Alphabetical Listing of Supporting Characters
A
Andy Rivers (sportscaster whom Mary hires)
Armand Lynton (Rhoda accidentally hit him with her car; attends Mary's party)
Allan Stevens (Lou's nephew; falls in love with Mary and Phyllis)
Howard Arnell (one of Mary's early dates)
Paul Arnell (Howard's twin; Mary also dates him)
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Arnell (Howard Arnell's parents)
Arthur Price (friend of Linda Foster's)
Anne Adams (loan officer)
Aunt Rose (Rhoda's loudmouth aunt)
Sister Ann (nun whom Georgette talks to about joining a convent)
Alice (singles bar frequenter who refuses to be on camera in Singles documentary)
Allan Marsh (conman who sets up Ted's broadcasting school, then skips town)
B
Bill (Mary's ex-fiancee)
Bob (perhaps Mary's worst date)
Bill Phelps (Lou's daughter's unfaithful husband)
Betty Bowerchuck (Chuckles the Clown's daughter; Ted's girlfriend)
Bella Swann (Ted's manager)
Barry Barlow (nearly the new tenant in Rhoda's apartment)
Ben Sutherland (Phyllis' brother)
Barbara Coleman (new Program Manager at WJM)
Beck Wilson (Steven Linder's roommate)
Bonnie Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
Bob Larson (organizer of WJM-TV newsroom's operating procedures)
David Boyd (Mary's date)
Gus Brubaker (WJM newsroom worker)
Father Terrence Brian (wants to leave the priesthood because he's in love with Mary)
Barbara Jean "B.J." Smathers (ex-Olympic swimmer who gets hired as new sportscaster)
Barry Munroe (lawyer who defends Mary in a previous charge of not revealing news source)
Ben Selwyn (Lou's old army buddy who quickly gets drawn to Mary)
C
John Corcoran (married guy who dates Mary; one of her earliest dates)
Chuck Pelligrini (Rhoda's date, who wants to leave a succesful job as a salesman to become a forest ranger)
Charlie (mechanic who has the hots for Mary)
Mr. Charney (job applicant for announcer in WJM newsroom)
Ed Cavanaugh (sportscaster whom Mary fires)
Wes Callison (ex-writer for Chuckles the Clown; gets job in newsroom)
Charlene McGuire (Lou's first woman in 25 years)
Tony Cramer (fixed up with Mary by Ida Morgenstern)
Celestine Watkins (streetwise girl whom Sue Ann befriends)
Reverend Chatfield (minister who marries Ted and Georgette)
Congressman Brian Nordquist (old friend of Mary's whom Lou decides to expose on the news)
Frank Coleman (new owner of of WJM, who fires everyone except Ted)
D
Dr. Walter Udall (resident dentist and member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Dan Whitfield (Mary's writing teacher come boyfriend)
Mr. DeForest (TV repairman, student in writing class)
Dee Dee (babysitter who comes to babysit Bess)
Dottie Richards (Mary's mother)
Debbie Morgenstern (Rhoda's younger sister, soon to be replaced by Brenda)
Martha Dudley (Lou's 80-year-old date)
Doug Hempel (Rhoda's new date)
Dino (barfly at local watering hole)
David Boyd (Mary's date)
Doug Kellum (Sue Ann's love interest)
Dr. Rainey (doctor who almost delivers Georgette's baby)
Doug Slaughter (Murray's father)
E
Eric Matthews (published author; dates Mary briefly and dedicates his new book to her)
Eldon Colfax (member of Mary's high school class)
Estelle (member of Mary's high school class; reunion chairman)
Ed Mims (member of Mary's high schoo class)
Ed Cavanaugh (sportscaster whom Mary fires)
Erica (replaces Mary when she's temporarily fired)
Ed Schroeder (WJM station manager)
Ellen Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
Ethel (Stevie's grandmother)
Elliott (producer of "The Ted and Georgette Show")
F
Francis "Sparkie" Franklin (member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Frank Carelli (ex-football player who comes to Minneapolis in search of a job)
Father Flint (tries to help out Ted on the Turner vs. Mitchell mayorial election night; fails miserably)
Freddy (morticians who stay in same hotel as Mary and Sue Ann in Chicago)
Father Terrence Brian (wants to leave the priesthood because he's in love with Mary)
Francie Stevens (streetwise girl whom Mary befriends)
Frank Coleman (new owner of of WJM, who fires everyone except Ted)
G
Gustavo (restaurant waiter)
Margaret Geddes (congresswoman whom Mary befriends)
Gloria Munson (went to high school with Mary; gets hired on The Happy Homemaker Show)
Gus Brubaker (WJM newsroom worker)
Janey Grant (Lou's daughter)
H
Howard Arnell (an old, bad date of Mary's)
Hal (member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Hal Baxter (Ted's brother)
Doug Hempel (Rhoda's new date)
Hal (mortician who stays in same hotel as Mary and Sue Ann in Chicago)
Helen Farrell (employment agency representative)
Karl Heller (cranky critic, hired to raise the news ratings)
Hucky (puppet who insults Sue Ann and Lou)
I
Ida Morgenstern (Rhoda's mother)
Irv Gevins (tax man who audits Ted)
J
Joanne Forbes (Mary's anti-liberal tennis partner)
Jennifer Riley (political worker)
Jack Foster (friend of Mary's)
Judy Conrad (Dan Whitfield's ex-fiancee)
Jonas Lasser (Rhoda's date)
Judith Chandler (friend of Georgette's, almost-lover of Murray)
Janey Grant (Lou's daughter)
Jimbo (annoying tenant in Mary's new apartment building)
Joe Warner (Mary's love interest)
Jesse (dud who Sue Ann goes out with)
Jake (action-craving date of Mary's, whom she throws out of her apartment)
K
Phil Kramer (delivery man to WJM newsroom)
Karen Norris (secretary of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Mrs. Loretta Kuhne (Mary's crotchety roommate in the hospital)
Karen (salesgirl from the Shot Down in Ecuador, Junior store)
Margaret Kellogg (chimpanzee expert who is interviewed on Mary's documentary)
Kim (jail inmate)
Ken Arnette (Mary's love interest)
Laszlo Kralic (gypsy who gets interviewed on WJM documentary)
Kenny Stevens (Charlene McGuire's coworker)
Karl Heller (cranky critic, hired to raise the news ratings)
L
Officer Larry Tully (helps out Mary when her place gets burglarized)
Linda Foster (friend of Mary's)
Bob Larson (organizer of WJM-TV newsroom's operating procedures)
Le Chan (Murray's adopted son)
Laszlo Kralic (gypsy who gets interviewed on WJM documentary)
Lila Nivens (Sue Ann's sister)
Laurie Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
M
Mark Williams (columnist)
Matt Bryan (architect; Mary's date)
Matt Bryan, Jr. (son of Matt Bryan, Sr.)
