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Draper Family
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MEGAN CALVET
PEGGY OLSEN
Dons naive secretary made herself his con dante and second-in-command. Also had (and gave away) Petes illegitimate child. Has been known to smoke marijuana, attend warehouse parties and date a right-on beatnik.
JANE SIEGEL
One of Dons many former secretaries. Left Sterling Cooper after an a air with Roger Sterling led to him leaving his wife and marrying her instead.
BERT COOPER
The Rothko-buying co-founder of Sterling Cooper is an avuncular, but stern gure at SCDP. Quit his day-to-day role after Don criticised tobacco rms in a New York Times piece.
Megan joins SCDPas the latest in a long line of Dons secretaries. Draper surprisingly proposed to her in the last episode of season four, after accompanying Don and his children on a trip to California.
(formerly Draper) Dons ex-wife went from university and modeling in Rome to raising children in the suburbs. Her unhappiness with her lot and Dons in delities nally peaked after a series of panic attacks when she found out her husband was an imposter. Left Don in season three.
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BETTY FRANCIS
HENRY FRANCIS
Bettys second husband is a political operative who works for NY Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Married Betty after she obtained a quickie divorce from Don in Reno.
BOBBY DRAPER
Betty and Dons middle son.
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Baby Gene - named for Bettys late father - was born just as Betty and Dons marriage began to crumble.
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DR GREG HARRIS
At the end of season four, Joans husband a failing surgeon who once raped her was serving with the US Army in Vietnam.
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(Deceased) The wife of the real Don Draper ie, the man who our Don stole the identity of in the Korean War. Came to enjoy a platonic relationship with the new Don after tracking him down. Died in season four from cancer.
EX-LOVERS
ANNA DRAPER
SALLY DRAPER
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Ambitious account executive Pete was a villain but, despite his aws, has slowly proved his decency, and his value to the rm. Married to the pregnant Trudy, he once told Peggy he loved her, before nding out shed given up their child.
SCDPs o ce manager. Joan left Sterling Cooper to become a housewife but returned when the new rm opened. Rekindled an a air with Roger in her husbands absence, and was last seen pregnant with his child.
The Drapers eldest child. Has a di cult relationship with Betty and was sent to a therapist after being caugt masturbating at a sleepover. A burgeoning relationship with neighbour Glenn Bishop was curtailed in season four after Betty decided to move the family to another town. Beatles fan.
Sallys teacher, and vague embodiment of early-Sixties idealism. A tender romance with Don was curtailed when Betty found out about his mysterious past. Her character was partly inspired by the Leonard Cohen song Suzanne.
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The debonair Sterling inherited his stake in Sterling Cooper from his father. His main role tends to be schmoozing colleagues. And drinking. And having a airs. A couple of heart attacks havent put paid to either habit.
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ROGER STERLING
Department store owner who, after enlisting Sterling Cooper to promote her company, had a brief ing with Don in season one.
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East Village creative and illustrator Midge introduced Don to the world of folk clubs and beatniks in season one. Reappeared in season four with a heroin habit.
Glamorous wife/manager of comedian Jimmy Barrett, who embarked on a disastrous a air with Don after Sterling Cooper hire Jimmy to promote Utz potato chips.
BOBBIE BARRETT
KEN COSGROVE
Smooth account executive and perpetual rival of Pete Campbell. A career highlight was getting a short story published in The Atlantic.
HARRY CRANE
SCDPs Head of Media. Formerly a slightly hapless o ce gure of fun, now leading the companys push into the big TV markets in California.
Appointed by Sterling Coopers English owners to straiten the rms budgets. Lane quickly went native in season three and helped Bert, Roger and Don engineer their departure and launch a new agency.
DR FAYE MILLER
Psychologist Miller worked at SCDP as a consultant to help the rm with Hidden Persuaders-style sales techniques. Widely expected to be The One for Don but dumped when he proposed to Megan.
Closeted former art director of Sterling Cooper who was harshly, and unfairly, red by Don after rejecting the advances of Lee Garner Jr (the man behind the lucrative Lucky Strike account).
SAL ROMANO
A young copy/design team who made their debut in season two. The two are notably more enlightened than the rest of the Sterling Cooper crew - much to Peggys disappointment she thought the openly-gay Kurts o er to take her to see Bob Dylan is for a date.