9 Notable Nurses That Never Were
May 12th is International Nurses Day. Unless you've spent a great deal of time laid up in the hospital or have a nurse for a family member, you don't know a lot of real-life nurses. We remember a lot of Hollywood nurses, however. From the great movies we've watched over the years we've come to either hate them or love them, laugh at them or cry over their trials.
In honor of these fictional care workers, I've put together a nice variety of notorious, notable or downright naughty nurses. Enjoy...
9 Notable Nurses That Never Were
Nurse Christine Chapel
Played by Majel Barrett, Nurse Chapel was the head nurse aboard the Starship Enterprise in the TV series Star Trek. Her husband had disappeared five years earlier, and shows up on a strange planet during one episode, having replaced his heavily damaged body with an android. Chapel is aghast at this turn of events, and her husband kills himself in despair. Nurse Chapel goes on to have a long-standing but unrequited love for Dr. Spock. A woman, yet again, in pursuit of a hard, cold shoulder.
Elle Driver
Although not really a nurse, the lovely killer for hire, played by Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill, sneaks into a hospital changing room, to emerge as an almost iconic sinister and naughty nurse, with a mission to snuff out Uma Thurman, who lies in a coma.
Nurse Betty
In Nurse Betty, Renee Zellweger plays Betty Sizemore, who after seeing her husband killed, mentally breaks down. She decides that she is actually a nurse on a daytime television show she is watching. She dresses up, plays the part in real life, and things get pretty interesting from there.
Nurse Jenny Fields
In The World According to Garp, Glenn Close plays an asexual, opinionated and strong-willed nurse who decides to become impregnated by a wounded soldier on his death bed. She raises her son (named T.S. after Technical Sergeant Garp - his father) alone, obtaining a position at his school to keep a close eye on him. After her son graduates, she begins a third career as a best-selling, equally loved and reviled feminist author.
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