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Mama is a weekly Maxwell House and Post Cereal-sponsored CBS Television comedy-drama series that ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957. The series was based on the memoir Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes, which was also adapted for the John Van Druten play (1944) and the subsequent film I Remember Mama (1948), and told the ongoing story of a loving Norwegian family living in San Francisco in the 1910s through the eyes of the elder daughter, Katrin Hansen. Katrin would be seen looking through the pages of the family album at the start of each episode with the opening narration:This old album makes me remember so many things in the past. San Francisco and the house on Steiner Street where I was born. It brings back memories of my cousins, aunts and uncles; all the boys and girls I grew up with. And I remember my family as we were then. My big brother Nels, my little sister Dagmar, and of course, Papa. But most of all, when I look back to those days so long ago, most of all, I remember ... Mama.
Original Release
07/01/1949
US Release
07/01/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peggy Wood | Mama Hansen / Mama / Marta Hansen |
Judson Laire | Papa Hansen / Papa / Lars Hanson / Pa |
Dick Van Patten | Nels Hansen / Nels |
Rosemary Rice | Katrin / Katrin Hansen |
Robin Morgan | Dagmar / Dagmar Hansen |
John Seymour | Dr. Prager |
Ruth Gates | Aunt Jenny |
Kevin Coughlin | T.R. Ryan / T. R. Ryan |
Alice Frost | Aunt Trina Gunnarson / Aunt Trina / Aunt Trina Gunnerson |
Carl Frank | Uncle Gunnar Gunnarson / Uncle Gunnar / Uncle Gunnar Gunnerson |
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# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Katrin & the Rich Young Actor | Friday, 03 September 1954 |
2 | Mama's Birthday Present | Friday, 10 September 1954 |
3 | T.R. Goes to the Dentist | Friday, 17 September 1954 |
4 | The Steiner Street Strummers | Friday, 24 September 1954 |
5 | The Organdy Blues | Friday, 01 October 1954 |
6 | Mama & the Vote of Confidence | Friday, 08 October 1954 |
7 | Mama's Flirtation | Friday, 15 October 1954 |
8 | T.R. & Aunt Jenny | Friday, 22 October 1954 |
9 | The Worst Man | Friday, 29 October 1954 |
10 | Dagmar's Dancing School | Friday, 05 November 1954 |
11 | Mama's Grove of Athens | Friday, 12 November 1954 |
12 | Episode #6.12 | Friday, 19 November 1954 |
13 | The Moving Finger Writes | Friday, 26 November 1954 |
14 | Nels & the Scoutmaster | Friday, 03 December 1954 |
15 | Beautiful Katy | Friday, 10 December 1954 |
16 | Mama & the Tenor | Friday, 17 December 1954 |
17 | Cinderella Boy | Friday, 24 December 1954 |
18 | Katrin's Office Romance | Friday, 31 December 1954 |
19 | Nels and the Wednesday Woes | Friday, 07 January 1955 |
20 | Ingeborg's Present | Friday, 14 January 1955 |
21 | Cloud of Suspicion | Friday, 21 January 1955 |
22 | Penny Candy | Friday, 28 January 1955 |
23 | Nels & the Arabs | Friday, 04 February 1955 |
24 | The Bible Contest | Friday, 11 February 1955 |
25 | Episode #6.25 | Friday, 18 February 1955 |
26 | Mama & the Greedy Fingers | Friday, 25 February 1955 |
27 | T.R. & the Afghan | Friday, 04 March 1955 |
28 | Dagmar & the Girl Scouts | Friday, 11 March 1955 |
29 | Mama's Machine | Friday, 18 March 1955 |
30 | The Girl from Minnesota | Friday, 25 March 1955 |
31 | Trina & the Silver Screen | Friday, 01 April 1955 |
32 | T.R. & the Shining Moment | Friday, 08 April 1955 |
33 | Dagmar's Graduation | Friday, 15 April 1955 |
34 | Old Love, New Love | Friday, 22 April 1955 |
35 | Katrin's Lame Duck | Friday, 29 April 1955 |
36 | Dagmar's Sorority Sister | Friday, 06 May 1955 |
37 | Papa & the Carpenter's Conscience | Friday, 13 May 1955 |
38 | Mama's Brooch | Friday, 20 May 1955 |
40 | One Roller Skate | Friday, 03 June 1955 |
41 | Big Brother Nels | Friday, 10 June 1955 |
42 | Papa the Viking Chief | Friday, 17 June 1955 |
43 | T.R., the Demon Detective | Friday, 24 June 1955 |
44 | Mama & the Melting Pot | Friday, 01 July 1955 |
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Directors
Ralph Nelson, Andrew McCullough, Don Richardson
Writers
Palmer Thompson, Frank Gabrielson, Turner Bullock, Gail Ingram, Gordon Webber, Kathryn Forbes, Kay Arthur, Jerome Ross, Elizabeth Meehan, Richard Macaulay, Bradford Ropes, Harold J. Kennedy, Michael Morris, Virginia Redcliffe, Jim Sheen
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peggy Wood | Mama Hansen / Mama / Marta Hansen |
Judson Laire | Papa Hansen / Papa / Lars Hanson / Pa |
Dick Van Patten | Nels Hansen / Nels |
Rosemary Rice | Katrin / Katrin Hansen |
Robin Morgan | Dagmar / Dagmar Hansen |
John Seymour | Dr. Prager |
Ruth Gates | Aunt Jenny |
Kevin Coughlin | T.R. Ryan / T. R. Ryan |
Alice Frost | Aunt Trina Gunnarson / Aunt Trina / Aunt Trina Gunnerson |
Carl Frank | Uncle Gunnar Gunnarson / Uncle Gunnar / Uncle Gunnar Gunnerson |
Patty McCormack | Ingeborg / Cousin Ingeborg |
Toni Campbell | Dagmar Hansen / Dagmar |
Malcolm Keen | Uncle Chris |
Michael Mann | Mickey |
Edward Andrews | Mr. Jordan |
Ellen Mahar | Mrs. Lindquist |
Walter Greaza | Carter Lusan |
Alan Williams | Self - Announcer |
Roland Winters | Uncle Chris |
Iris Mann | Dagmar Hansen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Carol Irwin | Producer |
Doris Quinlan | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1957 | Emmy | Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
1951 | Emmy | Best Dramatic Show | Nominated |