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Peter White (St. Elsewhere)
This is a list of characters from the medical drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Staff and doctors of St. Eligius Dr. Donald Westphall Portrayed by Ed Flanders (regular cast member, 1982–1987; recurring appearances, 1987–1988) Kindly Dr. Westphall was Director of Medicine at St. Eligius, the hospital where ''St. Elsewhere'' was set, and was one of the two principals of the series. He was the person other characters went to for a kindly word and a pat on the back -- although he also displayed flashes of anger, and was fully capable of dressing down anyone who he thought was not performing up to their best level. Dr. Westphall started his association with the hospital as a troubled youth under the influence of hospital founder Fr. Joseph McCabe (Edward Herrmann). Raising two children alone after the death of his wife Maureen from an auto accident, which occurred seven years before the series began (a death recounted in flashback in the 2-part season 4 episode "Time Heals"), Westphall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communication theory, Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964 work on the nature of Mass media, media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". The longest running medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Birney
David Edwin Birney (April 23, 1939 – April 27, 2022) was an American actor and director whose career included performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film, and television. He is noted for having played the title role in the television series ''Serpico''. He also starred in ''Bridget Loves Bernie'', an early 1970s TV series about an interfaith marriage that also starred Meredith Baxter (whom he married after the series ended). He also portrayed Dr. Ben Samuels in '' St. Elsewhere'' from 1982 until 1983. Early life Birney was born in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 1939. His father, Edwin, worked as a special agent for the FBI; his mother, Jeanne (McGee), was a housewife before becoming a real estate agent. Birney attended schools in Brooklyn, Ohio, and graduated from West High School in Cleveland. Named to the National Honor Society, he lettered in basketball, football, and track. He held a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College with "High Distinction" in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Bruce Scott
Jean Bruce Scott (born February 25, 1956) is a retired American actress, best known for her role as former Texas Highway Patrol helicopter pilot Caitlin O'Shannessy in the 1984-1987 CBS action thriller television series ''Airwolf''. She had a recurring role as Lieutenant, later Lieutenant Commander, Maggie Poole in seasons 3-8 of ''Magnum, P.I.''. In 2007, she worked as the executive director and producer of ''Native Voices at the Autry'', a program devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American playwrights, and is affiliated with the Autry National Center. Education The Monterey, California-born Scott attended La Quinta High School (Westminster, California; 1970–74) and California State University, Fullerton (1975-79). She later attended UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candystriper
Hospital volunteers, also known as candy stripers in the United States, work without regular pay in a variety of health care settings, usually under the direct supervision of nurses. The term candy striper is derived from the red-and-white striped pinafores that female volunteers traditionally wore, which are culturally reminiscent of candy canes. The term and its associated uniform are less frequently used in current clinical settings. Another hospital volunteer organization sponsored by the American Red Cross, was the "Blue Teens" who wore blue-and-white striped pinafores. The female adult volunteers of this organization were known as "Grey Ladies" and wore light grey uniforms. In the United States, volunteers' services are of considerable importance to individual patients as well as the health care system in general. Some people volunteer during high school or college (and more rarely at the middle school level), out of curiosity about health-care professions, an interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Light
Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ''A Doll's House''. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera '' One Life to Live'' from 1977 to 1983, where she played the role of Karen Wolek; for this role, she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Light starred as Angela Bower in the long-running ABC sitcom '' Who's the Boss?'' from 1984 to 1992. Light played the recurring role of Elizabeth Donnelly in the NBC legal crime drama '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2002–2010) and also played Claire Meade in the ABC comedy-drama ''Ugly Betty'' (2006–2010), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007. From 2013 to 2014, she played the role of villainous Judith Brown Ryland in the TNT drama series, ''Dallas''. In 2014, she began starring as Shelly Pfefferman in the critica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Begley, Jr
Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmental activist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series '' St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988). The role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show titled ''Living with Ed'' (2007–2010). Equally prolific in cinema, Begley's films include ''Blue Collar'' (1978), '' An Officer and a Gentleman'' (1982), ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984), ''The Accidental Tourist'' (1988), and '' She-Devil'' (1989). He is a recurring cast member in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, including '' Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), '' For Your Consideration'' (2006), and ''Mascots'' (2016). In 2020 he was cast along his wife Rachelle in the award-winnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline McWilliams
