Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Nurse' from 1970-1982:
- Bonnie Hellman as Penny Brooks (1981-1982)
- Hattie Winston as Toni Gillette (1981-1982)
- Hortensia Colorado as Betty LaSada (1981-1982)
- Michael Learned as Mary Benjamin (1981-1982)
- Robert Reed as Dr. Adam Rose (1981-1982)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Nurse':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)