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HOT GALLERY: Looking Back at the Stars of St. Elsewhere, Some of the Most Beloved Doctors in TV History
Before ER, before Grey’s Anatomy, before House and Nurse Jackie, came St. Elsewhere, an irreverent, hilarious, controversial series that broke a lot of ground. Over its six seasons, it addressed AIDS, addiction, infidelity, rape—not to mention the deaths of several main characters. Thirty-two years later, it’s clear that one of the most astonishing things about it was its ensemble cast (the show gave some very talented actors their big break). Oh, and we’d be remiss not to mention that memorable—and hummable—theme song. Just don’t even get us started on the series finale—to this day, one of the most talked-about and oft-maligned in TV history: Was St. Eligius hospital all a figment of an autistic boy’s (Chad Allen) imagination? Let’s look back at St. Elsewhere... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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David Morse as Dr. Jack Morrison on St. Elsewhere in 1983 and David Morse in 2009
Since the show, Morse has gone on to appear in movies like The Green Mile, Contact, and The Hurt Locker. His TV roles include no less than founding father George Washington in the acclaimed miniseries John Adams as well as guest stints on House M.D. and Medium. He most recently starrred in the HBO series Treme. “It may be one of the most extraordinary things to happen in some of our careers,” Morse said of St. Elsewhere, “because it was a show that changed television in a lot of ways.”
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March 16, 2014 at 10:11 am, Raquel said:
I got a Dee Beale too, red scandi hare and love it, also fab Summersville costaers and Showpony fabric…. all somewhere in our mad house, waiting for their proper places! What else..hat for Stanley, purse for present…on and on, shop shop shop!