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Word: shirl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nurses (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Louis Gossett, as guest star, is a gunman hospitalized after having been shot in a holdup. Treating his wounds are the series regulars: Head Nurse Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway) and Student Nurse Gail Lucas (Zina Bethune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Television, Theater, Books: Nov. 2, 1962 | 11/2/1962 | See Source »

...only other medical show is called The Nurses (CBS), none of whom should ever have been registered. The commanding figure is a charge nurse (Shirl Conway) who has the voice and manner of a rich Connecticut matron with old money and old blood. The opening episode took place in a maternity ward and was full of knowing chatter about centimeters of dilation and uterine cancer. Women writhed in pain. One died on the operating table. The dialogue was as phony as the obstetrics. Charge Nurse: "Do you want it straight. Miss Lucas?" Some other time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The New Season | 10/12/1962 | See Source »

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