Deidre Hall Is Days of Our Lives Soap Star

Meet Deidre Hall, who has played “Marlena” on the NBC soap, Days of Our Lives, for almost 30 years.Days of Our Lives soap star Deidre Hall has been fired! She and her on screen husband, Drake Hogestyn, were cut from the show, in an effort to trim the budget. NBC released the following statement:

“Days of Our Lives’ has decided to rest the characters of John Black and Dr. Marlena Evans. After a year of separation, John and Marlena will finally reunite before exiting the canvas in early 2009.”Deidre Hall was born on October 31, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She grew up in Lake Worth, Florida and attended Lake Worth High School, where she graduated in 1965. While in Florida, she was the Junior Orange Bowl Queen at 12 years of age. Deidre has a twin sister, Andrea.

She played Nurse Sally Lewis in Emergency! (1972-1973) and appeared on The Young and the Restless as Barbara Anderson in 1973. In 1976, she was cast as Electra Woman on the “Electra Woman and DynaGirl” children’s show, which aired on Saturday mornings (one of my faves!).

In 1976 she began her stint as Dr. Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives. She left the role in 1987 to focus on the NBC primetime drama, Our House, which aired until 1988. She came back to DOOL in 1991. She is the only actress to play the role of Marlena. Her run as Dr. Evans has come to an end. She and Drake Hogestyn (her on screen husband) were fired from the show. Their last air date is some time in early 2009.

Hall has two children, David Sohmer was born on August 23, 1992 and Tully Sohmer was born on January 19, 1995. She has been married three times - Keith Barbour (1972-1977), Michael Dubelko (1987-1989) and Steve Sohmer (1991-2006).