The 1960's and Beyond (including TV movies)
Character of Interest: Lucy Grainger (played by Aline MacMahon) Orthopaedic Surgeon
We first see senior physician Dr. Grainger at a mortality board hearing. Interestingly, she is smoking. When a patient is found to have a disturbance on the knee, there is a question as to whether or not it is osteosarcoma. A biopsy sample must be sent to experts for their opinion. The two male pathologists want to get it out right away, but all the lab assistant have gone for the night. "Can you type", the male doctor asks Dr. Grainger. "How do you think I worked my way through college?" she replies.
The Interns (1962)
Character of Interest: Mado (played by Haya Harareet), Surgeon
As we start the film, we see all the interns arriving. There are, in fact, two women, though only one will concern the story. Mado (she doesn't seem to have a last name, unlike the male doctors) has just started her surgical internship, with Dr. Riccio as her senior physician. He is discouraging. Women do not belong in medicine, according to Dr. Riccio, because they will all eventually quit to start families. It isn't until he discovers that Mado, in fact, has a child - who she has been supporting throughout her internship, that he decides she has a place in surgery.
I Thank a Fool (1962)
Character of Interest: Christine Mary Allson (played by Susan Hayward)
The Lady Doctor (1963)
Character of Interest: Brigitte Baker (played by Abbe Lane)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
Character of Interest: Mildred Watson (played by Joanne Woodward), psychiatrist
Coma (1978)
Character of Interest: Susan Wheeler (played by Genevieve Bujold)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1978) [TV Movie]
Character of Interest: Meg Laurel (played by Lindsay Wagner)
Prince of Tides (1991)
Character of Interest: Susan Lowenstein (played by Barbra Streisand) Psychiatrist
City of Joy (1992)
Character of Interest: Joan Bethal (played by Pauline Collins)
Smart People (2008)
Character of Interest: Janet Hardigan (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) Emergency Medicine
The fact that Janet Hardigan is a physician is of little importance to the plot. It serves merely as a plot device to introduce her to the a cynical university professor played by Dennis Quaid.
We first see senior physician Dr. Grainger at a mortality board hearing. Interestingly, she is smoking. When a patient is found to have a disturbance on the knee, there is a question as to whether or not it is osteosarcoma. A biopsy sample must be sent to experts for their opinion. The two male pathologists want to get it out right away, but all the lab assistant have gone for the night. "Can you type", the male doctor asks Dr. Grainger. "How do you think I worked my way through college?" she replies.
The Interns (1962)
Character of Interest: Mado (played by Haya Harareet), Surgeon
As we start the film, we see all the interns arriving. There are, in fact, two women, though only one will concern the story. Mado (she doesn't seem to have a last name, unlike the male doctors) has just started her surgical internship, with Dr. Riccio as her senior physician. He is discouraging. Women do not belong in medicine, according to Dr. Riccio, because they will all eventually quit to start families. It isn't until he discovers that Mado, in fact, has a child - who she has been supporting throughout her internship, that he decides she has a place in surgery.
I Thank a Fool (1962)
Character of Interest: Christine Mary Allson (played by Susan Hayward)
The Lady Doctor (1963)
Character of Interest: Brigitte Baker (played by Abbe Lane)
Character of Interest: D.R. Cartwright (played by Anne Bancroft), general practitioner
Character of Interest: Mildred Watson (played by Joanne Woodward), psychiatrist
Coma (1978)
Character of Interest: Susan Wheeler (played by Genevieve Bujold)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1978) [TV Movie]
Character of Interest: Meg Laurel (played by Lindsay Wagner)
Prince of Tides (1991)
Character of Interest: Susan Lowenstein (played by Barbra Streisand) Psychiatrist
City of Joy (1992)
Character of Interest: Joan Bethal (played by Pauline Collins)
Smart People (2008)
Character of Interest: Janet Hardigan (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) Emergency Medicine
The fact that Janet Hardigan is a physician is of little importance to the plot. It serves merely as a plot device to introduce her to the a cynical university professor played by Dennis Quaid.