Mad Men & Gilmore Girls Crossovers

If you're out on the road, or falling past Manhattan skyscrapers, you might be binge-watching some well-loved TV. Which actors (and director) have Mad Men and The Gilmore Girls in common?
We're all in to keep moving forward on that:

Lesli Linka-Glatter directed six episodes of Mad Men, including:

5G (Adam)
The Benefactor (Peggy and Bobbie)
A Night to Remember (Betty's dinner party)
Love Among the Ruins (Gene moves in; Patio cola)

Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (a real fan already knows)
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Honda)

and four episodes of Gilmore Girls, including the pilot episode.

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Alexis Bledel plays Beth Dawes, Pete Campbell's adulterous love interest on Mad Men, as well as Rory Gilmore.
She and Vincent Kartheiser met on the Mad Men set and later married (but have since divorced).

Danny Strong played Jane Siegel's cousin Danny ("the cure for the common breakfast") on Mad Men, and Paris's boyfriend, Doyle McMaster, on Gilmore Girls.

Madchen Amick plays Andrea, the subject of Don's fever dream in Mystery Date in the fifth season of Mad Men, as well as Sherry Tinsdale, Christopher's girlfriend, on Gilmore Girls.

Abigail Spencer plays Suzanne Farrell in Mad Men,
and one of Logan's sister's mean bridesmaids (Megan) on Gilmore Girls S6E16: Bridesmaids Revisited.

Mary Kathleen Gordon plays a nurse in the hospital where Pete visits Beth Dawes, and an unnamed woman at the inn on Gilmore Girls in S2E7: Like Mother, Like Daughter.

John Aniston emcees the Clio awards in Mad Men, and he appears as Douglas Swope on Gilmore Girls on S3E9: A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving.

Jeanne Simpson, who is Betty's neighbor on Mad Men, also plays an unnamed customer on Gilmore Girls on S6E1: New and Improved Lorelai

Ray Wise, who plays Ed Baxter in Mad Men (Ken's father in law and the CEO of Dow Chemical) also plays Jack Smith, friend of Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

Hayley McFarland plays Bonnie, who talks to Don backstage before the Rolling Stones arrive in Mad Men, as well as Marcia (who attends April's birthday party) on Gilmore Girls.

Patricia Bethune, who plays Sally's therapist Dr. Edna in Mad Men, also plays Terry in Gilmore Girls in S3E19: Keg! Max!

Audrey Wasilewski, who plays Peggy's sister Anita in Mad Men, plays Sandra in Gilmore Girls in S5E18: To Live and Let Diorama.

Nora Zehetner, plays Don's neighbor Phoebe in Mad Men, and an unnamed girl in Gilmore Girls in S1E6: Rory's Birthday Parties.

Jon Hamm, Don Draper in Mad Men, is also Peyton Sanders, a brief romantic interest for Lorelai Gilmore in S3E5: Eight O'Clock at the Oasis.

Update: it turns out there are even more that we missed!
Ron Brownstein plays Roger's psychiatrist in S6E1: The Doorway, and appears in Gilmore Girls.
Katie Walder is Pete & Trudy's neighbor in S6E3: Collaborators, and Paris's Yale roommate Janet in Gilmore Girls.
Oliver Muirhead is a Jaguar executive in S6E3: Collaborators (not the Herb guy) and in Gilmore Girls.
Lukas Behnken becomes Kate's date Leo in her night out with Joan in S6E4: To Have and To Hold, and he is also Todd in the Double Date episode of Gilmore Girls.
We'll add more as they pop up in our re-watch!

Rob Brownstein as Roger's psychiatrist in Mad Men

Oliver Muirhead, British Jaguar executive on Mad Men S6E3

Katie Walder as Pete and Trudy's flirty neighbor on Mad Men

Katie Walder as Janet on Gilmore Girls

Toast your coffee cup - or old-fashioned - to the people who appeared in both shows. Maybe it's time for a re-watch!

See our Mad Men Episode pages for details