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St. Elsewhere
''St. Elsewhere'' was an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series stars Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, and William Daniels as teaching doctors at an aging, rundown Boston hospital who give interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises, which had success with a similar NBC series, the police drama ''Hill Street Blues'', during that same time. The series were often compared to each other for their use of ensemble casts and overlapping serialized storylines (an original ad for ''St. Elsewhere'' quoted a critic that called the series "''Hill Street Blues'' in a hospital"). Recognized for its gritty, realistic drama, ''St. Elsewhere'' gained a small yet loyal following (the series never ranked higher than 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings) over its six-season, 137-episode run; however, the ... [...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] |
Norman Lloyd
Norman Nathan Lloyd (' Perlmutter; November 8, 1914 – May 11, 2021) was an American actor, producer, director, and centenarian with a career in entertainment spanning nearly a century. He worked in every major facet of the industry, including theatre, radio, television, and film, with a career that started in 1923. Lloyd's final film, '' Trainwreck'', was released in 2015, after he turned 100. In the 1930s, he apprenticed with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre and worked with such influential groups as the Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspaper unit, the Mercury Theatre, and the Group Theatre. Lloyd's long professional association with Alfred Hitchcock began with his performance portraying a Nazi agent in the film ''Saboteur'' (1942). He also appeared in '' Spellbound'' (1945), and was a producer of Hitchcock's anthology television series '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. Lloyd directed and produced episodic television throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Savidge
Jennifer Savidge is an American actress, best known for her role as Nurse Lucy Papandrao in the NBC medical drama series, '' St. Elsewhere''. She is married to actor Robert Fuller. Career Savidge has appeared in a number of television shows. From 1982 to 1988, she was regular cast member in the NBC medical drama series, '' St. Elsewhere''. She played the role of Nurse Lucy Papandrao. During 1990s, Savidge has appeared in several made for television movies, and guest starred on ''L.A. Law'', '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', ''Sisters'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. Her film credits include '' Clifford'' (1994), ''Magic Kid 2'' (1994), ''True Crime'' (1996), ''Evolution'' (2001), '' Searching for Sonny'' (2011), and ''Rudderless'' (2014). From 2000 to 2005, Savidge had the recurring role as Commander Amy Helfman in the CBS procedural, '' JAG''. In 2015, she played Ruth Taylor in the first season of ABC critically acclaimed drama s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Nuyen
France Nuyen (born France Nguyễn Vân Nga on 31 July 1939) is a French actress, model, and psychological counsellor. Early life Nguyen was born in Marseille. Her mother was French, and her father was widely reported to be Vietnamese, although she has stated that he was "probably of Chinese origin". During World War II, her mother and grandfather were persecuted by the Nazis for being Roma. Nguyen was raised in Marseille by a cousin she calls "an Orchidaceae raiser who was the only person who gave a damn about me." Having left school at the age of 11, she began studying art and became an artist's model. In 1955, while working as a seamstress, Nguyen was discovered on the beach by ''Life'' photographer Philippe Halsman. She was featured on the cover of 6 October 1958 issue of ''Life''. Career France Nuyen became a motion picture actress in 1958. In her first role, she appeared as Liat, daughter of Bloody Mary (played by Juanita Hall) in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagan Lewis
Susan Jane Lewis (November 30, 1952 – August 7, 2016) was an American actress, best known for co-starring as Dr. Jacqueline Wade on the NBC medical drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Her other television credits included a multiple-episode recurring role as Judge Susan Aandahl on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' during the 1990s, and the television films '' Cocaine: One Man's Seduction'' (1983) and ''Full Ride''. Lewis was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She received her master of fine arts from the graduate acting program at the University of California, San Diego. Lewis began acting professionally during the late 1970s. She met her future husband, television producer and screenwriter Tom Fontana, in 1978 while auditioning at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Fontana was working as an assistant to the theatre festival's artistic director at the time of their meeting. In 1980, Lewis moved to Los Angeles when Fontana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Cox
Daniel Ronald Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. His best-known roles include Drew Ballinger in ''Deliverance'' (1972), George Apple in ''Apple's Way'' (1974–75), Ozark Bule in '' Bound for Glory'' (1976), Colonel Kerby in '' Taps'' (1981), Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in ''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984) and ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), Dick Jones in '' RoboCop'' (1987), Franklin Reed in ''Family Ties'' (1986), Vilos Cohaagen in '' Total Recall'' (1990), The President in ''Captain America'' (1990), Justin in '' Age of Dinosaurs'' (2013), Vice President Kinsey in several episodes of ''Stargate SG-1'' and Captain Edward Jellico in two episodes of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1992) as well as in an episode of Star Trek: Prodigy (2022). Cox is also active as a musician, performing over 100 times per year at festivals and theaters each year as of 2012. Personal life Cox, the third of five children, was born in the mountain town of Cloudcroft, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Pickett
