About Murphy Brown
- Released on November 14, 1988
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
Main Cast of Murphy Brown
Candice Bergen plays Murphy Brown (247 episodes)
Faith Ford plays Corky Sherwood (247 episodes)
Joe Regalbuto plays Frank Fontana (247 episodes)
Charles Kimbrough plays Jim Dial (247 episodes)
Grant Shaud plays Miles Silverberg (201 episodes)
Robert Pastorelli plays Eldin Bernecky (177 episodes)
Pat Corley plays Phil (201 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Murphy Brown
Lily Tomlin plays Kay Carter-Shepley (46 episodes)
Pat Corley
Diane English
Delane Matthews plays Erma Bentley (1 episode)
William Sadler plays Colonel Fitzpatrick (1 episode)
Yeardley Smith plays Phoebe Cramer (1 episode)
Benji Gregory
Beau Billingslea
Marge Redmond plays Ida Mae (1 episode)
Harriet Sansom Harris
Barry Dennen plays Waiter (1 episode)
Kevin Conroy
William Frankfather plays Man in Bar (1 episode)
Robin Strasser plays Vladia Renkov (1 episode)
Linda Ellerbee plays Linda Ellerbee (1 episode)
Caroline McWilliams
Darren McGavin plays Bill Brown (4 episodes)
Jean Stapleton
Michael Fairman
Dinah Lenney plays Megan Reynolds - Secretary #3 (1 episode)
Barbara Tyson plays Secretary #22 (1 episode)
Dan Gilvezan plays Man (1 episode)
Mayim Bialik plays Natalie Moore (1 episode)
Hilary Shepard plays Jessie (1 episode)
Robert Harper plays Henry Tucker (1 episode)
Morgan Fairchild plays Julia St. Martin (1 episode)
Gail Strickland
China Kantner
Fred Applegate
Michael Gregory plays Tiffany Howard (1 episode)
Vernee Watson-Johnson plays Secretary #17 (1 episode)
Felicity LaFortune
Bill Farmer
Frederic Forrest
Lenny Wolpe
Colleen Dewhurst plays Avery Brown Sr. (3 episodes)
Tony Goldwyn plays Bobby Powell (1 episode)
Annabelle Gurwitch plays Secretary #10 (1 episode)
Loretta Devine plays Nurse Hawking (1 episode)
Barbara Billingsley plays Mrs. Stritch (1 episode)
Eric Christmas plays Mr. Bob Bickner (1 episode)
Ed Bradley
Terri Treas plays Meg Reynolds (1 episode)
Roger Guenveur Smith
Paul Carr
Paul Eiding
Steven Culp plays Brad Stockton (1 episode)
Billie Bird
Alan Oppenheimer plays Eugene Kinsella (5 episodes)
Rick Scarry plays Man in Bar (1 episode)
Paddi Edwards plays Secretary #24 (1 episode)
Marie Denn plays Mrs. Cowan (1 episode)
Amzie Strickland plays Mrs. Myrna Bickner (1 episode)
Suzie Plakson plays Jackie (1 episode)
Mary Cadorette plays Sherry French - Secretary #1 (1 episode)
John Capodice plays Judge Ferris (1 episode)
Chelsea Hertford plays Lilly (1 episode)
Shanelle Gray
Liz Vassey
Don Lake plays Stage Manager (1 episode)
Jeff Mooring plays Stage Manager (1 episode)
John Hostetter plays John (16 episodes)
Jon Tenney plays Josh Silverberg (1 episode)
Troy Slaten plays Henry (1 episode)
Buck Henry plays Dr. Victor Rudman (1 episode)
Christopher Rich plays Miller Redfield (2 episodes)
Leslie Jordan plays Kyle (1 episode)
Jenny O'Hara plays Lisa (1 episode)
Ron Orbach plays Photographer #1 (1 episode)
Fran Ryan plays The Asp (1 episode)
Lee Garlington plays Shawnee (1 episode)
Mike Hagerty plays Howard Sutthoff (1 episode)
James Karen plays Arvin (1 episode)
Kathleen Freeman plays Mrs. Caldwell (1 episode)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar plays Wes Jordan (1 episode)
Ivan G'Vera plays Russian (1 episode)
Edith Fields plays Lillian Brown (1 episode)
Susan Krebs plays Betty (1 episode)
James Staley plays Glenn Goodman (1 episode)
Marianne Muellerleile plays Secretary #8 (1 episode)