Caroline McWilliams (April 4, 1945 – February 11, 2010) was an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Marcy Hill in the television series ''Benson''. McWilliams had also appeared in nine episodes of its parent-series ''Soap'', as Sally. She was a regular on the CBS soap ''Guiding Light'' (as Janet Norris) for several years and appeared in a short-term role (as Tracy DeWitt) on the NBC soap '' Another World''. She also had a recurring role on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' playing the mother of Jamie Walters' character, Ray Pruit. Personal life McWilliams was born in Seattle and grew up in Rhode Island. She graduated in 1966 with a bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She was married in 1982 to Michael Keaton, with whom she had a son, Sean. She and Keaton divorced in 1990. Career McWilliams's television appearances spanned every decade from the 1960s through the 2000s. She was a regular player on ''Guiding Light'' as Janet Mason Norris from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Sikes
Cynthia Sikes Yorkin (born January 2, 1954) is an American actress known for her work on '' St. Elsewhere'' and ''Blade Runner 2049.'' Life and career Cynthia Sikes was born Cynthia Lee Sikes in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1954. Early in her career she went by Cindy Lee Sikes, and later used Cynthia Sikes professionally until her marriage to Bud Yorkin, where she changed it to Cynthia Sikes Yorkin. In 1972, Yorkin won the crowning title of Miss Kansas and started attending Wichita State University. She then entered the Miss America pageant where she won the preliminary swimsuit competition and became one of the Top 10 finalists overall. While still at Wichita, she was offered an invitation to travel with Bob Hope's 1972 USO Christmas Special as a singer/dancer, traveling from Vietnam to Thailand to Diego Garcia, in an effort to entertain homesick soldiers. The tour with Hope and the Miss America competition drastically altered Yorkin’s life and career path. She returned to coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Harmon
Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in '' NCIS''. He also appeared in a wide variety of roles since the early 1970s. After spending the majority of the 1990s as a character actor, he played Secret Service special agent Simon Donovan in a four-episode story arc in ''The West Wing'' in 2002, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for the role. Harmon's character of NCIS special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was introduced in a guest starring role in two episodes of '' JAG''. From 2003 to 2021, Harmon starred in the spinoff ''NCIS'' as the same character. Early life Harmon was born in Burbank, California, the youngest of three children. His parents were Heisman Trophy–winning football player and broadcaster Tom Harmon and actress, model, and artist Elyse Knox (née Elsie Lillian Kornbrath). Harmon had two older sisters, the late actress and painter Kristin Nelson, who was divorced from the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Edelman
Herbert Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. One of his best-known roles was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Beatrice Arthur) on '' The Golden Girls''. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Early life and career Edelman was born in New York City in the borough of Brooklyn. Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a veterinarian at Cornell University, but left during his first year. After serving in the United States Army as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio, he enrolled in Brooklyn College as a theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a taxicab driver. One of his fares was director Mike Nichols, who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in Neil Simon's ''Barefoot in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a red or scaly patch of skin. In those with distant spread of the disease, there may be bone pain, swollen lymph nodes, shortness of breath, or yellow skin. Risk factors for developing breast cancer include obesity, a lack of physical exercise, alcoholism, hormone replacement therapy during menopause, ionizing radiation, an early age at first menstruation, having children late in life or not at all, older age, having a prior history of breast cancer, and a family history of breast cancer. About 5–10% of cases are the result of a genetic predisposition inherited from a person's parents, including BRCA1 and BRCA2 among others. Breast cancer most commonly develops in cells from the lining of milk ducts and the lobules that supply these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Pickles
Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is a British-American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama '' St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for her recurring role as Judy Geller on the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' (1994, 1996–2003), for which she was nominated for the 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Pickles appeared in Broadway plays in the 1960s and 1970s, including ''The Misanthrope'' (1968) and ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1975), and starred on the daytime soap operas ''Guiding Light'' (1970–1972, 2007) and '' Another World'' (1977–1979). Her film appearances include ''Masters of the Universe'' (1987), ''Legends of the Fall'' (1994), ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996), and ''The Wedding Singer'' (1998). She won the 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
