Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
David Levin, Editorial Assistant
Sonali Patel, Designer
Kate Tetreault, Intern
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer
Special Thanks
Judith Leavitt, University of Wisconsin
Barron Lerner, Columbia University
Howard Markel, University of Michigan
Photo and Image Credits
The Most Dangerous Woman in America homepage
Photo: Liane Brandon
In Her Own Words
Photo: (Mary in bed) New York American, June 20, 1909; Images: (Mary's letter; note: letter restored from copy of original that was slightly cut off on either edge) Courtesy of New York County Clerk Archives
Typhoid Mary: Villain or Victim?
Photos: (Mary and Emma Sherman) Courtesy of Ed and Bubbles Yadow; (Leavitt) Courtesy of Judith Walzer Leavitt; Images: (Mary cooking) New York American, June 20, 1909; (lab card) Courtesy of New York County Clerk Archives
History of Quarantine
Images: (skeleton cartoon, plague woodcut, fumigation oven, cholera cartoon) © Corbis Images; (Lazarus) © Corbis Images/Barnes Foundation; Photos: (Mary's cottage) Courtesy of NYC Municipal Archives; (Ellis Island) Courtesy of National Library of Medicine; (SARS patient) Corbis Images
Disease Detective
Illustrations: © WGBH/NOVA
TV Program Description
Photo: (Typhoid Mary portrait) New York American, June 30, 1909
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Produced by
Peter Frumkin
Written and Directed by
Nancy Porter
Cast
As Mary Mallon
Marian Tomas Griffin
As George Soper
Jere Shea
As Josephine Baker
Natalie Rose
Based on the book
Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health by Judith Walzer Leavitt
Words spoken by the characters in this program were derived from their own accounts.
Co-Producer
Jennifer Pearce
Edited by
Peter Rhodes
Senior Producer
Laura LeMarr
Director of Photography
Boyd Estus
Narrated by
Richard Donat
Music
Claudio Ragazzi
Set Design
Katha Seidman
Costume Designer
Virginia Johnson
Audio Mix
Heart Punch Studio
Sound Recordists
Daniel Brook
John Cameron
Frank Coakley
Assistant Camera
Mary Anne Janke
Animation
Berle Cherney
Sean Sandefur
Online Editor and Colorist
Mark Steele
Script Consultant
Kage Glantz
Production Assistants
Damon Bundschuh
Juliet L. Hutchings
Gaffer
Guy Holt
Key Grip
Jeff King
Best Boy
Darrell Temple
Brian Corbett
Electric
Oscar Escartin
Jessica Jennings
Tony Norton
Costume Assistants
Ann Yoost Brecke
Jennifer Farrell
Luke Brown
Hair
Leah Sansouci
Make-up
Anna Brecke
Sherryn Smith
Art Dept
Danica Chipman
Shane Murray
Semane Parson
Production PA
Will Anderson
Historical Advisors
Eileen Boris
Hasia Diner
Gerald Grob
Alan Kraut
Barron Lerner
David Rosner
George Rutherford
Science Advisors
Rhoda and Jim Morris
Interns
Stacey Babb
Stacey Collins
Sean DuBois
Conor Jensen
Ann Kim
Judi Keleman
Michael Niland
Sheiron Sanchez
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Archival Material
American Irish Historical Society
American Public Health Association
Bellevue Hospital Archives
Brown Brothers
Stanley B. Burns MD & The Burns Archive
Cambridge Historical Commission
CBC
Cells Alive
Corbis
David Chow
Culver Pictures
George Eastman House
Getty Images
Historic Films
John E. Allen
Jean Lee
Library of Congress
Joseph Lovering
Milwaukee Dept. Public Health
Museum of the City of New York
National Archives
National Library of Ireland
National Library of Medicine
New York Academy of Medicine
New York City Municipal Archives
New-York Historical Society
New York Public Library
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Martin Sandler
Wisconsin Historical Society
WPA Film Library
Wyeth Laboratories
Bubbles Yadow
Special Thanks
New York Council for the Humanities
Open Society Institute
Wyeth Laboratories
American Irish Historical Society
Jonathan Gili
John S. Marr
Tufts University
NOVA Series Graphics
National Ministry of Design
NOVA Theme
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
Michael Whalen
Closed Captioning
The Caption Center
Publicity
Jonathan Renes
Diane Buxton
Senior Researcher
Ethan Herberman
Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan
Unit Manager
Lola Norman-Salako
Paralegal
Gabriel Cohen-Leadholm
Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko
Post Production Assistant
Patrick Carey
Associate Producer, Post Production
Nathan Gunner
Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole
Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto
Post Production Manager
Maureen Barden Lynch
Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart
Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson
Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane
Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham
Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace
Managing Director
Alan Ritsko
Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell
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