Jason Marsden plays Young Miles Silverberg (1 episode)
Mary Alice Williams
Ann Ryerson plays Rose (1 episode)
Vivian Paxton plays Tanya (1 episode)
Julie Payne plays Phyllis (1 episode)
Edan Gross plays Joey (1 episode)
Ramsey Ellis plays Bobby Owens (1 episode)
Jan Cobler plays Reporter #3 (1 episode)
John Richard Petersen plays Reporter (uncredited) (1 episode)
Furley Lumpkin plays Truck Driver (1 episode)
Paunita Nichols plays Mrs. Ballard (1 episode)
Kathleen McClellan plays Inge Sorenson (1 episode)
Brad Garrett plays SWAT Team Captain (1 episode)
Concetta Tomei plays Doris Dial (1 episode)
Marcus Aurelius plays SWAT Team Member (1 episode)
Haley Joel Osment plays Avery Brown (1 episode)
Patrick Cassidy plays Hank (1 episode)
Terri Keefer plays Bullpen Reporter (uncredited) (2 episodes)
Cazimir Milostan plays SWAT Team Sniper (uncredited) (1 episode)
Bob Dole plays Himself (1 episode)
Scott Lawrence plays Office Worker Scott (4 episodes)
Aretha Franklin plays Aretha Franklin (1 episode)
Ritch Brinkley plays Carl Wishnitski (10 episodes)
Mark Lonow plays Jerry Weiss (1 episode)
John Achorn plays Stage Manager (1 episode)
Charley Lang plays Robert - Secretary #2 (1 episode) , Robert, Secretary #2 (2 episodes)
Lily Mariye plays Secretary #6 (1 episode)
Ebbe Roe Smith plays Man At Table (1 episode)
Myra Turley plays Secretary #7 (1 episode)
Robin Thomas plays Jake Lowenstein (1 episode)
Joel Schultz plays Office Staff Member (uncredited) (1 episode)
Todd Cameron Brown plays Michael (1 episode)
Doug Dale plays Waiter (1 episode)
Lisa Cloud plays Mother (1 episode)
Beverly Dixon plays Francine O'Donnell (uncredited) (1 episode)
David Keith Anderson plays Patron #1 (uncredited) (1 episode)
Jane Galloway plays Sheila Michaels (1 episode)
Ron Perkins plays Man In Crowd (1 episode)
Charlie Phillips plays Attendant (1 episode)
Dan Ziskie plays Minister (1 episode)
Lou Wills Jr. plays Murray Brown (1 episode)
Deborah May plays Secretary #13 (1 episode)
Donna Ponterotto plays Felicia (2 episodes)
Rick Rouseau plays Man in Bar (1 episode)
Tom McCleister plays Dwayne (1 episode) , Stagehand (1 episode)
Harley Venton plays Richie (1 episode)
David Sabin plays Mr. Mueller (1 episode)
John Apicella plays Jack (1 episode)
Steve Shaffer plays Bartender (1 episode)
George C. Simms plays Clemens (1 episode)
Charles Stransky plays Bert (1 episode)
Charles Woolf plays Old Man (1 episode)
Sarah Zinsser plays Make-Up Lady (1 episode)
Ron Marasco plays Secretary #14 (1 episode)
Rachel Hartley plays Young Murphy (1 episode)
Mary Pat Gleason plays Olga Rostapopovich (1 episode)
Judy Prescott plays Mimi (1 episode)
John Mansfield plays Handsome Man (1 episode)
Greg Procaccino plays Pat O'Shea (1 episode)
Josh Pais plays Secretary #18 (1 episode)
John Sanderford plays Dr. Keller (1 episode)
Michael Ayr plays Barry (1 episode)
Janet MacLachlan plays Dr. Paula Hayes (1 episode)
Robert Trebor plays Geoffrey (1 episode)
Mary Catherine Wright plays Joan (1 episode)
Christopher Wynne plays Dan (1 episode)
Lilly Lyman plays Secretary #19 (1 episode)
Eva Charney plays Woman in Bar (1 episode)
Judy Kain plays Mrs. Silverberg (1 episode)
Nicholas Hormann plays Roger Moreland (1 episode)
Jim Jansen plays Pritchard (1 episode)
Pete Willcox plays Secretary #20 (1 episode)
Jane Leeves plays Audrey Cohen (3 episodes)
Vachik Mangassarian plays Soldier (1 episode)
Judd Trichter plays Louis (1 episode)
Keith Amos plays Secretary #23 (1 episode)
