Principal Supporting Characters
(in order of appearance)
Season 1
Bill (Mary's ex-fiancee)
Howard Arnell (an old date of Mary's)
Armand Lynton (Rhoda accidentally hit him with her car; attends Mary's first party)
Nancy Lynton (Armand's wife; attends Mary's first party)
Francis "Sparkie" Franklin (member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Hal (member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Roy Vickerson (member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Dr. Walter Udall (resident dentist and member of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Karen Norris (secretary of The Better Luck Next Time Club)
Frank Carelli (ex-football player who comes to Minneapolis in search of a job)
Ida Morgenstern (Rhoda's mother)
Eric Matthews (published author; dates Mary briefly and dedicates his new book to her)
Father Flint (tries to help out Ted on the Turner vs. Mitchell mayorial election night; fails miserably)
Bob (perhaps Mary's worst date)
Robert C. Brand (IRS agent who does a tax audit on Mary and falls in love with her)
Allan Stevens (Lou's nephew; falls in love with Mary and Phyllis)
Mr. and Mrs. Arnell (Howard Arnell's parents)
John Corcoran (married foreign correspondent who dates Mary)
Officer Larry Tully (helps out Mary when her place gets burglarized)
Loretta Kuhne (Mary's crotchety roommate in the hospital)
Twinks McFarland (Mary's old campmate who desparately wants to be pals with Mary again after 18 years)
Chuck Pelligrini (Rhoda's date, who wants to leave a succesful job as a salesman to become a forest ranger)
Wild Jack Munroe (owner of WJM)
Season 2
Mike Cooper (Lou's friend; Lou fixes Mary up with him)
Gustavo (restaurant waiter)
Dan Whitfield (Mary's writing teacher come boyfriend)
Mrs. Marshall (housewife, student in writing class)
Mr. DeForest (TV repairman, student in writing class)
Hal Baxter (Ted's brother)
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)
Mr. Vandermast (Mary's high school principal)
Rod Porter (substitute anchorman while Ted takes a vacation)
Roy Martoni (luggage salesman/solicitor)
Bill (Lou's daughter's unfaithful husband)
Rayette (cafe waitress)
Betty Bowerchuck (Chuckles the Clown's daughter; Ted's girlfriend)
Randi Wilner (restaurant waitress; new-hire at WJM)
Anton "Sandy" Sperakovsky (concert pianist; old friend of Mary's)
Dee Dee (babysitter who comes to babysit Bess)
Matt Bryan (architect; Mary's date)
Matt Bryan, Jr. (son of Matt Bryan, Sr.)
Joanne Forbes (Mary's anti-liberal tennis partner)
Pete Peterson (ignorant politician)
Jennifer Riley (political worker)
Sherry Wilson (political worker)
Walter Ellis (political worker)
Mrs. Wilson (political worker)
Season 3
Mark Williams (columnist)
Mrs. Thorn (Lou's new secretary...almost)
Walter Richards, M.D. (Mary's father)
Dottie Richards (Mary's mother)
Wes Callison (writer for Chuckles the Clown)
Bella Swann (Ted's manager)
Jack Foster (friend of Mary's)
Linda Foster (friend of Mary's)
Arthur Price (friend of Linda Foster's)
William Campbell (Bess' schoolfriend who has it bad for Mary)
Barry Barlow (nearly the new tenant in Rhoda's apartment)
Judy Conrad (Dan Whitfield's ex-fiancee)
Jonas Lasser (Rhoda's date)
Philly (barfly)
Ben Sutherland (Phyllis' brother)
Warren Sturges (one of Mary's worst dates)
Barbara Coleman (new Program Manager at WJM)
Tom Vernon (old boyfriend of Mary's)
Mr. Mitchell (owner of Mitchell's cleaners)
Anne Adams (loan officer)
Charlie (mechanic who has the hots for Mary)
Season 4
Steven Linder (Mary's "autumn-spring affair" date)
Karen (salesgirl from the Shot Down in Ecuador, Junior store)
Beck Wilson (Steven Linder's roommate)
Debbie Morgenstern (Rhoda's younger sister, soon to be replaced by Brenda)
Aunt Rose (Rhoda's loudmouth aunt)
Mr. Charney (job applicant for announcer in WJM newsroom)
