Days: How can We Help Deidre Hall and Martha Madison

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I'm sorry, but did you see Francis' reels? She knocked what she had out of the park. In her month on GH, she managed to bring back the sense of heart and soul, which the show had been lacking and continues to lack without her. While it isn't fair for her to win with just a month's worth of material, her Emmy reels were spectacular and beyond powerful. That was a tough category to decide, but Francis' powerful reels coupled with her legendary stature within the industry helped her win.

Supporting is usually the hardest and best category anyway. It should be a tough race this year. Gina Tognoni, Kathy Brier, Catherine Hickland, and Rebecca Herbst all have meaty material to choose from.

Hmm, since Marlena was virtually non-existent all year long, except for last week, should Deidre be snubbed because she wasn't give airtime all year long?

[Soapsuds]

Thank you. I couldnt have said it better.

[MikeGoldy]

She did look like a goddess, and she was so funny and nice. I loved when she spoke to one of her fan club members in the audience who lives is Australia.

One thing that is interesting to me, is you see how comfortable she is in her own skin. There just seems something more relaxed about her and at peace about her than say during interviews in the 80s and when she first returned in 1991

[Y&RWorldTurner]

No, thank you!

While I think Deidre getting a nomination would be a good thing and more power to her if she gets one. However, I too never got what was the big deal about her acting. Days has had better actresses than her on the show. Suzanne Rogers and Susan Seaforth Hayes at their peak had more versatility and screen presence than Hall has ever had, IMHO. However, I won't fault anyone for seeing something in an actor and actress that I don't see.

[Pest Spray]

It's not about airtime. There are actors who can do in a few episodes what others can't in a year.

I saw it play out. Every episode, and really didn't like the material GF had to play. I have no doubt that she's a good actress, I've seen clips of some really good performances, but the material she was given for Laura's return was awful, and it wasen't even focused on her. The writing was crap. They didn't give her a chance to shine. I mean, she was barely on, and that was just ... wrong. I expected it to be a month filled of Luke and Laura and they were barely on.

[Pest Spray]

PAT! PAT WEBB! God, that was cute.

Moreso than even just a few years ago. She seems more laid back and happier. She's so tiny though (and yet, compared the other actresses on the show, she's not, which is just scary).

[Andrew]

Deidre is sixty years old, born in 47. I am judging age, i have never done it. But you must say that she is part of the elder generation when almost all of the cast twentyfive to thirty years.......

[Andrew]

Take actresses like Susan Flannery and Suzanne Rogers if you try to attempt to put Deidre in the same group as the two other women. That is like comparing Christina Augilera to Dame Helen Mirren or Paris Hilton to Kathy Bates. Deidre is almost all the time sleepwalking in her scenes, her purpuse is the look beautiful all along that is the only really thing she is there. Why not give Suzanne Rogers a great storyline, kill of her husband who is no longer on, she you know could have an emmy, she is a great underrated actress, but really if Suzanne didn`t get a emmy when she where on more during the killerstoryline, why should Deidre get one?. If Deidre would win i would dress up like Winnie the puh. Ha...................

[Graciecat]

I agree that there are more talented actresses than Deidre, and I wouldn't compare her to Susan Flannery, but Deidre IS DAYS. Yes, it would be lovely to see Suzanne Rogers get a great storyline, but what her fans (and I don't consider myself a fan) are right when they say that she is the heart of the show. When Deidre is not prominently deatured, ratings plummet. If DOOL is going to survive, they need to give their best, biggest stories to Deidre.

Deidre will probably never win an emmy, but the show should revolve around her.

[Andrew]

I Agree that Marlena is a big character, and that she has many fans, and i dont have anything against it, but i just attempted to say that i dont think she can ever win an Emmy...................

[Pest Spray]

She will never win because of the show she's on. If she was on another show, any other really, she'd have it in the bag.

[Shawn]

Sadly, you are absolutely correct.

[MikeGoldy]

Yep, and I say that, even believing there times where I feel Dee has overacted, or that she was sleepwalking through her scenes. But that was when the material was awful, and we are all human. But she is a wonderful actress, and when she's in the moment, she's amazing. When she was "confessing" to the serial killings, she was amazing. And I don't know of another actress who can have played it the same way, it was that good.

[Pest Spray]

I agree. And that storyline was outragous, but her acting was the saving grace for that story IMO. I hated so much in it (Bo's behaviour for example, Bo would NEVER do what he did had he been in character), loved some things (John's devotion to Marlena, Hope's friendship and Julie's involvement - I kinda can't stand Julie sometimes, but I love watching Susan Hayes on the screen). But her acting brought in emotional moments that gave you something to relate to.

And let's not even discuss "the Hattie experience" as I like to call it. I'll go on for days about it. That was just [!@#$%^&*] awesome. And Marlena talking to her computer? Brilliant. The cat & mouse game with Tek? Ahh, so good.

What were we talking about again? Right, Deidre being screwed out of Emmys. Need an example of how what show she's on is against her. For that year (Serial killer stuff), there were 8 nominees, I belive she was the only one who didn't get a nomination. Why? She's on Days. The Emmys is all politics, so she's screwed. I know it's not a big deal for her, but she deserves to be noticed because when she gets the material to play, she's... god, she gives me chills, she's that good. No one does emotion better than her.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

The show she was on didn't stop Eileen Davidson from getting a nomination in 1998 (though NO ONE was going to beat Watros that year)...

NBC's horrible reputation in daytime doesn't help Days out either.

Are we forgetting that Deidre was nominated for both supporting and lead in the 80's too?

Not everyone is going to win an Emmy, also age does play a factor. If you're not Flannery, Slezak, and Zimmer, the Emmy's tend to go to women in their 30's-40's.

Hell, Beverlee McKinsey, who is considered by many to be the best actress to ever grace daytime doesn't have an Emmy. That alone makes the Emmy's a joke to me. When you consider you get an award based on two reels, it is really that accurate of who was the best actor/actress in a calendar year?