Connie Chung plays Connie Chung (1 episode)
Sanford Jensen plays Mark (1 episode)
Fred Travalena plays Don Sarasota (1 episode)
Andrea Stein plays Secretary #25 (1 episode)
Joe D'Angerio plays Informant (1 episode)
Jay Thomas plays Jerry Gold (2 episodes)
Mariko Tse plays Dr. Sakura (1 episode)
Paul Dorman plays Patron at Phil's (1 episode)
Alex Rocco plays Al Floss (1 episode)
Irving R. Levine plays Irving R. Levine (1 episode)
Walter Cronkite plays Walter Cronkite (1 episode)
Jay Fenichel plays Secretary #26 (1 episode)
Tina Johnson plays Coat Check Girl (1 episode)
Susan Wheeler Duff plays Karen Brown (2 episodes)
Jak Castro plays Delivery Man (uncredited) (1 episode)
Tom Williams plays Baby V.O. (uncredited) (1 episode)
Hamilton Camp plays Mr. X (1 episode)
Vito J. Giambalvo plays Vito (1 episode)
Steven Anderson plays Director (1 episode)
Jim Doughan plays T.D. (1 episode)
Charles Gideon Davis plays Charles Gideon Davis (1 episode)
Jonathan Rubin plays Jonathan Rubin (1 episode)
Harvey Shield plays Harvey Shield (1 episode)
Gillian Bagwell plays Norma Rae Secretary (uncredited) (1 episode)
Tyler Bowe plays Dave (uncredited) (1 episode)
Stan Rodarte plays Production Member (uncredited) (1 episode)
Clare Peck plays Lois Kinsella (1 episode)
Janet Carroll plays Doris Dial (2 episodes)
Douglas Sills plays Noel (1 episode)
Shuko Akune plays Ivy (1 episode)
Dion Anderson plays Fred Fredrickson (1 episode)
Jessica James plays Millicent Bane (1 episode)
Nancy Lenehan plays Sydney (1 episode)
Cristine Rose plays Beth (1 episode)
Linda Sorensen plays Warden Howe (1 episode)
Walter Addison plays Wade Olsen (1 episode)
Annie LaRussa plays Young Woman (1 episode)
Laura Mooney plays Tracey (1 episode)
John Towey plays Dr. Edward Stoddard (1 episode)
Eve Gordon plays Alexandra Payton (1 episode)
Jeanette Schwaba plays Secretary #28 (1 episode)
William Schallert plays Ken Hamilton (1 episode)
Wallace Langham plays Michael (1 episode)
Chuck Sloan plays Man in School (1 episode)
James Walsh plays Scottish Man (1 episode)
Gregory Scott Cummins plays Motorcycle Man (1 episode)
Robina Suwol plays Woman Student (1 episode)
Freyda Thomas plays Woman Student (1 episode)
Raye Birk plays Barney (1 episode)
Steve Rankin plays Ed (1 episode)
Peter Marc Jacobson plays Nick (1 episode)
Beth Broderick plays Rita (1 episode)
Kelly Connell plays Jerry (2 episodes)
Louis Mustillo plays Wally (1 episode)
Tony DiBenedetto plays Nick La Rosa (1 episode)
Pat Crawford Brown plays Sister Mary Margaret O'Brien (1 episode)
Jennifer Bassey plays Nancy (1 episode)
Gregory Itzin plays Gil Porter (1 episode)
Cynthia Mace plays Diane (1 episode)
David Purdham plays Pete (1 episode)
Bill McIntyre plays Steve Raines (1 episode)
David Carlile plays Bartender (1 episode)
Eben Ham plays Local Sports Anchor (1 episode)
Caroline Lagerfelt plays Mary Ann Miller (1 episode)
Wayne Tippit plays John Q. Bryant (1 episode)
Larry Block plays Al Anderson (1 episode)
Kate McGregor-Stewart plays Secretary #32 (1 episode)
Chuck Clayton plays Ray / Bob (1 episode)
Lela Ivey plays Secretary #33 (1 episode)
Graham Jarvis plays Newton Green (1 episode)
Richard Masur plays Ben (1 episode)
Teri Hatcher plays Madeline Stillwell (1 episode)
Duane Smith plays Secretary #34 (1 episode)
Gedde Watanabe plays Guru Prem (1 episode)
David Paymer plays Dr. Bishop (1 episode)
Kristen Lowman plays Secretary #35 (1 episode)
Ellen Albertini Dow plays Aunt Belle (1 episode)
Ann Walker plays Woman in Hospital (1 episode)
