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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Nurse' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Nurse':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

April 2, 1981: A Little Rain
Season 1, episode 1
W: Chris Abbott, Max McClellan   D: James Sheldon

With Anne Shropshire (Mildred Ray), Julie Bovasso (Mrs. Mazzelli), Judith Bancroft (Mrs. Lundy), Christopher Marcantel (Chip Benjamin), Anne Kerry (Joanna), Earl Hindman. Premiere of a dramatic series about a recently widowed mother who returns to work as head nurse in a New York City hospital. Stars Michael Learned and Robert Reed. Tonight, a friend of Mary's son may be supplying him with diet pills; hospital routines are interrupted by two disagreeable persons.

April 9, 1981: The Gifts
Season 1, episode 2
W: Tom Egan, Max McClellan   D: Virgil W. Vogel

With Lisa Goodman (Rose), Clarice Taylor (Nurse Bailey), Theresa Saldana (Rita), Gloria Irizarry (Mrs. Lopez), Peter Coffield, Jon DeVries (Arthur), Christopher Marcantel (Chip Benjamin). An anonymous person upsets Mary with sexually suggestive gifts that are delivered to her apartment; an anorexic patient continues to starve herself.

April 16, 1981: Listen To Me
Season 1, episode 3
W: Michael McGreevey, Max McClellan   D: James Sheldon

With John Braeden (Dr. Ransom), David Purdham (Ben), Elizabeth Quinn (Alma). An operation that could restore a deaf man's hearing also threatens his relationship with a deaf woman.

April 23, 1981: Life Begins At Dinner
Season 1, episode 4
W: Virginia Aldridge   D: Virgil W. Vogel

With Christopher Marcantel (Chip), Peter Coffield (Dr. Benson), Margaret Hamilton (Mrs. Evers), Jeanne Rogers (Candy Striper). Mary's depression at turning 40 becomes complicated by the romantic attentions of a younger man.

April 30, 1981: Long Day's Journey Into Morning
Season 1, episode 5
W: Tom Egan   D: Virgil W. Vogel

With Antonio Fargas (Marshall Gripps), Sam Freed (Fred Bremmer), Ibbits Warriner (Eileen McGavin), Tom Brennan. A reporter doing a story on the hospital shows up on the day Mary's floor is in chaos.

May 7, 1981: Best Friends
Season 1, episode 6
W: William Parker, John Weldon   D: James Sheldon

With Michael Tolan (Dr. Shaw), Elizabeth Perry (Christine), Joe Silver (Agnello), Joan Copeland (Beverly Thompson), Jacqueline Brooks (Dr. Patman), Hillary B. Smith (Tina), Jenny Wright, Joseph Adams. Mary feels her effectiveness as a nurse may be threatened when a close friend is admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt and then insinuates she once had an affair with Mary's late husband.





November 11, 1981: Margin For Error
Season 2, episode 1
W: Rena Down   D: Gwen Arner

With William Sadler (Dr. Bradford), Ralph Byers (Dr. Finchly), Rex Robbins (Dr. Manning), Carl Lumbly, Sheila Saunders, Bill McCutcheon, Sam Gray (Intern), Reed Birney, Cecile Callan. Mary battles a conspiracy of silence when a doctor's reputation takes precedence over a patient's welfare and a nurse's future.

November 18, 1981: My Life As A Woman
Season 2, episode 2
W: Hindi Brooks   D: Gwen Arner

With George Hamlin (Dr. Waverly), Kathleen Widdoes (Dr. Swanson), Stephen Joyce (David Russell), Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo). Mary's colleagues warn that the hysterectomy recommended by her long-time physician may be unnecessary.

December 2, 1981: Rivals
Season 2, episode 3
W: Fred Freiberger   D: Harry Harris

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Diane Venora (Ellen Brill). Mary resents an attractive new nurse's pursuit of Dr. Rose.

December 17, 1981: Equal Opportunity
Season 2, episode 4
W: Ray Brenner   D: Seymour Robbie

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Scott Schwartz (Craig Williams), Estelle Getty (Sadie Mandler), Julie Gregg (Dr. Mills), Stan Birnbaum (Dr. Rand), Philip Bosco (Dr. Wallenberg), Carole Mallory (Pam Norton), David Morse (Kevin Mallory), Sean Griffin (Max Gilroy), Robert Hitt (Dr. Mayhill). A male nurse is assigned to Mary's station during a staffing crisis; Dr. Rose tries to persuade an aging doctor to retire from surgery.

