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Ken Cosgrove
Played by Aaron Staton
Ken Cosgrove is the Senior Vice President in Charge of Accounts at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. He spends much of his time at work with Pete Campbell, Paul Kinsey, and Harry Crane. A bachelor who likes to flirt, Ken has written two unpublished novels and became the focus of office [...]
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Joan Harris
Played by Christina Hendricks
Joan Harris is the former Office Manager at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. Although Joan was in charge of the support staff, she has been overruled on occasion: When she fired secretary Jane Siegel for going into Bertram Cooper’s office after hours, Roger Sterling had Jane reinstated. For a brief period, Joan [...]
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Roger Sterling
Played by John Slattery
Roger Sterling is the witty drinker that everyone loves because he’s fun to be around. You can tell he came from wealth because of his tongue and the way he handles work. He wants things done in the easiest way possible so that he can get back to doing whatever he does [...]
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Helen Bishop
Played by Darby Stanchfield
Helen Bishop is the single mother of two children. She works in a jewelry store and volunteered for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Her status as a divorcee as well as her habit of taking long walks has made her the subject of gossip for women in the neighborhood. A further rift [...]
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Francine Hanson
Played by Anne Dudek
Francine Hanson lives with her husband Carlton and their children in suburban Ossining, New York, in the same neighborhood as the Draper family. Because her husband makes secret phone calls to Manhattan and sleeps at the Waldorf two nights a week, Francine suspects her own husband of having an affair. She is [...]
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Freddy Rumsen
Played by Joel Murray
Freddy Rumsen is a Copywriter at Sterling Cooper currently taking an imposed leave of absence after he drunkenly peed his pants then passed out before a big meeting with Samsonite luggage. His tenure at Sterling Cooper dated back to the days when Roger Sterling’s father was in charge. While moderating a brainstorming [...]
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Salvatore Romano
Played by Bryan Batt
Salvatore Romano, a rare Italian amid Sterling Cooper’s predominantly WASPy corporate environment, is the former Art Director at Sterling Cooper. An ambitious employee, he has expressed an interest in starting his own firm, where art would be the driving force behind the copy. More personally, he was the subject of switchboard operator [...]
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Paul Kinsey
Played by Michael Gladis
Paul Kinsey is a Copywriter at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. He spends much of his time at the office with Pete Campbell, Ken Cosgrove, and Harry Crane. A pipe-smoker who’s been told he resembles Orson Welles, Paul is the author of the unpublished one-act play “Death Is My Client,” which was [...]
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Betty Draper
Played by January Jones
Betty Draper is the wife of Don Draper, partner and Creative Director at Sterling Cooper. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Betty was working as a model when she met Don. They now live in Ossining, New York with three children: Sally, Bobby and Gene.
Hardly without worries, Betty spent some time seeing [...]
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