Longtime fans may remember her as Jeri Clayton, mother of perpetually troubled Trish (Patty Weaver).

Kaye had quite a life, and was involved in quite a bit of drama backstage, including her being fired in the mid-70's (with the rumor being that this was because she used her association with DAYS to promote herself in some sexy billboards), then, when she returned, supposedly having a big conflict with Susan Seaforth Hayes.

Kaye also made the rounds of the game show circuit, which may be what she is best known for today, thanks to GSN.

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Edited December 30, 201113 yr by CarlD2

I CAN NOT STAND HER when she pops up on Match Game reruns, but RIP all the same. I'd love to see some of her DAYS work.

Trish was always one of my favorite characters, and Kaye was often effective as a neurotic mess of a mother who complicated her daughter's life. She never made a believable threat to Doug and Julie, however, and I was never a fan of her singing at Doug's Place. I hope she had a wonderful life after she faded from the public eye.

What were some of the Trish or Trish/Jeri scenes you remember most?

The Trish story always goes back to the triangle with Mike and David for me. I thought Patty Weaver and Wesley Eure had great chemistry, so it was always a surprise to me that David "won" in the end. Hers was the first multiple personality storyline I saw on the soaps and it fascinated me -- I remember her killing her stepfather, which precipitated the MPD. I remember when she left the show -- she kidnapped Scotty, her son with David, and took him to California. David pursued a lead to an apartment house or motel, but Trish and Scotty weren't there. However, as David was leaving the grounds, he was shown walking past another apartment window -- and inside, the viewers saw Trish playing with Scotty. Most of all, I fondly recall Trish's singing -- I loved her voice. I even have the album she put out in the early 80s, featuring a couple of the songs she sang in the "Mary Anderson gets killed by the Salem Strangler" episodes. I was very sad to see Weaver leave the show again soon after that.

I don't recall any specific scenes with Trish and Jeri -- just the general sense that Jeri was not a very good mother. She loved Trish, but she was all caught up in her own neurotic drama -- everything was all about her.

I've only seen a little of her, but I did love her singing in the 1979 episodes saynotoursoap put up. Incredible.

I wish she could go back to DAYS - I'd like to see a return of Scotty, and David, perhaps David is depressed and Scott has a serious illness.

That exit sounds very memorable, the first one.

Did Jeri just leave town and wasn't mentioned again?

This is from a November 1975 Weekday TV

I was sorry to hear this. I do remember her on Days. Jeri seemed like a basket case to me too. Trish always seemed more mature to me even though she was the daughter! I also remember Jeri getting jealous of Julie when the man who later raped Julie (Larry Atwood) showed a romantic interest in Julie. Jeri wanted him herself. I think she testified against Julie at her trial for the murder of Atwood. I also remember articles in the soap mags at that time indicating that Kaye & Susan Seaforth Hayes actually got into a physical altercation backstage.

Loved Trish, still remember her conking her step-father on the head with an iron and killing him when he was being aggressive toward her. And Patty has a gorgeous voice, loved hearing her sing on Days and Y&R.

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From a 1977 Digest