Deidre Hall
Deidre Hall
Deidre Ann Hall /diːdrə hɔːl/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 40 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoap Opera Actress
Date of Birth31 October 1947
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
secret everyday survival
I've learned survival secrets from being on camera, and then translated them into everyday life.
child class parenting process quite research swimming taken women
I'm doing a lot of child research now because of my son. I've taken him to swimming class, and I go to Mommies and Me, and... I get all the parenting magazines. I think with women who are doing it all for the first time, and are not quite my age, there's this process of discovery.
dealing dungeon emotions four hard imagination lines literal playing time unlikely
I'm used to playing literal story lines and dealing with people's emotions. I had a story where I was put in a dungeon for four weeks. That to me is such an unlikely scenario, I had a very hard time making my imagination go there. I find myself not actually playing it. I will show up for it.
stock trade
They are our stock and trade and it has been our collateral.
home last
Now she is home and pregnant. That is just the last year.
days follow sam
I'll follow Sam Haskell anywhere. ... Days of Our Lives.
television nine facts
The fact is that daytime television is less valued than nighttime, and its partly because of the product that we produce. We do a one-hour show in 12 hours. Nighttime produces a one-hour show in seven to nine days.
strong belief ability
I have such a strong belief in women's ability to sustain each other.
people may flow
I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult.
years eyebrows government
Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years.
people serious intense
I guess I strike people as very serious, or very intense.
children thinking world
I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated.
gave-up knows
There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart.
book years cameras
I have a book! It's called 'How Does She Do It?' and it's 35 years on camera.