film director. Harris moved to Los Angeles in 1937 and got a mailroom job at Columbia Studios. After attending UCLA, he became an apprentice sound cutter, assistant sound effects editor, and then an assistant film editor at Columbia Pictures. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces at the start of World War II, and as part of the First Motion Picture Unit, reported to Hal Roach Studios in Culver City. His supervisor there was Ronald Reagan, who hired him as sound effects editor for training and combat films. At the end of World War II, Harris became an assistant film editor and then an editor for Desilu, the studio of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. Over the next five decades, he directed hundreds of TV episodes, with significant contributions to '' Gunsmoke'', '' Eight is Enough'', '' The Waltons'', and '' Falcon Crest''. He won an Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive ...
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Gwen Arner
Gwen Arner (born 1936 or 1937) is an American director and actress. She co-founded the Los Angeles Actors' Theatre and directed stage productions there, as well as at the Mark Taper Forum and in the Midwestern United States. She also directed episodes of ''The Waltons'', ''Dallas'', ''Falcon Crest'', and ''Dynasty''. Biography Gwen Arner was born in 1936 or 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska, and later raised there. Having become interested in acting during her adolescence, she studied theater at the University of Michigan, gaining her bachelor's and master's degrees in the field. After abandoning her initial pursuit for a doctoral degree in favor of stage performance work, she made her acting debut at the Mark Taper Forum and later co-founded the Los Angeles Actors' Theatre (LAAT), where she marked her directorial debut. In 1970, she married Donald Moffat, who was one of the LAAT's co-founders; they would remain married until his death on December 20, 2018. Among her LAAT directing cr ...
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Joan Copeland
Joan Maxine Kupchik ( Miller; June 1, 1922 – January 4, 2022), known professionally as Joan Copeland, was an American actress. She was the younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller. She began her career during the mid-1940s, appearing in theatre in New York City, where, shortly thereafter, she would become one of the first members admitted to the newly formed Actors Studio. She moved into television and film during the 1950s while still maintaining an active stage career. She is best known for her performances in the 1977 Broadway revival of '' Pal Joey'' and her award-winning performance in the 1981 play '' The American Clock''. She also played a number of prominent roles on various soap operas throughout her career, including Andrea Whiting on ''Search for Tomorrow'' and Gwendolyn Lord Abbott on ''One Life to Live''. She voiced Tanana in ''Brother Bear''. Personal life and death Miller was born to a middle-class Jewish family in New York City. Her father, Isidore, was a wo ...
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