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 Surgeon Dr. Thatcher must donate her blood to Archie before his gall bladder operation in the episode "Archie's Operation". | ||||
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| Nationality | West Indian | |||
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Surgeon/Physician | |||
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Assisting surgeon who ends up giving reluctant Archie a much needed blood transfusion | |||
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| Appeared on: | All in the Family | |||
| Character played by: | Vinnette Carroll | |||
Dr. Wynell Thatcher is the surgeon who assisted Dr. Seymour Shapiro, the Bunker family physician, in performing a gall bladder operation on Archie in the Season 7 episodes "Archie's Operation (Part 1)" and "Archie's Operation (Part 2)" in season 7 of All in the Family. The part of Dr. Thatcher was played by late veteran stage/film actress Vinnette Carroll.
About Dr. Thatcher[]
During the "Archie's Operation" episode, Archie must receive a precautionary reserve of donated blood before his gall bladder surgery. As it turns out, Dr. Thatcher, a woman of West Indian descent, is the only available donor with the matching rare blood type (AB-). Archie, predictably, is initially uncomfortable with the prospect of receiving blood from a black woman.