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That was the entire contract cast when the show went to an hour. Mary Frann & Joe Gallison were upped to contract status that day (April 21, 1975). By the end of the year (1975), they also added Robert Clary, Margaret Mason, Jed Allan, Richard Guthrie, Brooke Bundy, Adrienne LaRussa, Susan Oliver and Patty Weaver to the contract cast. Susan Flannery decided not to stay with the show once it went to an hour, but she stayed on a few weeks until May 27.

This goes along with the above ad. I just was looking through the Variety archives, and here is the text of the ad they placed in Variety for April 21, 1975: What's better than a half-hour "Days of Our Lives"? A full hour "Days of Our Lives." Today, April 21, 1975, "Days of Our Lives" expands to a full hour each weekday. And we couldn't be more pleased... With its ten successful years on the NBC-TV Network. With executive producer Mrs. Ted Corday. With Corday Productions' executive vice president, Karl Price. With producer Jack Herzberg. With William Bell, long the head writer, now story editor. With Patricia Falken Smith, the show's head writer. With alternate producer-director, Alvin Rabin. With assistant producer, Gail Kobe. With regular cast members: Peter Brown, Macdonald Carey, John Clarke, Corinne Conley, Wesley Eure, Susan Flannery, Mary Frann, Joe Gallison, Bill Hayes, Edward Mallory, Frances Reid, Suzanne Rogers, Susan Seaforth and Mark Tapscott. And with the entire Corday Productions Inc. organization with whom we look forward to another ten years of happy association. Nothing could be better than that. "Days of Our Lives" A Corday Productions Inc. Presentation in association with Columbia Pictures Television A division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Regarding Anne Howard, she wasn't just a temporary replacement, but actually was on contract during Patsy's medical leave in 1990.

Yes, Rhonda did 3 episodes as Kayla. As for Shelley, she was hired on contract as Anjelica. But then they fired her after a few weeks and hired Judith Chapman.

"The Susan Keller recast was another story.I'll have to check why Stanger was replaced,returned and replaced again(By Melinda Fee)." Here are the correct airdates for the Mary Anderson actresses: Brigid Bazlen 3/29/72-7/4/72 Karin Wolfe 7/12/72-3/5/75 Nancy Stephens 4/16/75-5/7/75 Carla Borelli 5/15/75-late 1975 Barbara Stanger late 1975-10/29/80 Susan Keller 11/3/80-11/20/80 Melinda O. Fee 1/12/81-3/1/82 Many books erroneously list Stanger & Guthrie still playing Mary & David into 1981, but Guthrie last appeared on 8/25/80 and Stanger last appeared on 10/29/80 (she and Josh Taylor hated each other, and as soon her contract ended, she left, never to return). Susan Keller was signed to a contract in November 1980, but just as her storyline got started with Josh Taylor (Chris), he bolted for his primetime series "Riker." Not knowing how long Riker would be on the air, "Days" immediately released Keller. By the time Josh Taylor returned in 1981, Melinda Fee was signed to a contract and stayed with the show until Mary was killed off in 1982. So none of the Mary actresses were temporary recasts. To my knowledge, Randolph Mantooth never played Mickey Horton. I've never seen that listed in any book, nor is he listed in any cast list that I have. In the 1960s, Harry Lauter (Craig Merritt), Stephen Mines (David Martin) and Ed Prentiss (John Martin) were all one-day replacements. Dick Gittings stepped in for Mark Tapscott for a few months as Bob Anderson while Tapscott recovered from a heart attack in the summer of 1978. In more recent times, Rhonda Aldrich (Kayla Brady), Allyson & Jillian Bull (Abigail Deveraux), Marj Dusay (Vivian Alamain), Anne Howard (Kimberly Brady), Kitty Moffatt (Savannah Wilder), Emily Montague (Abigail Deveraux), and Peter White (Bill Horton) all filled in briefly while actors were ill or on maternity leave.