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Brent would be Doug Williams.In prison with Bill,he was known as Brent Douglas.

Eric Richards was a prison doctor played by John Aniston.

Kay Peters played Sarah Fredericks.Not sure who she was,maybe prison psychiatrist?

Here's the debut script of Bill Hayes, which includes Sarah, so you can read up on "Brent" and Sarah on this page: http://www.jason47.com/days/billhayesscript2.html

Thanks for posting the article!

I posted about her scene when she passed away in 2009. She was in the September 18, 1970 episode (episode # 1230):

"One of Farrah Fawcett's earliest acting roles was on "Days of Our Lives." On the September 18, 1970 episode, just a year after getting into acting, Fawcett made a one-time appearance on "Days" as Diana. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) discussed Fawcett's appearance on "Days" in his autobiography, "Like Sands Through the Hourglass": "Doug flirted with every female he met...To me his most memorable conquest at Sergio's [a Salem club] was a gorgeous nineteen-year-old with natural blond hair that cascaded over her neck and shoulders. The blonde came on to Doug, introduced herself as Diana, Goddess of the Chase, and looked at him expectantly. At the piano, Bill Horton [Edward Mallory] was left with his mouth open as Diana and Doug glided out into that hot September night with only one purpose in mind. The actress was Farrah Fawcett, and in just five lines, her charisma and innocent sexuality had jingled every guy in the studio."

This is from a 1979 "TV Dawn to Dusk." The headline is misleading because Bill didn't do anything except appear in a scene with her when she had a bit part on Days. He did mention it in his book though so she obviously made an impression. He said it was shortly after Doug got out of prison (so that would have been 1970).

Jason47, how would YOU rank all the Lauras? The only one I ever saw was Jaime Lyn Bauer - and footage of the others can be difficult to find. I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Hi Amy, I'm in the same boat as you. I only started watching Days in 1990, and my episode collection (which I got in later years) only goes back to late 1983, so Jaime Lyn is the only Laura I've seen too.

They seemed to want to test people on air first before signing them to a contract. Bill & Susan Hayes even both started out as recurring. That all changed around 1980, when people started getting contracts right away. Susan Flannery refused to sign a contract for two years. Although she's stated in recent interviews that she didn't sign until her last year on Days in 1974, the paperwork disagrees with that. The contract guarantees papers from 1968 prove that they finally forced her to sign a contract around the end of 1968, just as Michael was born, so I guess at that point, they wanted to make sure she was locked in for future storyline and couldn't just walk away. But as soon as the show expanded to a half hour, and all the actors had to sign new contracts, she immediately left and then only ever did B&B. So I guess she was happy with the quicker half-hour format and stayed on those throughout her career.

Jason 47.. Dr. Heinrich Kluger[ from my post in the spoiler thread I sent you] , not Frederich, was actually Dr. Frederich Miller.[Albert Paulson]

Miller was recognized by Robert LeClair in 86 as Kluger, a Nazi hat had murdered his mother. I found a clip on youtube titled We are not the crazy ones [Mike and Robin] that pretty much tells the story. Thanks for checking for me.

Thanks for letting me know. The name didn't ring a bell originally since he was just a guest star for a few episodes, and I didn't notice any Kluger on my lists when I checked, but since it was his alias, that's the reason. He's on my lists as Dr. Frederick Miller. They wrote that storyline especially for Robert Clary, since he was a Holocaust survivor in real life.

Was Mrs. Banning still around when Mike Farrell took over as Scott Banning? I know he was in the role when Scott married Julie.

Thanks. So she was around a few years?

June 1969-September 1970:

Mary Wilcox (Janene Whitney)

6/69: 4

7/69: 3

8/69: 1

10/69: 4

Pat Hornung (Janene Whitney)

11/69: 10

12/69: 4

1/70: 2

2/70: 6

3/70: 1

Joan Van Ark (Janene Whitney)

4/70: 3

5/70: 3

6/70: 2

7/70: 2

9/70: 2

Thanks. This is terrific.

I thought I recognized the name Dick Gittings, so I went and looked - I think he filled in for Mark Tapscott as Bob Anderson when Mark had a heart attack.

Yes, all of those extras above played multiple roles on the show through the years. Days had a steady group of background actors who would play all the small U/5 roles, and sometimes be used for bigger roles, such as Sid Conrad and, as you mentioned, Dick Gittings. Carol Conn I think was married to someone associated with the show, but I can't remember off the top of my head.

A vintage treasure indeed. Thanks for posting it!!

