Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Harper Valley P.T.A.' from 1970-1982:
- Anne Francine as Flora Simpson Reilly (1981-1982)
- Barbara Eden as Stella Johnson (1981-1982)
- Bridget Hanley as Wanda Reilly Taylor (1981-1982)
- Fannie Flagg as Cassie Bowman (1981-1982)
- George Gobel as Mayor Otis Harper (1981-1982)
- Jenn Thompson as Dee Johnson (1981-1982)
- Mills Watson as Uncle Buster (1981-1982)
- Rod McCary as Bobby Taylor (1981-1982)
- Suzi Dean as Scarlett Taylot (1981-1982)
- Edie McClurg as Willmae Jones (1981)
- Gary Allen as Norman Clayton (1981)
- Mari Gorman as Vivian Washburn (1981)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Harper Valley P.T.A.':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Lloyd Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz D: Bruce Bilson
With Enid Kent (Mrs. Crowley), Matthew Ansara (Teenager), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby).
Premiere of a new series starring Barbara Eden. A misunderstanding leads to Stella being kicked off the school carnival commitee for allegedly having an affair with the mayor, but she cooks up a plot with Cassie to get even with the snobbish PTA members.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Jordan Moffet D: Alan Myerson
With Joan Kjar (Eunice Clayton), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby), Ned Wertimer (Inspector Hartley).
Flora and the Harper Valley PTA believe that Stella is pregnant, so they set out to find her a husband to protect the reputation of their upstanding town.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Jerry Ross D: Alan Myerson
With Enid Kent (Mrs. Crowley), Jerry Anderson (Jessie Crowdy), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby).
Flora and the PTA members keep tabs on Stella by monitoring her mail, but Stella gets even by planting a phony letter from an imaginary middle eastern princess who just happens to be visiting Harper Valley.
Season 1, episode 4
W: David P. Harmon D: Claudio Guzman
With Jed Allan (Steve), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby).
After Wanda accuses Stella of trying to destroy her marriage, Flora hires a handsome actor to romance Stella and break her heart.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Brad Radnitz D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With David Wiley (Doc Waterman).
Stella fakes amnesia to get the goods on Flora Reilly, who is involved in a corporate cover-up that is illegally diverting water from Harper Creek.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Joan Brooker, Alexandra Stoddart D: Richard C. Bennett
With David Tress (Stan Bayer), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby).
Stella appears in a TV commercial for Kitchen Queen Paper Towels, unaware that she is working for her enemy, Flora Simpson Reilly, who owns the company.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Gordon Mitchell D: Bruce Bilson
With Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby).
The P.T.A. suspects Stella of being an alcoholic when she is spotted collecting beer cans; Flora goes after Cassie by setting up Wanda in the beauty salon business.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Warren S. Murray D: George Tyne
With Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Robert Gray (Cliff Willoughby), Fred Holliday (Doug Peterson).
Sentimental Stella chains herself to the oldest living tree in Harper Valley to save it from being bulldozed by Flora's workmen.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Lou Messina, Dianne Messina D: Claudio Guzman
With Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell), Renee Jones (Hairdresser), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Rod Colbin (Police Chief), Dave Morick (Mr. Mallory).
Stella is keeping the books for the Harper Valley Motel, and Flora gets the wrong idea when she sees Stella leaving the motel late one night.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd J Schwartz D: Bruce Bilson
With Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell), Fred Holliday (Doug Peterson), Julie Payne (Doris Diefenbarker), David Rode (Eric).
Flora Reilly thinks that Stella is about to inherit millions of dollars and promptly installs her as an honorary member of the Harper Valley school board.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Jordan Moffet D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Bill Smillie (Inspector), Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly).
Stella becomes Mayor Harper's campaign manager when Flora, angered by the granting of an entertainment license to Kelly's Bar, decides to run her son-in-law against the kindly old mayor.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Richard Freiman D: Claudio Guzman
With Fred Holliday (Doug Peterson), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Richard Minchenberg (Eddie Lake), Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell).
A bungling con man holds Stella, Cassie and all of the PTA board members hostage after a failed bank robbery attempt.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Phil Mishkin D: Claudio Guzman
With Robert Hogan (Jeff), James Ray (Mr. Townsend).
The PTA believes that Stella is having an affair with a handsome -- and married -- English teacher.
