Private Secretary

Private Secretary

Ended First aired 01/Feb/1953 United States English 5 season(s) 104 episode(s)
Comedy
Private Secretary is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on Sundays at 7:30pm EST. The series stars Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by Don Porter.
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Season 5 · Season 5
15 episode(s) · Air date: 09/Sep/1956
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S5E15
Thy Name Is Sands
Air date: 17/Mar/1957
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Peter's eyesight has gotten so bad he can't read anything. Only after Susie prevent him from signing a lousy contract does he agree to see an eye doctor. Even after failing the eye test he refuses to get glasses because he's too vain to admit he's getting older.

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Peter's eyesight has gotten so bad he can't read anything. Only after Susie prevent him from signing a lousy contract does he agree to see an eye doctor. Even after failing the eye test he refuses to get glasses because he's too vain to admit he's getting older.

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S5E14
Two and Two Make Five
Air date: 03/Mar/1957
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Susie pictures herself serving a long prison sentence when Inspector Bascom of the Internal Revenue Department comes for an audit. She's asked to explain her return, which puts her mixed-up filing system on display. Meanwhile, Mr. Sands searches for a voice for an animated commercial.

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Susie pictures herself serving a long prison sentence when Inspector Bascom of the Internal Revenue Department comes for an audit. She's asked to explain her return, which puts her mixed-up filing system on display. Meanwhile, Mr. Sands searches for a voice for an animated commercial.

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S5E13
The Efficiency Expert
Air date: 17/Feb/1957
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Mr. Sands takes the advice of a possible future partner and brings in an efficiency expert to streamline the operation. Susie's passive resistance prevents anything from changing.

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Mr. Sands takes the advice of a possible future partner and brings in an efficiency expert to streamline the operation. Susie's passive resistance prevents anything from changing.

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S5E12
Not Quite Paradise
Air date: 03/Feb/1957
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Vi's Aunt Martha and busybody neighbor Della jump to conclusions when she innocently invites Mr. Sands and Susie over for dinner. The two old hens are sure Vi and Peter are a couple and do everything they can to prompt a marriage proposal. This includes making Susie look like an incompetent booze hound.

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Vi's Aunt Martha and busybody neighbor Della jump to conclusions when she innocently invites Mr. Sands and Susie over for dinner. The two old hens are sure Vi and Peter are a couple and do everything they can to prompt a marriage proposal. This includes making Susie look like an incompetent booze hound.

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S5E11
That's No Lady - That's an Agent
Air date: 20/Jan/1957
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Blanche Colvey is a conniving theatrical agent who turns on her feminine charms to steal a Russian singer before he can sign with Peter. Hearing that Blanche wants to hire a secretary who speaks Russian to help her grab the client, Susie dons a black wig and a thick accent, and shows up as Sonia.

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Blanche Colvey is a conniving theatrical agent who turns on her feminine charms to steal a Russian singer before he can sign with Peter. Hearing that Blanche wants to hire a secretary who speaks Russian to help her grab the client, Susie dons a black wig and a thick accent, and shows up as Sonia.

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S5E9
Three's a Crowd
Air date: 23/Dec/1956
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A producer and a playwright have both become enchanted with Susie. Each becomes so jealous of the other that they cancel their contracts with Susie's boss.

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A producer and a playwright have both become enchanted with Susie. Each becomes so jealous of the other that they cancel their contracts with Susie's boss.

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S5E8
Her Best Enemy
Air date: 09/Dec/1956
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Cagey Calhoun is desperate to get a look at the Meredith contract, the envy of performers in New York. Sure that Susie wouldn't let him see it, he uses psychology, sweet talk, and an accidental fire to try to get his hands on it. When they don't work, he sends in his dear, ancient "mother" to snoop through her files.

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Cagey Calhoun is desperate to get a look at the Meredith contract, the envy of performers in New York. Sure that Susie wouldn't let him see it, he uses psychology, sweet talk, and an accidental fire to try to get his hands on it. When they don't work, he sends in his dear, ancient "mother" to snoop through her files.

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S5E7
Dollars and Sense
Air date: 25/Nov/1956
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Susie's shopping and spending is out of control. She hands her paycheck to Vi with orders to ration her to just one dollar a day. Vi is unable to control Susie and her money so Mr. Sands is given the job.