Glad you enjoyed it! I have most of these for all the 1960s and 1970s episodes, so I post them from time-to-time.

Thanks for posting that here. I had been checking a few tapes from 1996 and stumbled across that, so I thought people would enjoy seeing it!

That Alice description reminds me a lot of how Irna Phillips would have written the character. I wonder if some of that was her idea.

Is something wrong with the Who's Who pages?

Looks like extra characters got added to the links when I posted them here. Don't know why. I'll go correct the links now, so they should be working fine.

Irna Phillips and Allan Chase worked with Ted to come up with the ideas for Days, so I'm sure some of this is probably direct from Irna. It's Ted who wrote out the proposal when pitching the series.

Jam6242, thanks for uploading that pic of Jack Herzberg (was looking for a nice pic of him last night)...I knew I had seen one in one of those magazines, but didn't feel like looking through all of them just to find that one pic, so you've saved me all that trouble!! Can finally replace the not-too-good one of him I have on his memorial page....Thanks again!!

OLD PIC:

NEW PIC:

Here's the first page of the 1974 "Days" press kit released by NBC. For all the pages, please visit http://www.jason47.com/days/presskit1974.html

AND A CHILD IS BORN!

Check out Jason47's Days Website and read the in-depth details of Episode # 2571 (airdate: Friday, February 6, 1976), the day that Laura and Bill's baby girl, Jennifer (as yet unnamed), was born!

http://www.jason47.com/days/birthjennifer.html

Such a detailed writeup. She has so much potential as an interesting character. I'm sorry it never went anywhere.

I wonder if any of that ever went into Valerie Grant, or if none of that was from Bill Bell.

The terms they worked out with Bill when he created YR was that he stay on as head writer for 2 years (73-75) and then stay on another 3 years as story consultant (75-78), so officially he was there for the whole run of Valerie's storyline, but who knows exactly how much input he had after leaving to do YR. Pat Falken Smith was basically the de facto head writer for 73-75, then took the title officially in 75.

May 1969 Afternoon TV.

Got the info on Annie Mae when I had the Mike's birth stuff researched: She was classmate of Sandy's. The way Bill Bell wrote up such a detailed debut scene in the script notes, it seems he did have plans for Annie Mae, but the character never appeared again after this one and only episode.

Annie Mae is a student at Salem University. She has a scene with Sandy. Sandy has just learned that her parents are getting a divorce and is crying outside the chemistry lab.

(…Also to the three young women who approach the chemistry building, one of these young women is Annie Mae Jackson—a gentle young woman of quiet composure, whose total being personifies inner beauty—a rich, deep empathy and awareness for and of her fellow human beings. There is nothing physically commanding in her presence. She wears little make-up, her hair is very simply done, her clothes while neat are obviously inexpensive. The flimsiness of her cloth coat seem to contradict the season. But Annie Mae has that spark, that inner quality that insulates her from not only the cold of winter, but also the chill of prejudice; an inner glow, that on contact, warms hearts and melts bigotry; a simple and unassuming young black woman of eighteen. Annie Mae is not unaware of the restlessness of her people, not in any way unsympathetic toward them—or any human being be he black or white—but she is still searching within herself to find a certain status and dignity, is still hoping to find her place under the sun, the key to her own destiny and to that of her people. As Sandy sits there, her books on her lap, Annie Mae and her two friends approach—one black friend, the other white. Since both Annie Mae’s friends are looking in her direction it is not surprising that they are oblivious of Sandy. But Annie Mae does take notice—and it is after they’re walked about five feet beyond Sandra that Annie Mae looks back at this obviously distressed young woman)

Annie tells Sandy that they better get to class because the professor doesn’t like tardiness. They don’t really know each other but Annie explains that she has noticed her in class with a bright smile and feels like helping her would be like figuring out why a flower doesn’t bloom? She at least doesn’t want her staying here in the winter’s cold. Sandy questions why she came to class. She doesn’t know what to do. Annie asks if it's boy trouble. She says no. Then Annie asks if she’s sick. She answers no again. Then Sandy opens up that her parents are divorcing. Annie gives her a huge speech about praying, helping yourself so you can help others, the whole “get busy living” speech. Sandy feels a little better, enough to walk with her new friend to chemistry class.

According to Jason47's site, Calomee was only in one episode. Odd that they would do an article about her.

The only script that mentions Annie Mae is 1/16/69:

1/16/69: Mickey, Mark, Kitty, Sandy, Annie Mae.

Sets: Mark’s Living Room, Kitty’s Small Hotel Room, Mickey’s Office, Bench Setting on Campus.