Cindy Pickett is an American actress. She is known for her 1970s role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap ''Guiding Light'' and Dr. Carol Novino on the television drama '' St. Elsewhere'' in the 1980s. Pickett, however, is best known to audiences for her lighter turn as Katie Bueller, Ferris Bueller's loving and unsuspecting mother, in the 1986 American comedy movie ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''. Other notable cinematic roles and performances include Valerie St. John in Roger Vadim's 1980 film, '' Jeux de Nuit / Night Games'', for which she would have the leading role, and as the tough-as-nails and heroic Dr. Diane Norris in the 1989 sci-fi-horror film ''DeepStar Six''. Biography Career Pickett made a major departure from her soap opera image when she played the central role in the 1980 erotic film '' Jeux de Nuit / Night Games'', directed by Roger Vadim. It was a sexually charged role involving numerous nude scenes, however the film went unnoticed and did not boost Picket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Greenwood
Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in '' Thirteen Days,'' for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's ''Star Trek'' reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor (for '' Elephant Song'') and twice for Best Supporting Actor (for '' The Sweet Hereafter'' and ''Being Julia''). In television, he starred as Gil Garcetti in '' The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story'', and has appeared in ''Mad Men'', '' St. Elsewhere'', ''Knots Landing'', and ''John from Cincinnati''. He currently stars as Dr. Randolph Bell in the Amy Holden Jones-created medical drama '' The Resident''. He has appeared in supporting roles in such films as '' National Treasure: Book of Secrets'', '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'', ''Hollywood Homicide'', ''Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie Bartlett (born June 20, 1929) is an American actress. Her career spans seven decades, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, ''Love of Life''. Bartlett is known for her role as Grace Snider Edwards on the Michael Landon television series ''Little House on the Prairie'' and as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series '' St. Elsewhere''. She and her husband, actor William Daniels, who played her fictional husband Dr. Mark Craig, each won Emmy Awards on the same night in 1986, becoming the first married couple to accomplish the feat since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965. Early life Bartlett was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, the daughter of Carrie Archer and Elwin Earl Bartlett, and was raised in Moline, Illinois. Her father had been an actor in stock productions across the country, but he gave up acting because her mother wanted to settle in Wisconsin. In 1947, she graduated from Moline High School. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Furst
Stephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 – June 16, 2017) was an American actor, director and producer. After gaining attention with his featured role as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the comedy film ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' and its spin-off television series '' Delta House'', he went on to be a regular as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in the medical drama series '' St. Elsewhere'' from 1983 to 1988, and as Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto in the science fiction series ''Babylon 5'' from 1994 to 1998. Other notable film roles included the college comedy '' Midnight Madness'' (1980), as a team leader in an all-night mystery game, the action thriller ''Silent Rage'' (1982), as deputy to a sheriff played by Chuck Norris, and the comedy '' The Dream Team'' (1989), as a good-natured psychiatric patient. Early life Born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 8, 1954, Furst attended Virginia Commonwealth University. Career As actor Furst w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Stafford
Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954) is an American actress, speaker and author, known for her roles on television. She came to prominence in the 1980s as Michelle Thomas, law partner, on five seasons of '' Matlock''. She later hosted a syndicated TV series called ''Main Floor'' (1995–2005), a show about fashion and beauty. Early life Nancy Elizabeth Stafford was born in Wilton Manors, Florida, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, in 1954, where she was raised as a Southern Baptist. She graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. She is a practicing Christian. After graduating from Ft. Lauderdale High School in 1972, she was Miss Florida 1976, competing in the 1977 Miss America Pageant. Career Stafford moved to Los Angeles in 1982, where she had her first contract role playing the dual role of Adrienne/Felicia Hunt on the daytime soap opera '' The Doctors''. She had guest starring roles in shows such as ''Riptide'', ''Remington S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Miyori
Kim Miyori (born Cheryl Utsunomiya; January 4, 1951) is an American actress, best known for the role of Dr. Wendy Armstrong, a beleaguered resident, on the first two seasons (1982–1984) of the medical drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Miyori was born in Santa Barbara, California to a bookkeeper/ receptionist mother and a federal corrections officer father. Miyori has also appeared in the TV shows ''Babylon 5'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Magnum P.I.'', '' JAG'' and '' 24''. Filmography *''Cold Case'' (2007) (TV) - Evelyn Takahashi *''The Grudge 2'' (2006) - Kayako's Mother *''Ghost Whisperer'' (2005) (TV) - Dr. Keiko Tanaka *'' JAG'' (2004) (TV) - Internist / Commander Shelley Purcell *''My American Vacation'' (1999) - Ming Yee *''Metro'' (1997) - Detective Kimura *''Babylon 5'' (1996) (TV) - Captain Sandra Hiroshi *''Hijacked: Flight 285'' (1996) (TV) - Stewardess Barbara *''Solar Eclipse'' (1995) (VG) - Susan Powell *''Shadow of Obsession'' (1994) (TV) - Angela *''Journey to the Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