Tamara Clatterbuck
Scott Bryce plays Will Forrest (2 episodes)
Dena Dietrich plays Phyllis (2 episodes)
Alice Hirson plays Bootsie Sherwood (1 episode)
Bryan Clark plays Edward Sherwood (1 episode)
Sarah Abrell plays Kiki (1 episode)
Courtney Gebhart plays Cookie (1 episode)
Lesley Stahl
Patti Yasutake plays Secretary #41 (1 episode)
Elizabeth Taylor plays Elizabeth Taylor (1 episode)
John Scurti plays Lodge Owner (1 episode)
Patricia Andrest Davis plays Fran (1 episode)
Lance Hunter Voorhees plays Office Worker (uncredited) (1 episode)
Pat Finn plays Phil Jr. (1 episode)
Geraldine A. Ferraro plays Geraldine Ferraro (1 episode)
Larry King plays Larry King (1 episode)
Bob Bouchard plays Little Phil (1 episode)
Michael Luckerman plays Phillip (1 episode)
Christy House plays Felicia (1 episode)
Tony Jonas plays Office Worker (uncredited) (1 episode)
Lynn Hamilton plays Woman #1 (1 episode)
Crew of Murphy Brown
Writing
Production
Directing
Editing
Crew
Sound
- Lily Tomlin
- Pat Corley
- Diane English
- Delane Matthews
- William Sadler
- John Getz
- Anne Meara
- Yeardley Smith
- Benji Gregory
- Beau Billingslea
- Marge Redmond
- Harriet Sansom Harris
- Jeff Doucette
- Kate Mulgrew
- Barry Dennen
- Kevin Conroy
- Ethan Phillips
- Fred Willard
- William Frankfather
- Robin Strasser
- Linda Ellerbee
- Caroline McWilliams
- Darren McGavin
- Chris Parnell
- Jean Stapleton
- Michael Fairman
- Dinah Lenney
- Barbara Tyson
- Merrin Dungey
- George Clooney
- Katie Couric
- Maggie Roswell
- Dan Gilvezan
- Mayim Bialik
- Hilary Shepard
- Robert Harper
- Morgan Fairchild
- Gail Strickland
- China Kantner
- Stephen Root
- Fred Applegate
- Michael Gregory
- Vernee Watson-Johnson
- Felicity LaFortune
- Bill Farmer
- Frederic Forrest
- Lenny Wolpe
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Tony Goldwyn
- Annabelle Gurwitch
- Loretta Devine
- Barbara Billingsley
- Eric Christmas
- Ed Bradley
- Nick Bakay
- Terri Treas
- Roger Guenveur Smith
- Greg Grunberg
- Paul Carr
- Paul Eiding
- Wally Wingert
- Tom Virtue
- Diedrich Bader
- Jack Plotnick
- Steven Culp
- Dick Clark
- Robert Costanzo
- Billie Bird
- Marcia Wallace
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Julia Roberts
- Rick Scarry
- Paddi Edwards
- Marie Denn
- Amzie Strickland
- Suzie Plakson
- Mary Cadorette
- John Capodice
- Chelsea Hertford
- Shanelle Gray
- Joan Lunden
- Liz Vassey
- Don Lake
- Jeff Mooring
- Ian Abercrombie
- John Hostetter
- Jon Tenney
- Troy Slaten
- Buck Henry
- Christopher Rich
- Adam West
- Leslie Jordan
- Jenny O'Hara
- Ron Orbach
- Fran Ryan
- Lee Garlington
- Mike Hagerty
- James Karen
- Kathleen Freeman
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar
- Ivan G'Vera
- Paula Zahn
- Edith Fields
- Susan Krebs
- James Staley
- Marianne Muellerleile
- Jason Marsden
- Mary Alice Williams
- Ann Ryerson
- Vivian Paxton
- Julie Payne
- Edan Gross
- Ramsey Ellis
- Jan Cobler
- John Richard Petersen
- Furley Lumpkin
- Paunita Nichols
- Kathleen McClellan
- Brad Garrett
- Concetta Tomei
- Marcus Aurelius
- Haley Joel Osment
- Patrick Cassidy
- Terri Keefer
- Cazimir Milostan
- Bob Dole
- Scott Lawrence
- Aretha Franklin
- Ritch Brinkley
- Mark Lonow
- John Achorn
- Charley Lang
- Lily Mariye
- Ebbe Roe Smith
- Myra Turley
- Robin Thomas
- Joel Schultz
- Todd Cameron Brown
- Doug Dale
- Lisa Cloud
- Beverly Dixon
- David Keith Anderson
- Jane Galloway
- Ron Perkins
- Charlie Phillips
- Dan Ziskie
- Lou Wills Jr.