Ed Cavanaugh (sportscaster whom Mary fires)
Andy Rivers (sportscaster whom Mary hires)
Robert Baxter (Ted's father)
Wes Callison (ex-writer for Chuckles the Clown; gets job in newsroom)
Martha Dudley (Lou's 80-year-old date)
Mike Montgomery (Edie's new boyfriend)
Doug Hempel (Rhoda's new date)
Margaret Kellogg (chimpanzee expert who is interviewed on Mary's documentary)
Margaret Geddes (congresswoman whom Mary befriends)
Steve Waldman (ex-employee of Hempel's Department Store)
Bonnie Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
Rick (WJM mailroom kid who shows interest in Bonnie)
Sister Ann (nun whom Georgette talks to about joining a convent)
Ross Nelson (anchorman from competing station)
Rena and David (couple who offer to buy Lou's house)
Erica (replaces Mary when she's temporarily fired)
Walter Cronkite (friend of Lou's)
Mrs. Malone (teacher of writing class)
Dino (barfly at local watering hole)
Toni and Alice (friends who refuse to be on camera in Singles documentary)
Season 5
Sherry Ferris (jail inmate)
Kim (jail inmate)
Paul Van Dillen (ski instructor who Mary dates)
Charlene McGuire (Lou's first woman in 25 years)
Bob Larson (organizer of WJM-TV newsroom's operating procedures)
Judith Chandler (friend of Georgette's, almost-lover of Murray)
Gloria Munson (went to high school with Mary; gets hired on The Happy Homemaker Show)
Ed Schroeder (WJM station manager)
Mike Tedesco (friend of Phyllis')
Hal and Freddy (morticians who stay in same hotel as Mary and Sue Ann in Chicago)
Walter Tewksbury (Ted's mother's companion)
Le Chan (Murray's adopted son)
David Boyd (Mary's date)
Mel Peters (WJM newsroom worker)
Gus Brubaker (WJM newsroom worker)
Helen Farrell (employment agency representative)
Ellen Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
Tony Cramer (fixed up with Mary by Ida Morgenstern)
The Student (the lone registrant of Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School)
Allan Marsh (conman who sets up Ted's broadcasting school, then skips town)
Ken (Mary's love interest)
Stevie (Ken's bratty son)
Ethel (Stevie's grandmother)
Season 6
Janey Grant (Lou's daughter)
Jimbo (annoying tenant in Mary's new apartment building)
Father Terrence Brian (wants to leave the priesthood because he's in love with Mary)
Paula Kovacs (tenant in Mary's new apartment building)
Sally Jo Hotchkiss (tenant in Mary's new apartment building)
Reverend Burns (speaker at Chuckles the Clown's funeral)
Francie Stevens (streetwise girl whom Mary befriends)
Celestine Watkins (streetwise girl whom Sue Ann befriends)
Reverend Chatfield (minister who marries Ted and Georgette)
Veronica Ludlow (Lou's sleazy old flame)
Joe Warner (Mary's love interest)
Irv Gevins (tax man who audits Ted)
Jesse (dud who Sue Ann goes out with)
Laszlo Kralic (gypsy who gets interviewed on WJM documentary)
Kenny Stevens (Charlene McGuire's coworker)
Congressman Brian Nordquist (old friend of Mary's whom Lou decides to expose on the news)
Doug Kellum (Sue Ann's love interest)
Season 7
Dr. Rainey (doctor who almost delivers Georgette's baby)
Lila Nivens (Sue Ann's sister)
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)
Whitney Lewis (Ted almost has an affair with her at convention)
Mel Price (new programming exec at WJM)
Karl Heller (cranky critic, hired to raise the news ratings)
Ben Selwyn (Lou's old army buddy who quickly gets drawn to Mary)
Elliott (producer of "The Ted and Georgette Show")
Sam (control room operator whom Sue Ann is forced to work with after she's fired)
Hucky and Mucky (puppets who insult Sue Ann and Lou)
Doug Slaughter (Murray's father)
Laurie Slaughter (Murray's daughter)
Jake (action-craving date of Mary's, whom she throws out of her apartment)
Frank Coleman (new owner of of WJM, who fires everyone except Ted)
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