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Never heard that story before. From the tape date of 1/19/79 they were only in the same episodes 3 times, taping on 2/15/79, 2/22/79 and 4/25/79. This news was reported in a newspaper on 4/5/79 (the day the 4/17/79 episode was taped). Kaye was only in 3 episodes total in April/May/June (taping 4/11/79, 4/25/79 and her final episode 5/29/79).

And I had a feeling before checking earlier that none of the options would be pre-1984. I already have seen all of 1984-present. I need to see 1965-1983!!! No music rights to worry about from 1965-1969 at least, so post those please!

Was that the entire, on-contract cast at DAYS during that time? (I must have fouled up and didn't quote correctly, sorry!) The 9 of them, yes. It was still only 12 contract (Tom, Alice, Mickey, Bill, Laura, Julie, Doug, Greg, Bob, Maggie, Phyllis and Mike) in March 1975 until the show expanded to 60 minutes in April 1975. Then they put Amanda, Neil, Robert, Linda, Don, David and Rebecca on contract throughout the rest of 1975. They were at 19 contract in December 1975. This page on my site has all the info on the contract cast through the years, including monthly contract cast lists for every month since 1982, so enjoy! https://www.jason47.com/days/contractstatsarchive.html

JACOB MARTINEZ UPDATE... I've seen conflicting reports on the new Javi's age. From my research, he was born 11/18/97, so he's 28.

FROM THE VAULT: 55 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: WEEKLY TAPING SCHEDULE: FROM THE VAULT: 55 YEARS AGO: CONTRACT CAST STATUS UPDATE: Contract cast guarantees for the first 3 weeks of cycle 24:

Here's the in-progress June 2026 cast chart if you have any interest!

His last two episodes were June 3 and June 9.

Thanks for doing the detective work! Guests for # 4685 are Stanley Brock, DeAnna Robbins, Shirley DeBurgh. Unknown actor is Dixie the Prostitute. Dan Woren as Organ Grinder U/5.

I've never used AI for anything, and never plan to, but checking the records as I've done as a human since my first computer in 1995, I found these items just now: 4/13/15 transcript: Paul (speaking to Tori): I know you were working here in Salem nine months before I was born. You must have met my father here. Is john Black my father? John first learned he had been (and still was) a priest in September 1994. Kristen broke things off with him, and he met with Tony and Kristen as Father John in February 1995. So I always took the Tori meeting to have taken place sometime in late 1994/early 1995, which would mean based on what Paul said to Tori in 2015, that he was born around the end of 1995, two years after Belle (October 1993). Those are going by what actually happened on the show in real time. Of course, with SORAS anything can change. Paul was already a famous MLB pitcher when he arrived in Salem in 2014, so if you give him around 3-4 years in the minors, and if he was drafted directly out of high school/not college, plus 2-3 years in the majors by 2014, then that backdates his birth to around 1990. And with Claire graduating from high school in 2016, that means Belle gave birth to her in 1998, pushing her birth to at least back to 1982. Of course Marlena today said she just arrived in Salem in 1976, and with Belle being born now in 1982 at the latest, that means she would have to have had DJ with Don and Sami/Eric with Roman all between 1976-1981! And then Belle with John in 1982. That's why SORAS never works when you use actual dates (like Marlena in Salem for 50 years)!!

Marlena meets Maggie, Mike and Alice...# 2671, June 25, 1976...

Tracey Bregman was only 14 to 16 when she was on the show, so when reading over her storylines, it's surprising to see the storylines they had her do, sleeping with Pete, having a miscarriage, pretending to sleep with Don and being put in the porn movie.

Here are the 1993 episodes that Kristen and Lexie were both in, so these would be the first opportunities for them to have been in a scene together: 5/17 6/16 7/16 7/20 7/23 8/4 8/5 8/23 8/31 9/21 9/23 9/27 10/11 10/19 10/21 10/28 11/2 11/12 11/13 11/17 11/23 12/7 12/8 12/9 12/24

This is what I found in my archive, but looks like it is from 2009-ish as well! CYDNEY KELLEY Cydney Lee Kelley started out acting as an extra in shows such as "Family Matters", "Party of Five", and "7th Heaven." She then became an intern at "Party of Five", and in 1998, started interning at "Days of Our Lives." Kelley worked her way up to a writers' assistant before becoming a full time writer in 2007. Kelley was born on March 11, 1974 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Tenure: March 22, 2007-January 16, 2008; April 23, 2008-Present. UPDATE: I found the newer one from 2017 from Internet Archive: 2017 Bio: Cydney Kelley has returned to the "Days" writing staff as a script writer. Kelley started out as an actress, appearing as an extra in shows such as "Family Matters", "Party of Five", and "7th Heaven." She then became an intern at "Party of Five." Kelley began her "Days" career as a writers' assistant from October 1998-April 2002. She was also a script writer from April 2001-September 2003. Kelley returned to "Days" as a writers' assistant in July 2006 and again worked as a script writer from March 2007-August 2009. In recent years, Kelley worked as a writers' assistant on "The Game" (2011-2015), "Being Mary Jane" (2014) and "Zoe Ever After" (2016). Cydney Lee Kelley was born on March 11, 1974 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Tenure: October 1998-September 4, 2003; July 24, 2006-August 26, 2009; December 28, 2016-Present.

Marlena meets Don's daughter, Donna Temple, # 3147...April 28, 1978

Marlena's Mother Martha Debuts, Episode # 3024, November 7, 1977

Neil has upsetting news for Marlena about Samantha, # 2958, August 5, 1977 ]

Marlena's Twin Sister Samantha Debuts, Episode # 2943, July 15, 1977...

First "Days" Ratings Demos with Deidre Hall as part of cast (Weeks of 6/28/76 and 7/5/76. Note: Her debut week of 6/21/76 was a dark week and not rated). Rating: 7.2 Share: 27 Avg. Audience: 501 Total Persons:1347 Lady of House: 758 Working Woman: 139 Women Total: 878 18-34: 315 18-49: 473 25-54: 395 55-64: 140 55+: 370 Men Total: 203 18-34: 43 18-49: 67 25-54: 50 55-64: 77 55+: 129 Teens (12-17) Total: 176 Females: 142 Males: 34 Kids (2-11) Total: 90 2-5: 38 6-11: 52

50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: DEIDRE HALL'S DEBUT AS MARLENA... Click here for the entire 61-page script of Marlena's debut, June 21, 1976! https://www.jason47.com/days/deidrehall50th.html

Orlando Sentinel, April 20, 1955...Deidre Hall and Andrea Hall in The Cherub Choir of The First Baptist Church

I thought it was cool how Mickey immediately mentions the queen on the chess board and Marlena mentions the knight, decades before Marlena would become Stefano's queen of the night.

IN HONOR OF DEIDRE HALL'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEBUT AS MARLENA, THE COMPLETE PAGES FROM HER FIRST SCRIPT WILL BE POSTED FOR THE FIRST TIME! Over 20 years ago, Jason47 posted a typed-up version of Marlena's debut script, # 2667, from June 21, 1976. This week, the actual 61-page script pages will be posted to celebrate Deidre Hall's debut as Marlena from 50 years ago! These pages include additional information such as last-minute script changes, all of the background music cues, and the timings of the scenes from the assistant director. Here's a look at her first scene. The rest of the script will be posted soon!

Just heard back from the publicist and she confirmed this is Sony's project, so she has no info about it. That makes sense why Brent didn't know about it either.

That's funny, I must have jumbled up what you said about her. I was thinking you said it was an older lady with white hair, but you said it was an older white lady. My mistake!! At least the mystery is solved.

In the last day, now they just skipped over a ton of episodes: They posted 8280, 8286 and 8293, skipping everything else from 8276 to 8292.