October 29, 1981: Make Room For Uncle Buster
Season 2, episode 1
W: Bill Dial D: Rod Daniel
Stella's penniless Uncle Buster arrives on her doorstep with his latest invention.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Ron Friedman D: Rod Daniel
An angry and jealous Wanda throws Bobby out of the Reilly mansion because of his casual flirtations, but then lives to regret it when he turns to her rival, Stella Johnson, for comfort and support.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Susan Misty Stewart D: Dick Harwood
With John McCook (Calvin Kendall).
Cassie's old high school sweetheart is attracted to Stella -- who then finds out he's married.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Amy Webb, Malcolm Webb D: Nick Havinga
With Anne Haney (Miss Purdue), Lewis Arquette (Officer).
Flora files charges against a mens club, unaware that Mayor Harper and her son-in-law Bobby are members.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Charles Isaacs D: Alan Bergmann
With Abe Vigoda (Slick), David Fresco (Clerk), Melonie Mazman (Charlene).
Stella gets a job as Mayor Harper's assistant -- and a bribe from a man who offers her $10,000 to steal copies of the construction bids for the new wing of the Harper Valley Hospital.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Joel Tappis, Jackie McKane D: William Asher
With Stubby Kaye (Mr. Dickens), Parley Baer (Doctor).
A take-off of "A Christmas Carol" with Harper Valley resident villian Flora playing Scrooge and being visited by three ghosts who show her the impact of her miserly ways.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Dave Hackel, Steve Hattman D: Alan Cooke
With Jonathan Frakes (Clutch Breath), Jill Jacobson (Twin Carbs), Gary Lee Davis (Steel Plate), Hoke Howell (Lenny).
An aging motorcycle-gang leader falls for Stella and declares that his gang will not leave town unless Stella goes with them.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Jerry Davis D: Rod Daniel
A newspaper publisher gets on Stella's bad side.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Jerry Rannow D: Alan Myerson
With Larry Storch (Leslie Duprey).
A way off-Broadway director replaces Wanda with Stella in a play that Flora wrote for her daughter to star in.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Donald Ross D: Leslie H. Martinson
With Jon Lormer (Colonel), Sasha Gabor (Olaf Denker).
Stella replaces Flora as the Harper Valley Fire Chief.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Steve Hattman, Dave Hackel D: Alan Myerson
With Lewis Arquette (Lyle Oliver), Richard Schaal (Doctor), Sasha Gabor (Burt. Reynolds).
A post-hypnotic suggestion turns Flora into Stella's friend -- temporarily.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Jerry Rannow D: William Asher
With Ron Friedman (Dr. Arfel), Laurel Delmar (Camera Girl).
Stella's look-alike cousin Della pays a visit to Harper Valley and causes trouble for Stella when she plans to make Bobby Taylor her fifth husband.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Judy Gabriel, Phil Mishkin D: William Asher
With Sal Viscuso (Kowalski), Cassandra Peterson (Woman).
A phony new management title prevents Stella from joining other city employees on the picket line.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Steve Hattman, Dave Hackel D: William Asher
With Guich Koock (Cousin Claude), Lyla Oliver (Tippy), Gloria Jean Morrison (Max), Sally Julian (Buffy), Diane Markoff (Pookey), Larry Nachsel (Messenger).
Flora's rich cowboy nephew will donate millions of dollars to refurbish the Reilly Paper Mill on the condition that Flora fixes him up with Stella.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Dave Hackel, Steve Hattman D: Alan Cooke
With Neville Brand (Jonah), Shug Fisher (Harry Haldeen), Marty Zagon (Louie), Kimberly Sedgwick (Lynn), Kristina Sorenson (Julie).
Stella takes Dee and her friends camping, unaware that an escaped criminal is heading for the area.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Greg Strangis D: William Asher
With Joyce Bulifant (Charlie Wells), Kurt Ida (Jimmy), Joe Barrett (Walker McCluggage), Brian Robbins (Charlie's Nephew).
Stella and Uncle Buster set out to restore a 1950s teen hangout, but Flora wants to bulldoze it and erect a monument to herself instead.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Jerry Davis D: Rod Daniel
With Christopher Stone (Tom Meacham).
A newspaper publisher gets on Flora's bad side, and the Reillys try to put a damper on the man's relationship with Stella. (Last show of the series.)