deidre ann hall played marlena in days of our lives.
deidre ann hall played marlena in days of our lives.
who played marlena in days of our lives?
deidre ann hall
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deidre ann hall (born october 31, 1947) is an american actress best known for her portrayal of dr. marlena evans on nbc's daytime drama "days of our lives", which she has played for over 40 years.









































hall has won many awards for her portrayal of marlena. deidre won two best actress soapy awards in 1982 and 1983. she has won three soap opera digest awards for outstanding lead actress in 1984, 1985, and 1995. 









































she has been nominated for a daytime emmy three times, but hasn't won.









































section::::early years.
deidre hall
during the mid to late 1990's laura was mostly known for her close friendship with marlena, and her dislike for marlena's rival kristen blake. during john and kristen's relationship, laura tried several times to convince john and marlena that they belonged together, despite the fact that john was in a relationship with kristen. in late 1996, peter blake is shot by jack deveraux, and jack is then arrested for peter's murder. however, laura discovers that peter is alive after seeing him in town, and laura is then kidnapped by stefano dimera. stefano then performs laser surgery on laura's brain in order to erase her short-term memory. the surgery seems to have worked, however, laura slowly begins to get her memories back and then convinces marlena that peter is in fact alive. laura then, with the help of marlena and mike, begin to try and figure out where peter is in order to exonerate jack for peter's murder. after discovering that peter is alive, laura, mike, and marlena also discover that it was stefano and kristen who kept peter's whereabouts a secret. then in 1997, marlena is kidnapped by kristen and held captive in a "secret room". laura discovers this, after overhearing kristen communicate with her via a two-way radio, and tries desperately to convince john, abe, mike, and jennifer that marlena is being held captive by kristen in the dimera mansion. after john, mike, and abe attempt numerous searches in and around the dimera house, they are convinced that laura's schizophrenia is returning. jennifer, along with her brother mike, try to convince laura to seek treatment, but laura is adamant that there's nothing wrong with her and that kristen and stefano are in fact keeping marlena captive inside the dimera mansion. soon after, kristen gets herself locked in the same "secret room" that marlena's in by susan banks, who had also discovered that kristen had kidnapped marlena. susan, who now has seeming fallen madly in love with john as well, decides not to release marlena from the secret room, but rather to keep her in there with kristen. susan then goes about pretending to be kristen in order to marry john. on the day of john and kristen's wedding, laura snaps and decides to confront and attack kristen (not knowing that it is actually susan). whilst attacking "kristen", susan's false teeth falls out and lands in vivian's martini, the truth is revealed and everyone, including laura, realize that it's susan pretending to be kristen. susan then tells john the truth about where marlena and kristen are, and john goes down to the cellar (to the secret room) and rescues both marlena and kristen. after being rescued, kristen is adamant that the wedding should continue immediately, but is stopped by marelna and laura who expose all of kristen lies in front of all of the wedding guests. in 1998, laura is accused of murdering kristen. but it was later revealed that the body was actually susan banks' sister penelope kent, and the killer was susan's husband edmund crumb. laura was then exonerated for the murder, however, her friendship with marlena is in trouble because marlena did not believe that laura was innocent. after some time, laura and marlena reconcile, and their friendship is restored.
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