''Nurse'' is an American medical drama television series that aired on

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from April 2, 1981 to May 21, 1982. Series star

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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

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who returned to work after the death of her physician husband.

Cast

as Nurse Mary Benjamin *

Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the ...

as Dr. Adam Rose *

Hattie Winston Hattie Mae Winston (born March 3, 1945) is an American film, television and Broadway actress and voice artist. She is known for her roles as Margaret Wyborn on ''Becker'', Lucy Carmichael in ''Rugrats'', ''The Rugrats Movie'', and the spin off se ...

as Nurse Toni Gilette * Bonnie Hellman as Nurse Penny Brooks * Hortensia Colorado as Nurse Betty LaSada *

Dennis Boutsikaris Dennis Boutsikaris (; born December 21, 1952) is an American character actor who has won the Obie Award twice. He is also a narrator of audiobooks, for which he has won 13 Golden Earphone Awards and 8 Audie Awards. He won Best Audiobook of the ...

as Joe Calvo *

Clarice Taylor Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for playing Cousin Emma on ''Sanford and Son'' and the mother of Cliff Huxtable Anna Huxtable on ''The Cosby Show''. and Mr ...

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. Career Robbins appeared opposite Angela Lansbury in the 1974 Broadway revival of '' Gypsy''. He made his Broadway debut in 1963 as ...

as Dr. Greg Manning

Episode list

Pilot (1980)

Season 1 (1981)

Season 2 (1981–82)

References

External links

* (series) * (pilot) 1981 American television series debuts 1982 American television series endings CBS original programming 1980s American drama television series 1980s American medical television series Television series by CBS Studios English-language television shows Works about nursing Television shows set in New York (state) {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub