Nurse Duckett

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Nurse Sue Ann Duckett is a character from Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22.

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She is one of the ward "brisk and serious" nurses in the Army hospital where Yossarian gets treated and is the best friend of Nurse Cramer.

At the start of the novel Nurse Duckett does not like Yossarian but later on she has a relationship with Yossarian which jeopardizes her friendship with Nurse Cramer. She breaks off her affair with Yossarian when she decides to marry a doctor, and realizes she should not jeopardize her chances by carrying on openly with Yossarian.

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Paula Prentiss portrayed Nurse Duckett in the 1970 film adaptation of the novel directed by Mike Nichols.

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