Yes, it feels good to hear that fans miss Marlena. People are deeply attached to her. After a brief two years off the canvas, Hall reprised her role as Marlena beginning in September Marlena's return was one of the many changes brought about by the soap in order to please old viewers and as an attempt to draw in some new ones. Her return was brought about in extreme changes on the soap, with characters coming and going.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Hall dished on her return saying: "It's dramatic, romantic and involves the entire town. They brought in two new head writers who really believe in things that our core audience believes in.
They like romance. They don't like people buried alive, they don't like who's your daddy. For a couple like Marlena and John - who endured bouts of paralysis, amnesia, false deaths and mind control - that should come as a huge relief. Executive producer Ken Corday issued this statement, saying: "We are thrilled that Deidre and Drake are rejoining the show.
I know their return will excite loyal fans and intrigue new viewers. We are gearing up for some amazing cast surprises and guest stars visiting Salem in the fall, launching a grand event airing on September Deidre Hall has won many awards for her portrayal of Marlena. She has won three Soap Opera Digest Awards for outstanding lead actress in , , and She has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy in , , and respectively.
She has however, never won an Emmy. Marlena has been the subject of many high-profile storylines, including possession by the devil, a romantic relationship, and a serial killer storyline.
In , Marlena was featured in a supernatural possession storyline. Marlena is the first soap character in the history to ever be possessed by the devil. The storyline caused huge controversy, and garnered a lot of attention to the soap. The head writer at that time was James E.
Reilly, who was known for his outrageous storylines. Marlena goes to Louisiana in search of John, but is captured by a criminal mastermind, Stefano DiMera.
He forces her to call her husband, Roman Brady , and tell him that she is with John Black. This is the final end to Roman and Marlena's marriage. John and Marlena escape, but Stefano also returns to Salem. He begins giving Marlena mind-altering drugs. Marlena completely switches personalities, and it is soon revealed that she has been possessed by the devil.
John Black, who was a priest at the time, is forced to perform an emergency exorcism. In an interview, Ken Corday says he regrets doing the storyline. Days of our Lives had been losing viewers in early The show managed to lure back James E. Reilly, who had left the show in to create his own soap opera, Passions. NBC said at the time that the show, "Needed a fix, and we had the fix right here. Reilly began crafting a big story for the — season. Viewers were shocked to see long-term veteran Abe Carver James Reynolds shot at his front doorstep by a strange cloaked figure.
Next, viewers saw Jack Deveraux Matthew Ashford attacked, and killed with a brick by the same cloaked figure that killed Abe. It was official, James E.
Reilly was crafting a "whodunnit? Next, viewers saw year veteran recovering alcoholic Maggie Horton Suzanne Rogers get bludgeoned to death with a wine bottle. Viewers then saw bad girl Cassie Brady Alexis Thorpe fall out of a Halloween pinata with stab wounds. At the Horton circus, the serial killer releases a tiger named Horton , and sets him loose on Tony DiMera. Tony is dying at the hospital, and, much to the fans surprise, the killer is revealed to be Marlena.
Marlena's next victim is Doug Williams Bill Hayes who has been her friend for years. She kills him at Tom Horton 's grave after he finds out she is the killer. The most shocking murder occurs shortly after. Alice Horton Frances Reid finds a bloody note at her husband's grave with Marlena's name on it.
Marlena subsequently murders Alice by choking her with her world-renowned donuts. Marlena confesses, and is arrested by her husband, John Black. She is shot and killed on the prison rooftop. The storyline allowed Days of our Lives to reach 2 in the Nielsen chart for soaps. After dwindling ratings again, the show makes its craziest decision yet.
All the victims are brought back alive on the tropical Island of Melaswen New Salem spelled backwards. There was also another twist, the killer wasn't Marlena. Stefano DiMera 's nephew, Andre posing as Tony DiMera had kidnapped them and made Marlena think she was killing off her friends and family.
The storyline was incredibly controversial, and garnered the soap a lot of press. Drake Hogestyn was fired in as a way to shrink down the budget. Later, in an attempt to stabilize ratings, he was brought back in As a result, it provided many storyline opportunities for the couple. However, with a vastly shrinking budget things didn't pan out as planned.
To make do with the new restrictions, executive producer Ken Corday was forced to fire his two highest paid actors, Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn. Critics slammed the show for their firings, with TV Guide's Nelson Branco saying in an interview, "The show became uglier after Hall and Hogestyn left the airwaves. Many claim it was the beginning of the end for our industry. Marlena Evans on Friday, Jan. Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall, aka John and "Doc," have nearly 12, Days appearances between them over the past 32 years.
As such, they will leave behind many memories for fans of NBC's long-running and now only sudser. The iconic couple will create another magical moment when they say goodbye to Salem and loved ones following this week's hospital bedside wedding ceremony.
John begins seeing Dr. Charlotte Taylor to regain his memories. Charlotte is the daughter of Marlena's mentor, and Marlena watches as she and John grow close, but it doesn't take long for Marlena to see that something was off about Charlotte. John's recently returned son Brady Black helps Marlena discover that John is remembering, but Charlotte is actually keeping him from doing so entirely. Charlotte comes to Marlena's apartment and tries to kill her, and explains that she is jealous of her because of how her father seemed to favor Marlena over Charlotte.
