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Midge Daniels
Played by Rosmarie DeWitt
A smart, ambitious art illustrator, Midge Daniels is a thoroughly independent career woman – much like the multitudes of women venturing into the workforce for the first time. Midge sets her own rules, rejecting the traditional idea of marriage and domesticity. Such “live in the moment” vitality makes her the perfect bedroom [...]
Trudy Campbell
Played by Alison Brie
Trudy Campbell is married to Pete Campbell, an Account Executive at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. The two live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in a Park Avenue apartment. Her father, a salesman for Vicks Chemical, helped her husband get the Clearasil account for Sterling Cooper. Trudy herself tried to [...]
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Herman “Duck” Phillips
Played by Mark Moses
Herman “Duck” Phillips is the former head of account services at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. Previously, he was with Young & Rubicam in London. He’s now at Grey. In order to raise Sterling Cooper’s profile he instructed employees to land accounts with the airline, automobile, and pharmaceutical industries, with mixed results. [...]
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Harry Crane
Played by Rich Sommer
Harry Crane heads the newly created Television Department at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. He spends much of his time at work with Pete Campbell, Paul Kinsey and Ken Cosgrove. Harry’s promotion to department head came after he proposed that the cosmetics client Belle Jolie sponsor a controversial episode of The Defenders. [...]
Peggy Olson
Played by Elisabeth Moss
Peggy Olson is a Copywriter at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. A bridge-and-tunnel girl from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, she began at the firm as Don Draper’s secretary then earned a promotion by impressing her boss with copy for two accounts: Belle Jolie and the Rejuvenator. When her first champion, co-worker Freddy Rumsen, [...]
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Pete Campbell
Played by Vincent Kartheiser
Pete Campbell is a very interesting character that can relate to a lot of people. It’s strange because at times he comes across as weak, other times strong, and other times still completely psychotic. His family came from wealth having owned the majority of real estate in Manhattan — however the family [...]
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Father Gill
Played by Colin Hanks
Father Gill is a visiting priest at the Catholic church which Peggy’s family attends. Upon hearing that Peggy is in advertising, the priest solicits public speaking tips to improve his delivery. Father Gill learns about Peggy’s baby when her sister, Anita, confesses that she hates her sister for seducing a man, having [...]
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Rachel Menken
Played by Maggie Siff
Rachel Menken is the head of Menken’s, a major Jewish department store. Raised by an older sister and her hard-working father (her mother died during labor), she claims to have had a lonely childhood. She meets Don Draper while searching for an advertising agency to take her company to the next level. [...]
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Jane Sterling
Played by Peyton List
Jane Sterling is Roger Sterling’s wife. A college graduate hired as Don Draper’s secretary, she quickly catches the eye of Roger, who smooths things over when office manager Joan Holloway fires her for flouting company protocol. Rehired, she begins an affair with Roger that culminates with him instigating divorce proceedings with [...]
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Bobbie Barrett