- Deborah May
- Donna Ponterotto
- Rick Rouseau
- Tom McCleister
- Harley Venton
- David Sabin
- John Apicella
- Steve Shaffer
- George C. Simms
- Charles Stransky
- Charles Woolf
- Sarah Zinsser
- Ron Marasco
- Rachel Hartley
- Mary Pat Gleason
- Judy Prescott
- John Mansfield
- Greg Procaccino
- Josh Pais
- John Sanderford
- Michael Ayr
- Janet MacLachlan
- Robert Trebor
- Mary Catherine Wright
- Christopher Wynne
- Lilly Lyman
- Eva Charney
- Judy Kain
- Nicholas Hormann
- Jim Jansen
- Pete Willcox
- Jane Leeves
- Vachik Mangassarian
- Judd Trichter
- Keith Amos
- Connie Chung
- Sanford Jensen
- Fred Travalena
- Andrea Stein
- Joe D'Angerio
- Jay Thomas
- Mariko Tse
- Paul Dorman
- Alex Rocco
- Irving R. Levine
- Walter Cronkite
- Jay Fenichel
- Tina Johnson
- Susan Wheeler Duff
- Jak Castro
- Tom Williams
- Hamilton Camp
- Vito J. Giambalvo
- Steven Anderson
- Jim Doughan
- Charles Gideon Davis
- Jonathan Rubin
- Harvey Shield
- Gillian Bagwell
- Tyler Bowe
- Stan Rodarte
- Clare Peck
- Janet Carroll
- Douglas Sills
- Shuko Akune
- Dion Anderson
- Jessica James
- Nancy Lenehan
- Cristine Rose
- Linda Sorensen
- Walter Addison
- Annie LaRussa
- Laura Mooney
- John Towey
- Eve Gordon
- Jeanette Schwaba
- William Schallert
- Wallace Langham
- Chuck Sloan
- James Walsh
- Gregory Scott Cummins
- Robina Suwol
- Freyda Thomas
- Raye Birk
- Steve Rankin
- Peter Marc Jacobson
- Beth Broderick
- Kelly Connell
- Louis Mustillo
- Tony DiBenedetto
- Pat Crawford Brown
- Jennifer Bassey
- Gregory Itzin
- Cynthia Mace
- David Purdham
- Bill McIntyre
- David Carlile
- Eben Ham
- Caroline Lagerfelt
- Wayne Tippit
- Larry Block
- Kate McGregor-Stewart
- Chuck Clayton
- Lela Ivey
- Graham Jarvis
- Richard Masur
- Teri Hatcher
- Duane Smith
- Gedde Watanabe
- David Paymer
- Kristen Lowman
- Ellen Albertini Dow
- Ann Walker
- Tamara Clatterbuck
- Scott Bryce
- Dena Dietrich
- Alice Hirson
- Bryan Clark
- Sarah Abrell
- Courtney Gebhart
- Lesley Stahl
- Patti Yasutake
- Elizabeth Taylor
- John Scurti
- Patricia Andrest Davis
- Lance Hunter Voorhees
- Pat Finn
- Geraldine A. Ferraro
- Larry King
- Bob Bouchard
- Michael Luckerman
- Christy House
- Tony Jonas
- Lynn Hamilton