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Deidre HallON SOAP OPERA DIGEST AND WEEKLY ONLINE Bio
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Deidre Hall (Marlena, DAYS)
One of daytime's most beloved stars, DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans Black) came to Salem in 1976, after gigs on EMERGENCY as Nurse Sally Lewis and on daytime as THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS's Barbara Anderson. Hall played Marlena until 1987 and then made a dramatic return to the show (and from the dead) in 1991.
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Salem Holiday Cheers and Jeers
The holiday season conjures up images of big turkey dinners, seasonal decorations and heartwarming drama on daytime. But what really goes on behind the scenes? Which annual traditions do the actors look forward to most? Soap Opera Weekly asked some DAYS OF OUR LIVES stars to share some of their favorite on-screen memories.
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Interviews With Deidre
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Hall Spins the Wheel
DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Deidre Hall (Marlena) will take a spin with the WHEEL OF FORTUNE March 3 and donate her winnings to a cause near and dear to her and co-star Wayne Northrop's (Alex) heart: Mariposa Middle School in Mariposa, Calif.
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DAYS Four Play
The DAYS quartet on the cover of our 3/29 issue had more to say than we could fit in a mere three pages. Here, Drake Hogestyn (John), Deidre Hall (Marlena), Lauren Koslow (Kate) and Josh Taylor
(Roman) share their thoughts on the cross-coupling.
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Deidre Hall's Five Greatest DAYS
On screen she's prim, proper Dr. Marlena Evans — but in real life, you'd be surprised by some of her shenanigans. Here, Deidre Hall reveals her most outrageous behind-the-scenes antics from her 25 years of DAYS.
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What's up, Doc?
DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall reveal what keeps John and Marlena going after all these years.
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Alison Sweeney's Five Greatest DAYS
It was 1992 when a 16-year-old Alison Sweeney made her daytime debut as DAYS OF OUR LIVES' troubled teenager Sami Brady. Through Sami's highs and myriad of lows, Sweeney has enjoyed bringing the multifaceted character to life. Read on as Sweeney recounts her top five memories of life in Salem.
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Q&A With Nadia Bjorlin
Two years after sailing off into the sunset with new hubby Brady, Chloe Lane Black has returned to the Salem fold older, wiser — and shockingly — divorced. Nadia Bjorlin is back to tackle the popular DAYS OF OUR LIVES role and looking forward to the next chapter in Chloe's life.
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Drake Hogestyn - Can I?
In this Weekly archival feature, Drake Hogestyn (John, DAYS) talks about taking on his biggest DAYS challenge yet.
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Frances Reid: The First 90 Years
On Dec. 7, the cast of DAYS OF OUR LIVES joined in a celebration of a monumental occasion — Frances Reid's (Alice) 90th birthday.
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A Q&A with Renee Jones
She's played it good and she's played it bad during her tenure on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and Renee Jones is here to tell you that nothing compares to portraying a sassy villainess. "I loved it!" smiles Jones, who celebrated her 10th anniversary as Lexie Carver, this year.
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A Q&A with DAYS' Heather Lauren Olson
She's back, she's bad, and Heather Lauren Olson wouldn't want it any other way.
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Deidre Hall Cover Slideshow
As DAYS's Marlena (Deidre Hall) tries to help John (Drake Hogestyn) remember their past together, we here at Weekly have dug up these Deidre Hall covers to help jog our memory about why we love this couple!
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The Ultimate Marlena Quiz
Deidre Hall debuted in the role of blonde, beautiful Dr. Marlena Evans in 1976 and is now daytime's most famous psychiatrist. Think you know everything there is to know about the good "Doc?" Test your knowledge with this ultimate Marlena quiz.
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Murder List
DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Marlena cut a wide path through Salem, offing almost half of the city's residents. Or so the DAYS characters (and viewers) believed. Now that her victims seem to be alive and well, here's a look back at the sequence of "murders" that led to this shocking twist.
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DAYS: Traditions, Traditions
Forget about sipping egg nog and singing Christmas carols by a roaring fire. These DAYS OF OUR LIVES stars have moree unusual traditions. Learn who has a pool party, who eats crabs, and who decorates the Christmas tree with fish!
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DAYS - Who Said That?
Actors often say the darndest things during interviews. Soap Opera Weekly has compiled some of the most intriguing, telling and outrageous quotes from the cast of DAYS OF OUR LIVES. See if you can guess which Salemite, past or present, said it....
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Salem Girl Power
DAYS OF OUR LIVES' female contingent juggle high-powered careers, motherhood and men without missing a beat, let alone sacrificing beauty or style. Which Salem woman are you most like? This quiz will help you decide.
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2005 Daytime Emmy Presenters
Daytime television icons Eric Braeden, Deidre Hall and Susan Lucci will open the 32nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on May 20
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10,000 Days of our Lives
Cast members assembled in the lobby of the DAYS OF OUR LIVES Burbank studios on Feb. 1 to celebrate a television milestone: the taping of the show's 10,000th episode.
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Prison Record
Who's in need of a personal body guard? Here are some of daytime's "expert" hostages
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Supercouples: A Relic From the '80s or Still Alive and Kissing?
Romeo and Juliet. Scarlett and Rhett. Ricky and Lucy. Supercouples, obviously, did not originate on daytime, but they certainly have become the essence of the medium.
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Catching up With...Y&R's Tom Hallick
Original THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS cast member Tom Hallick (Brad Eliot) looks back on his time in Genoa City and catches up fans on what he's been doing since his 1978 departure.
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Digest Takes You Behind The Scenes At Fan Festival 2004
The casts of DAYS OF OUR LIVES and PASSIONS enjoyed two days of fun at the NBC Daytime/Telemundo Fan Festival at Universal Studios CityWalk in front of an estimated crowd of 22,000 admirers.
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Days of Marlena
In the past year, DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Marlena Evans has lost her loved ones, confessed to being a serial killer, died in a prison break and been held captive on a tropical island. And this is just the tip of her storyline iceberg.
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DAYS Wedding Album
If there's one thing Salemites do well, it is weddings. You are cordially invited to some of DAYS OF OUR LIVES's most memorable nuptials.
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1984, 1985, 1995 Soap Opera Digest Award
Outstanding Lead Actress: Deidre Hall (Marlena, DAYS) 1986 Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Contribution by an Actress/Actor to the Form of Continuing Drama Currently on a Daytime Serial: Deidre Hall (Marlena, DAYS) 2005 Soap Opera Digest Award Favorite Couple: John and Marlena (Drake Hogestyn and Diedre Hall, DAYS) |
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