Sister George is a beloved character in the popular radio series Applehurst, a district nurse who ministers to the medical needs and personal problems of the local villagers.
She is often called George in real life, and lives with Alice "Childie" McNaught, a younger dimwitted woman she often verbally and sometimes physically abuses.
It may also have been inspired by the sacking of actress Ellis Powell from Mrs Dale's Diary, and has sometimes been compared with What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?.
[1][2] The death of Martha Longhurst (played by actress Lynne Carol) in the British television serial Coronation Street in 1964 may also have been an inspiration.
On 5 October 1966, the show opened at the Belasco Theatre in New York City, with the original cast of Reid, Atkins and Bowers.