The Greatest Gift (TV series)

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The Greatest Gift was a US TV daytime soap opera on NBC that ran between 1954 and 1955, featuring Ward Costello, Anne Meara and Jack Klugman as Jim Hanson.[1] Dr. Eve Allen, played by Anne Burr, was one of the first TV women doctors.[2][3] One of the last storylines before cancellation was a couple adopting a black-market baby.[4]

Cast[edit]

The cast included:[5]

  • Anne Burr: Eve Allen
  • Philip Foster: Phil Stone
  • Athena Lorde: Betty Matthews
  • Will Hare: Harold Matthews (1954–1955)
  • Martin Balsam: Harold Matthews (1955)
  • Gene Peterson: Ned Blackman (1954–1955)
  • Ward Costello: Ned Blackman (1955)
  • Jack Klugman: Jim Hanson
  • Josef Drake: Sam Blake
  • Henry Barnard: Peter Blake
  • Helen Warren: Mrs. Blake
  • Margaret Heneghan: Peg
  • Anne Meara: Harriet (1954–1955)

References[edit]

  1. ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. p. 264. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
  2. ^ Paietta, Ann Catherine and Kauppila, Jean L. "The Greatest Gift", Health Professionals on Screen, Scarecrow Press, 1999, ISBN 081083636X, p. 333
  3. ^ Mulcahy, Kevin Jr. "Remembering NBC Soap Opera 'The Greatest Gift', Whose Cast Included Anne Meara" welovesoaps.net, May 26, 2015
  4. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0-345-35344-7.

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