However, John bursts in at the last minute after he himself discovers what Charlotte is trying to pull , and she ends up stabbing him with a syringe. Charlotte is arrested while John is rushed to the hospital, and it turns out he is paralyzed. Kayla Brady tells Marlena that they can't treat him in Salem, and when John wakes up, he gets his memory back completely.
John and Marlena reunite, get remarried, and then head off to Switzerland to treat John's paralysis on January 23, This puts her in close contact with the soap's core family, the Hortons.
In , a prominent storyline quickly started involving Marlena's jealous twin sister, Samantha, played by Hall's real life twin, Andrea Hall. Samantha comes to Salem as an out of work actress with a serious drug problem. Samantha impersonates Marlena and has her institutionalized.
Marlena makes a quick attempt to escape and contact Don, but Samantha catches on. Samantha impersonating Marlena orders shock treatments on her sister to keep her under control. Don, noticing an extreme personality difference in Marlena, starts suspecting that something is up.
With the help of Laura Horton he releases Marlena, and has Samantha arrested. He proposes to Marlena, and the two are married later that year. During this time, Marlena flies to Samantha's prison to make peace with her.
The two share a heartfelt reconciliation. Marlena gives birth to a premature son they called DJ. He died of SIDS, which caused a rift between the couple. Don had an affair and the couple divorced soon after. In , Marlena begins spending a lot of time with Kellam Chandler.
After Marlena refuses Kellam's advances toward her, he rapes her. Kellam is killed by his son Todd hours later and at the trial that followed, Marlena testifies that Kellam had raped her that night, helping Todd's case. Following this, Marlena received some hasty rape counseling.
Later that year, Marlena is given her own radio show. Marlena begins to receive threatening phone calls and letters to her and her radio show. While being stalked by the Salem Strangler, Marlena meets Detective Roman Brady , who becomes her bodyguard and then her beau. The Salem Strangler breaks into Marlena's apartment and kills her twin sister Samantha, mistaking her for Marlena. After Marlena mourns the loss of her sister, she resumes her relationship with Roman and the two become engaged.
Tragically, D. Don drifted into an affair with Liz Chandler Gloria Loring to deal with his grief. He and Marlena split. Next, Marlena met Det. Roman Brady Wayne Northrop; Josh Taylor , who camped out on her living room floor with a sleeping bag as he was assigned to protect her from a stalker. Roman was believed to have died while fighting Stefano Joseph Mascolo on his island. Later, Marlena shot Stefano on a catwalk during an ice show after he threatened to kidnap both her and her twins.
The Phoenix, of course, rose from the ashes. She left Days of Our Lives after her primetime and daytime schedule became too hard to balance. In after the primetime series ended , Hall began to miss daytime's creative outlet. She made an ultimate return to the show that same year.
In , after struggling in the ratings for years, Days of Our Lives received a two-year pickup. To make do with the new restrictions, executive producer Ken Corday was forced to fire Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn. Marlena's on screen love interest, Drake Hogestyn, had been fired in early as a way to clear money in the budget.
However, he was brought back in for storyline purposes and to please fans. The couple were quickly reunited after Drake returned; and then they traveled to Switzerland to treat John's physical disability. Fans were furious with the way the writers wrote John and Marlena out. In an interview with Nelson Branco, Deidre said, "Yes. There was enormous upheaval. I wasn't following a lot of the brouhaha but I was told fans and critics were upset.
But it is what it is. Yes, it feels good to hear that fans miss Marlena. People are deeply attached to her. After a brief two years off the canvas, Hall reprised her role as Marlena beginning in September Marlena's return was one of the many changes brought about by the soap in order to please old viewers and as an attempt to draw in some new ones. Her return was brought about in extreme changes on the soap, with characters coming and going.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hall dished on her return saying: "It's dramatic, romantic and involves the entire town. They brought in two new head writers who really believe in things that our core audience believes in.
They like romance. They don't like people buried alive, they don't like who's your daddy. For a couple like Marlena and John - who endured bouts of paralysis, amnesia, false deaths and mind control - that should come as a huge relief. Executive producer Ken Corday issued this statement, saying: "We are thrilled that Deidre and Drake are rejoining the show.
I know their return will excite loyal fans and intrigue new viewers. We are gearing up for some amazing cast surprises and guest stars visiting Salem in the fall, launching a grand event airing on September This puts her in close contact with the soap's core family, the Hortons. In , a prominent storyline quickly started involving Marlena's jealous twin sister, Samantha played by Hall's real life twin, Andrea Hall.
Samantha impersonates Marlena, and has her institutionalized. Marlena makes a quick attempt to escape and contact Don, but Samantha catches on. Don, noticing an extreme personality difference in Marlena, starts suspecting that something is up. With the help of Laura Horton, he releases Marlena, and has Samantha arrested. He proposes to Marlena, and the two are married later that year.
During this time, Marlena and Samantha make peace, and share a heartfelt reconciliation. She gives birth to a premature son, and she and Don name the child DJ. The baby dies of SIDS, which causes a rift between the couple. Don has an affair and the couple divorce soon after.
