taken away after a nasty divorce and hid from Ann Gloria (Diane Lewis, May 1976 until end of decade), Dr. Ed Bauer's secretary Malcolm Granger (Edward "Ed" Seamon, September 1976 to March 1978), character murdered in November 1976; shown subsequently in flashbacks through March 1978. Georgene Belmont Granger (Delphi Harrington, November 1976 to March 1978), Malcolm's wife who murdered him and his father Cyrus, went to prison Raymond Shafer (Keith Aldrich, November 1976 to March 1978), the Granger family attorney who prosecuted Rita Stapleton for the murders of Cyrus and Malcolm, also let Mike Bauer know that Rita had inherited Cyrus' money and also helped Mike and the police be aware that Georgene was indeed stalking Rita, written out Eric Van Gelder (Larry Gates, January 1977 to June 1977; April to May 1978), District Attorney during Rita Stapleton's murder trial, and during Bill Bauer's trial for murdering Victor Kincaid, written out Cyrus Granger, October 1977 to March, 1978, Granger family patriarch for whom Rita had worked as a private duty nurse, prior to her arrival in Springfield, murdered off-screen in late 1974–early 1975; character shown only in flashbacks. Brandy Shelloe (Sandy Faison, 1977, JoBeth Williams, 1977 to December 1978), a former 1960s lover of Dr. Justin Marler that caused the original split between Justin and Jackie and forced Jackie to give up Phillip to Alan and Elizabeth Spaulding, she was originally introduced as an author of spicy novels and then became when JoBeth Williams took over the role a journalist trying to get a juicy scoop on Alan Spaulding, had many verbal fights with Jackie, Dr. Sara McIntyre and Diane Ballard, had romances with Justin, Alan and Dr. Peter Chapman and there was some implication as she was leaving in the fall of 1978 that she might be pregnant with Justin's child, written out Dr. Peter Chapman (Curt Dawson, May 1977 until end of decade), pediatrician at Cedars, dated Rita Stapleton and Brandy Shelloe, a lover of Maya Waterman and then Holly Norris Bauer Thorpe and was engaged to Maya and then to Holly Kathryn "Katie" Parker (Denise Pence, June 1977 until end of decade), sarcastic, good natured nurse at Cedars, hired to fill vacancy after Peggy's departure. Best friend and roommate of Hillary Bauer, and sporadic love interest to Dr. Mark Hamilton. Dr. Paul La Crosse (Jacques Roux, Fall 1977 until end of decade) Simone Kincaid (Laryssa Lauret, September