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Susie's shopping and spending is out of control. She hands her paycheck to Vi with orders to ration her to just one dollar a day. Vi is unable to control Susie and her money so Mr. Sands is given the job.

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S5E6
What Every Secretary Knows
Air date: 11/Nov/1956
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Opera impresario Bernard Hugo is producing a new musical on Broadway and Mr. Sands is determined to place a couple of his clients into the show. When Hugo would not take Sands' calls, Susie gets involved in the project. She volunteers her boss to host a huge banquet of opera lovers. Nan Leslie appears as Phyllis Gerarde and Madge Blake as Mrs. Hugo.

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Opera impresario Bernard Hugo is producing a new musical on Broadway and Mr. Sands is determined to place a couple of his clients into the show. When Hugo would not take Sands' calls, Susie gets involved in the project. She volunteers her boss to host a huge banquet of opera lovers. Nan Leslie appears as Phyllis Gerarde and Madge Blake as Mrs. Hugo.

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S5E5
How to Handle the Boss
Air date: 28/Oct/1956
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Susie has been chosen by a magazine to write an article on how to handle the boss. The deadline is looming and she's got writer's block. Her boyfriend, Tony, agrees to be her ghostwriter. The article he turns in offends everyone in the office.

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Susie has been chosen by a magazine to write an article on how to handle the boss. The deadline is looming and she's got writer's block. Her boyfriend, Tony, agrees to be her ghostwriter. The article he turns in offends everyone in the office.

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S5E2
All That Glitters
Air date: 16/Sep/1956
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Susie has dreams of becoming a stock market big shot as she sinks her savings into a questionable uranium stock. Peter and Vi get caught up in the excitement and do the same.

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Susie has dreams of becoming a stock market big shot as she sinks her savings into a questionable uranium stock. Peter and Vi get caught up in the excitement and do the same.

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S5E1
French Leave
Air date: 09/Sep/1956
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In the season premiere, Peter loans Susie out to a French producer who's visiting in town. The loyal Susie prevents Mr. Sands from being double-crossed.

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In the season premiere, Peter loans Susie out to a French producer who's visiting in town. The loyal Susie prevents Mr. Sands from being double-crossed.

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Season 4 · Season 4
21 episode(s) · Air date: 11/Sep/1955
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Season 3 · Season 3
26 episode(s) · Air date: 12/Sep/1954
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S3E9
Goodbye, Susie, Hello
Air date: 19/Dec/1954
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Carl Evans hires Susie away from Peter Sands by offering her more pay ($48 more a week); at first, she turns him down, but when Peter Sands tells her he can ""get along without her,"" she consents to move. She has a palatial new office, but is quickly bored, and eventually finds that Carl Evans does not listen to her advice the way Peter Sands used to. In order to get herself fired, she botches his coffee, wears ugly glasses, refuses to answer the phone, and spends hours on the phone with her friend Sylvia. He finally fires her and she goes back to Peter Sands, who rewards her with an expensive ($67.79) hat that she has been longing to buy.

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Carl Evans hires Susie away from Peter Sands by offering her more pay ($48 more a week); at first, she turns him down, but when Peter Sands tells her he can ""get along without her,"" she consents to move. She has a palatial new office, but is quickly bored, and eventually finds that Carl Evans does not listen to her advice the way Peter Sands used to. In order to get herself fired, she botches his coffee, wears ugly glasses, refuses to answer the phone, and spends hours on the phone with her friend Sylvia. He finally fires her and she goes back to Peter Sands, who rewards her with an expensive ($67.79) hat that she has been longing to buy.

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Season 2 · Season 2
26 episode(s) · Air date: 20/Sep/1953
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Season 1 · Season 1
16 episode(s) · Air date: 01/Feb/1953
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Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern
Susie McNamara
Don Porter
Don Porter
Joan Banks
Joan Banks
Mel Welles
Mel Welles
Gerald Mohr
Gerald Mohr
Frank Cady
Frank Cady
Hillary Brooke
Hillary Brooke
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts
Madge Blake
Madge Blake
Jean Parker
Jean Parker
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Charles Nolte
Hope Summers
Hope Summers
John Archer
John Archer
Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman
John Banner
John Banner
George E. Stone
George E. Stone
Nan Leslie
Nan Leslie
George N. Neise
George N. Neise

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Christian Nyby
Christian Nyby
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