In , Marlena begins spending a lot of time with Kellam Chandler. After Marlena refuses Kellam's advances toward her, he rapes her. Kellam is killed by his son Todd hours later and at the trial that followed, Marlena testifies that Kellam had raped her that night, helping Todd's case.
Later that year, Marlena is given her own radio show. Marlena begins to receive threatening phone calls and letters to her and her radio show. While being stalked by the Salem Strangler, Marlena meets Detective Roman Brady, who becomes her bodyguard and then her beau. The Salem Strangler kills Samantha when he mistakes her for Marlena. Soon afterward, the Salem Strangler attacks Marlena, but is killed by Roman. Marlena and Roman eventually become engaged, but Roman's estranged wife Anna soon arrives in Salem with their young daughter, Carrie.
Anna causes trouble for Roman, but eventually grants him a divorce. Roman receives custody of Carrie, and he and Marlena are married in February The following year, shortly after she gave birth to twins Sami and Eric Brady, Roman is shot by Stefano DiMera, and is presumed dead by everyone. Marlena, who once thought that she had fatally shot Stefano, is kidnapped several times over the years. In reality, Marlena had survived the plane crash, and was in a coma.
Sometime during this period, Stefano gets possession of Marlena, and hides her on an island. In the summer of , she finally awakes from the coma, and makes her way back to Salem.
She and Roman are reunited until another man with Roman's original face returns to Salem. The man everyone believed was Roman, from to , is in fact a brainwashed victim of Stefano. The real Roman has been held captive, but he makes his way back to Salem and Marlena.
She is conflicted about her feelings for Roman and his substitute, who goes back to using his self-given name, John Black. Marlena and Roman reunited. In , a jealous, crazed Stella Lombard, is convinced that Marlena wants to steal her husband, Roger, and holds Marlena captive in an abandoned warehouse.
John saves Marlena before the warehouse is demolished, bringing the two closer and finding it hard to deny their attraction. They eventually start having an affair, which leads to the birth of their daughter, Belle.
When Belle's paternity becomes known, Roman divorces Marlena and leaves town. By then, however, John is involved with Kristen DiMera. Kristen resorts to desperate measures to keep John and Marlena apart, but her schemes are eventually exposed.
John and Marlena reunite, and leave town together, but Stefano follows them and builds an armoire that gives him access to her room while she sleeps. Unbeknownst to Marlena, Stefano starts drugging her with powerful drugs that cause her mind to snap, and makes her susceptible to Stefano's advances. Marlena starts wearing a hoodie and goes around vandalizing the church. She inexplicably starts feeling weak and rests.
While resting, her bed starts shaking and she levitates off of it. When Marlena awakens, she feels really cold and hears strange noises. When she goes back to bed, her bed shakes again, and she levitates off the bed again. When Marlena awakens again, she wonders around and is blocked by a dresser that moved by itself as she screams in terror. Marlena passed out on the bed, and becomes pale and is rushed to the hospital where Mike Horton looks at her. She says someone is in her apartment, but becomes frightened when John asks who was in her apartment.
Marlena struggles to say who was in her apartment, and then starts freaking out and screams he's here and begs John and Mike not to let him get her. She eventually passes out, and then requests to go home when she wakes up. John takes Marlena home and after she leaves, the devil speaks through her, proclaiming that John won't win.
When John comes back, the devil makes Marlena grab a pair of scissors intending to have her stab John with them, but John sees her with them and the devil lets Marlena return to herself and go back to bed before resuming control.
One of the first major things the devil did whole possessing Marlena was drop a chandelier during Bo and Billie's wedding. He then had Marlena chloroform Kristen, strip her naked, paint pentagrams all over body, and cuff her to an altar.
The devil was targeting John since he was a priest and even disguised Marlena as Kristen wearing sexy lingerie in an effort to seduce him. John tried to resist, but he almost broke his vows until Tony intervened. During one of Stefano's nightly visits, he went to kiss Marlena inly for the devil to open her eyed, and start strangling Stefano. Stefano was only saved by his henchwoman Celeste Perrault inadvertently invoking God, which caused Marlena to pass out, on the night John was at St.
Luke's church, the devil stopped Stefano from entering Marlena's room and went to the church where it blocked the doors and then set the church on fire with John, Tony, and Kristen trapped inside. The devil could sense Tony's jealousy towards John in regards to Kristen and tried to tempt Tony to shoot John. Tony tried to resist the devil's manipulations, but almost succumb and shot John. Celeste saw Tony, and stopped him from shooting John. Marlena sought solace in a church where the devil couldn't possess her, but she was lured out by a vision if Sami being attacked by the ghost of Curtis.
Curtis had been summoned by the devil from Hell to aid him in dragging Marlena's soul to hell. Now that Marlena was out of the church, the devil was easily able to take control of her again. As the devil continued his reign of terror, he was eventually exposed and an exorcism was performed to get him out of Marlena's body.
The devil manipulated Stefano into letting Marlena go by pretending the exorcism worked before morphing into a humanoid creature and terrifying Stefano.
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