Miss Blankenship

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All about Miss Blankenship on Mad Men

Miss Blankenship Vitals

Personality type:

Feisty old woman with a smart mouth

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Very opinionated and often says offensive things without realizing it

Signature look:

Glasses and

Personal agenda:

To answer phones and bring Don more drinks

Secret(s):

He is a former fling of Bert Cooper's and was once a "hell cat"

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	See also: Randee Heller
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Miss Blankenship Persona

Strengths:	She has a lot of experience at her job
Weaknesses:	She is old, confused and mouthy
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Good guy, bad guy, its complicated?	Serves as comic relief

IDA BLANKENSHIP
Executive Secretary

STERLING COOPER
Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Inside Miss Blankenship's World

Significant Miss Blankenship Scenes

Scene: Miss Blankenship dies

Players in the scene: Peggy finds Miss Blankenship at her desk, then Pete helps load her onto a chair and roll her out of the room.

Big picture significance: The staff has to reevaluate their own mortality when this happens. Roger turns to Joan and Bert is visibly upset. Plus, Don is out another secretary

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Classic Miss Blankenship Quote:

"If I wanted to see two negroes fighting, I'd throw a dollar bill out of my window."

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MISS BLANKENSHIP'S Story

Ida Blankenship was born on the floor of a farmhouse. She eventually became a secretary and "the queen of perversions." Although she had a fling with Bert Cooper in her youth, nothing because of it.

She did remain with Sterling Cooper for many years and would eventually die in her chair at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

MISS BLANKENSHIP'S Mad Men Character Connections

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Don Draper	Roger Sterling	Pete Campbell	Mad Men Characters	Betty Draper	Joan Holloway	Peggy Olson
Paul Kinsey	Ken Cosgrove	Harry Crane	Salvatore Romano	Trudy Campbell	Bertram Cooper	Duck Phillips
Freddy Rumsen	Father Gill	Francine Hanson	Rachel Menken	Midge Daniels	Helen Bishop	Jane Siegel

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