Over the course of her nearly 50-year run on Days of Our Lives , Deidre Hall ‘s Marlena has seen it all, from presumed deaths to battles with the devil and unforgettable love stories.

“Being cast on Days changed my life,” Hall reflects. “I was doing episodic television, which was fine, and I enjoyed it, but it was a very unpredictable future. I went over and did The Young and the Restless (as Barbara Anderson) for a few years off and on — more off than on —and I called my agent and I said, ‘I want to do a soap. I like them. People have the same dressing room and they’re friends for years and they vacation together and they do things together.’ And he said, ‘There’s a part on Days of Our Lives. Are you sure?’ And that was that, as they say. I was thrilled. I knew I’d found a place th

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