Mike Cooper (Lou's friend; Lou fixes Mary up with him)
Mrs. Marshall (housewife, student in writing class)
Mr. Mitchell (owner of Mitchell's cleaners)
Martha Dudley (Lou's 80-year-old date)
Mike Montgomery (Edie's new boyfriend)
Margaret Kellogg (chimpanzee expert who is interviewed on Mary's documentary)
Margaret Geddes (congresswoman whom Mary befriends)
Mrs. Malone (teacher of writing class)
Charlene McGuire (Lou's first woman in 25 years)
Gloria Munson (went to high school with Mary; gets hired on The Happy Homemaker Show)
Mike Tedesco (friend of Phyllis')
Mel Peters (WJM newsroom worker)
Allan Marsh (conman who sets up Ted's broadcasting school, then skips town)
Barry Munroe (lawyer who defends Mary in a previous charge of not revealing news source)
Mel Price (new programming exec at WJM)
Mucky (puppet who insults Sue Ann and Lou)
Wild Jack Munroe (owner of WJM)
N
Nancy Lynton (Armand's wife)
Ross Nelson (anchorman from competing station)
Congressman Brian Nordquist (old friend of Mary's whom Lou decides to expose on the news) Lila Nivens (Sue Ann's sister)
P
Pete Peterson (ignorant politician)
Philly (barfly)
Paul Van Dillen (ski instructor who Mary dates)
Paula Kovacs (tenant in Mary's new apartment building)
Mel Price (new programming exec at WJM)
R
Roy Vickerson (member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Robert C. Brand (IRS agent who does a tax audit on Mary and falls in love with her)
Rod Porter (substitute anchorman while Ted takes a vacation)
Rayette (cafe waitress)
Randi Wilner (restaurant waitress; new-hire at WJM)
Aunt Rose (Rhoda's loudmouth aunt)
Robert Baxter (Ted's father)
Rick (WJM mailroom kid who shows interest in Bonnie)
Ross Nelson (anchorman from competing station)
Reverend Burns (speaker at Chuckles the Clown's funeral)
Reverend Chatfield (minister who marries Ted and Georgette)
S
Anton "Sandy" Sperakovsky (pianist; old friend of Mary's)
Sherry Wilson (political campaign worker)
Steven Linder (Mary's "autumn-spring affair" date)
Steve Waldman (ex-employee of Hempel's Department Store)
Bonnie Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
Sister Ann (nun whom Georgette talks to about joining a convent)
Sherry Ferris (jail inmate)
Ed Schroeder (WJM station manager)
Ellen Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
The Student (the lone registrant of Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School)
Stevie Arnette (Ken's bratty son)
Sally Jo Hotchkiss (tenant in Mary's new apartment building)
Barbara Jean "B.J." Smathers (ex-Olympic swimmer who gets hired as new sportscaster)
Ben Selwyn (Lou's old army buddy who quickly gets drawn to Mary)
Sam (control room operator whom Sue Ann is forced to work with after she's fired)
Doug Slaughter (Murray's father)
Laurie Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
T
Mrs. Thorn (Lou's new secretary...almost)
Twinks McFarland (Mary's old campmate who desparately wants to be pals with Mary again after 18 years)
Tom Vernon (old boyfriend of Mary's)
Toni (singles bar frequenter who refuses to be on camera in Singles documentary)
Mike Tedesco (friend of Phyllis')
Walter Tewksbury (Ted's mother's companion)
Tony Cramer (fixed up with Mary by Ida Morgenstern)
U
Dr. Walter Udall (resident dentist and member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
V
Mr. Vandermast (Mary's high school principal)
Veronica Ludlow (Lou's sleazy old flame)
W
Dr. Walter Udall (resident dentist and member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Wild Jack Munroe (owner of WJM)
Walter Ellis (political worker)
Mrs. Wilson (political worker)
Walter Richards, M.D. (Mary's father)
Wes Callison (writer for Chuckles the Clown)
William Campbell (Bess' schoolfriend who has it bad for Mary)
Warren Sturges (one of Mary's worst dates)
Wes Callison (ex-writer for Chuckles the Clown; gets job in newsroom)
Steve Waldman (ex-employee of Hempel's Department Store)
Walter Cronkite (friend of Lou's)
Walter Tewksbury (Ted's mother's companion)
Joe Warner (Mary's love interest)
Whitney Lewis (Ted almost has an affair with her at convention)
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