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Back to EpisodesSoap Royalty: Days of Our Lives Legend Deidre Hall Comes Clean
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She’s been possessed, kidnapped, cloned, and married more times than we can count, and we’ve loved her for every second of it. On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam Montiel sits down with the incomparable Deidre Hall, the woman behind one of television’s most iconic characters: Dr. Marlena Evans of Days of Our Lives.
As Days celebrates its upcoming induction into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, Deidre reflects on her nearly 50-year journey on the show, how it shaped her, and how she’s shaped it in return. We talk legacy, vulnerability, real-life motherhood through surrogacy, and the emotional moment that made even her stop in her tracks. This isn’t just a conversation. It’s a love letter to daytime, to presence, and to a woman who helped redefine what it means to be a TV legend.
Support Deidre’s causes:
All proceeds from her Days of Our Lives merchandise benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
You can also shop her hand-painted greeting cards, with proceeds going to Wounded Warriors, on the same site.
Follow Deidre Hall on Instagram
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