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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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Norman Lloyd as Dr. Daniel Auschlander on St. Elsewhere in 1983 and Norman Lloyd in 2005
Lloyd—who recently turned 100 (!)—has continued his remarkable career in front of the camera since the end of St. Elsewhere. Before the series, he was prolific as a director and producer of TV movies and series; since the ’80s, he has focused on acting in movies including Dead Poets Society, The Age of Innocence, and In Her Shoes, as well as TV series like The Practice and Modern Family. He appears next in 2015’s Trainwreck. May we all have such long and fruitful careers!
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