Nova The Most Dangerous Woman in America (Season 31, Episode 15)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Documentary

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Nova

The Most Dangerous Woman in America (Season 31, Episode 15)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Documentary

Documents the emerging science of public health and the social, ethical, and legal dilemmas it posed at the turn of the 20th century concerning Mary Mallon, AKA: Typhoid Mary, who was identified as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever,

Director

Writer

Producer

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Cinematographer

Editors

Lauren Aguirre | Peter Rhodes

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Updated Oct 12, 2004

Release date

Oct 12, 2004 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 22 wins & 63 nominations

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Anthony Bourdain Self Self See fewer	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005)
Kevin Cahill Self (as Kevin Cahill M.D.) Self (as Kevin Cahill M.D.) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Hasia Diner Self Self See fewer	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Richard Donat Self / Narrator Self / Narrator See fewer	My American Cousin (1985)
Marian Tomas Griffin Mary Mallon Mary Mallon See fewer	The Devil's Own (1997)
Judith Walzer Leavitt Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Barron Lerner Self (as Barron Lerner M.D.) Self (as Barron Lerner M.D.) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Natalie Rose Josephine Baker Josephine Baker See fewer	Nova (1974)
David Rosner Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Jere Shea George Soper George Soper See fewer	City on a Hill (2019)