December 24, 1981: Going Home
Season 2, episode 5
W: Camille Marchetta

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Dwight Schultz (Dr. Michaels), Elizabeth Perry (Christina Belser), Stanley Grover (Don Baker). Mary quits both her job and the city after an argument with Dr. Rose, and tries to return to her life as a suburban housewife.

December 31, 1981: A Question Of Dignity
Season 2, episode 6
W: Lionel Siegel   D: Philip Leacock

With John Cunningham (Frank Martin), Victoria Racimo (Carmen Sanchez). A woman, pregnant with her seventh child, accuses Mary of encouraging her to sign a sterilization consent form.

January 7, 1982: To Life
Season 2, episode 7
W: Rena Down   D: Philip Leacock

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo). Mary falls in love with a sculptor and considers a live-in arrangement with the man.

January 14, 1982: The Store
Season 2, episode 8
W: George Bellak   D: Seymour Robbie

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Maggie Burke (Ada Clemmons), Leo Burmester (Wally), Anna Maria Horsford (Joleen), Darienne Arnold (Sally Beth Kurtz). A prostitute with a heart-valve infection checks into the hospital, then disappears with her pimp.

January 21, 1982: A Place To Die
Season 2, episode 9
W: Joel Steiger   D: Philip Leacock

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), James Cromwell (Paul Moore), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Helen McCall), Robert Desiderio (Randy Sweet). A self-destructive rock star upsets the staff; an aging and terminally ill social activist insists on dying at home instead of in a hospital.

January 28, 1982: A Matter Of Privacy
Season 2, episode 10
W: Brad Radnitz

With Frank Converse (Charles). Mary reconsiders her role in covering up the shooting of a congressman involved in a love triangle.

February 11, 1982: Hands Of Gold
Season 2, episode 11
W: Joyce Perry

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Danny Aiello (Gene Halley), Patrick O'Neal, Maureen Anderman (Dr. Stevens), Arnaldo Santana (Diego Colon), Elizabeth Parrish (Lattie Foster), Mary Mon Toy (Marge Bailey). Drugs are found to be missing from the medical room on Mary's floor.

February 18, 1982: Blackout
Season 2, episode 12
W: Norman Katkov

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo). The hospital staff copes with a city-wide blackout -- Mary calms patients, Calvo organizes a neighborhood patrol and Toni delivers a baby.

March 4, 1982: Where's Mary?
Season 2, episode 13
W: Philip Rosenberg

With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Josh Clark (Steve), Damien Leake (Mike), Dick Latessa (Inspector Condon). Taken hostage during a bank robbery, Mary tries to pursuade her captors to let a wounded guard be treated.

March 11, 1982: On The Line
Season 2, episode 14
W: Phillip Rosenberg

With Anthony Zerbe (Sam Mancuso), Rex Robbins (Dr. Manning), Paul McCrane (George Nicholas), Jill Eikenberry, Shepperd Strudwick (William Mercier), Linda Kozlowski (Julie Dean). Although overworked and understaffed, Mary refuses to support a strike by the nurses.

April 23, 1982: Father
Season 2, episode 15
W: Allan Leicht   D: Alex March

With E.G. Marshall (Mary's Father), Christopher Marcantel (Chip Benjamin), Fran Brill (Jenny Simmons). Mary is mistrustful when her widowed father tries to repair their strained relationship.

April 30, 1982: The Clown Prince Is Indisposed
Season 2, episode 16
D: Tony Mordente

With Steve Allen (Barney Ambler), Sammy Smith (Mr. Gustafson), Joshua Shelley (Ted Ambler), Caitlin Clarke (Kelly O'Neill). A boisterous, self-centered TV host and his entourage cause an uproar when they transform his hospital room into a private office.

May 7, 1982: Fevers
Season 2, episode 17
W: Stuart Rosenberg
A new, inexperienced nurse suffering from "job burnout" takes the law -- and the life of a patient -- into her own hands.

May 14, 1982: A Necessary End
Season 2, episode 18
D: Bernard L. Kowalski

With Shirley Knight (Sylvia Dennis), Patricia Elliott (Ellen Geddis), Richard Donat (Stan Geddis). The question of euthanasia is raised in the story of a dying woman suffering great pain.

May 21, 1982: Impressions
Season 2, episode 19
W: Jerome Coopersmith

With John Rothman (Dr. Mitchell), Rex Robbins (Dr. Manning), Cynthia Harris (Barbara Schofield), Michael Lipton (Dr. Mason). A gifted surgeon, who has allowed his gambling debts and reckless investments to get out of hand, finds his competence questioned following a postoperative death. (Last show of the series.)


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