What happened to the mega stars of M*A*S*H? As Nurse Able actress Judy Farrell dies at age 84 after suffering a stroke, FEMAIL reveals what became of her sitcom co-stars – 51 YEARS after the hit TV series premiered
Fans of the beloved sitcom M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) are mourning the tragic loss of Judy Farrell, who passed away at age 84 after suffering from a stroke nine days ago.
Judy was best known for starring as Nurse Able in the smash-hit TV show, which was adapted from a wildly popular feature film with the same name.
The movie, which was directed by Robert Altman and inspired by Richard Hooker’s 1968 novel, premiered in 1970, and it completely captured the nation – becoming the highest-grossing movie of that year, earning five Academy Award nominations, and ultimately leading to an enormous franchise that contained the show, as well as a 1973 play, a video game, and many more books.
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And the series, which aired for 11 seasons, from 1972 to 1983, was just as successful – the finale broke records as most-watched and high-rated single episode in TV history at the time, getting 125 million viewers.
Fans of the beloved series M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) are mourning the tragic loss of Judy Farrell (seen in the show far right), who passed away at age 84 after suffering from a stroke nine days ago
And the series, which was adapted from a wildly popular feature film with the same name aired for 11 seasons, from 1972 to 1983, was wildly successful
As the world comes to grips with Judy’s passing, FEMAIL went ahead and uncovered what the stars of fan-favorite show and the movie that inspired it are doing now
Both the show and the movie, which followed a group of medical personnel stationed at an Army hospital during the Korean War, are still considered classics even now, more than 50 years on – but what exactly happened to the cast?
As the world comes to grips with Judy’s passing, FEMAIL went ahead and uncovered what the stars of fan-favorite show and the movie that inspired it are doing now.
Some of the original M*A*S*H stars stepped out of the spotlight and decided to pursue other endeavors following its major success – however, others went on to launch huge acting careers.
From their other roles and accomplishments to their love lives and scandals, here’s what the cast of M*A*S*H are up to more than five decades after it took the world by storm.
Alan Alda played Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce in the show
Alan Alda played Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce in the show M*A*S*H. He is seen in the 1972 series (left) and in 2020 (right)
That was just the beginning for Alan, and he went on to star in Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors and Manhattan Murder Mystery, Michael Moore’s comedy film Canadian Bacon, Flirting With Disaster, and NBC’s The West Wing (seen)
His other acting credits include the Academy Award-winning flick The Aviator, 2000 rom-com What Women Want (seen), Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, Everyone Says I love You, ER, The Blacklist, and 2019 drama Marriage Story
Alan Alda, now 87, grew up in the Bronx, New York. After college, he spent a year serving in the Army, before he started acting.
After finding success on Broadway, he switched over to on-screen roles, starring in the TV adaptation of That Was the Week That was, Gone Are the Days!, Paper Lion in 1968, The Extraordinary Seaman, and the thriller The Mephisto Waltz.
He then starred as Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce in all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H, which launched an even bigger career for him.
Alan (seen in 2019) is also a successful screenwriter and director, and over the course of his decades-long career, he has now won a whopping six Emmy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Tony Awards for his work
He has released three memoirs, and acted in 13 Broadway plays. He’s also accomplished a lot outside of the world of acting – he became a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in 2010, and founded its Center for Communicating Science
Alan married his college sweetheart, Arlene Weiss (seen together in 2020), in 1957, and together, they welcomed three daughters, named Eve, Elizabeth, and Beatrice
That was just the beginning for Alan, and he went on to star in Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors and Manhattan Murder Mystery, Michael Moore’s comedy film Canadian Bacon, Flirting With Disaster (alongside Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette), NBC’s The West Wing (which earned him one of his Emmys), the Academy Award-winning flick The Aviator (opposite Leonardo DiCaprio), 2000 rom-com What Women Want, Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, Everyone Says I love You, ER, The Blacklist, the web series Horace and Pete (which was created by Louis C.K.), and 2019 drama Marriage Story.
He is also a successful screenwriter and director – he contributed to some episodes of M*A*S*H – and over the course of his decades-long career, he has now won a whopping six Emmy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Tony Awards for his work.
He has released three memoirs, and acted in 13 Broadway plays. He’s also accomplished a lot outside of the world of acting – he became a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in 2010, and founded the university’s Center for Communicating Science.
Alan married his college sweetheart, Arlene Weiss, in 1957, and together, they welcomed three daughters, named Eve, Elizabeth, and Beatrice.
