6.6 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin USA Running time 30 minutes First episode date 27 September 1965 Number of episodes 395 | 6.6/10 IMDb No. of episodes 395 Original network ABC Final episode date 31 March 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Mary Fickett
Melinda Cordell
Nicholas Pryor
Paul Stevens
Lesley Woods
Lee Patterson Original release September 27, 1965 – March 31, 1967 Network American Broadcasting Company Genres Soap opera, Medical fiction Cast Mary Fickett, Nicholas Pryor, Lee Patterson, Lesley Woods, Michael Tolan Similar Our Five Daughters, These Are My Children, Lovers and Friends, Hawkins Falls - Populatio, First Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Nurses is an American soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to March 31, 1967. The show was a continuation of a serialized primetime drama which aired on CBS originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962, later called The Doctors and the Nurses.
The setting was Alden General Hospital and the main characters included Mary Fickett as Liz Thorpe, R. N, and Melinda Cordell as the younger and less experienced Gail Lucas, R. N., along with Arthur Franz as Hugh McCloud, Valerie French as Helen Cox, Judson Laire as Jamie McCloud, Lee Patterson as Brad Kirnan, Nicholas Pryor as Ken Alexander, Polly Rowles as Miss Grassberg, Paul Stevens as Dr. Paul Fuller, and Lesley Woods as Vivian Gentry.
Main Crew
Richard Holland and Gordon Russell were the Head Writers. The executive producer was Doris Quinlan, who later produced One Life to Live. Several of the performers on this show were later on One Life to Live. The music for the series was composed by Frank Lewin.