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Margulies to Kiss "ER" Goodbye
Emmy-winning Nurse Carol Hathaway announced that she'll be leaving the top-rated hospital drama during an appearance Wednesday on Howie Mandel's talk show.
Margulies told Mandel (himself a former medical type on NBC's St. Elsewhere) that she will only stay on until her current contract expires at the end of the 1999-2000 season. She says she wants to return to New York because she's "homesick" and wants "to get back on the stage and do some independent films."
Of course, Margulies' onscreen love interest, George Clooney's Dr. Doug Ross, is scheduled to exit the series on February 18.
It is not known what Hathaway will do next season without Ross around but, says Margulies, "You are all going to be happy with the way my character turns out."
As Carol Hathaway, Margulies almost didn't survive the September 1994 pilot episode, during which the emotionally troubled nurse tried to commit suicide. However she lived on, snagging an Emmy winner and becoming one of ER's most popular and enduring characters.
County General's had a hard time keeping females around. Sherry Stringfield, who played Dr. Susan Lewis, walked away from the show in the middle of its third season to move back to New York, and then Maria Bello, only featured briefly last season as Dr. Anna Del Amico, decided to trade in her scrubs for a film career.
Piquing fan interest this fifth season has been Hathaway's increased emotional involvement with Ross. Margulies said she cried after Clooney completed his final scene, filmed last week in Chicago. She said Clooney hugged her and assured her he'd "be back"--meaning he hasn't ruled out appearing in guest spots on the show next season.
Since becoming an ER star, Margulies has appeared in such movies as The Newton Boys and A Price Above Rubies.
NBC had no comment on her announcement, but her personal publicist said, "It's no surprise. She's just living out her contract, which, as everyone knows, ends next year."
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