Members KMan101 Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 I always loved Marj. I can't believe I'm talking about her now in the past tense. RIP Marj Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 I barely remember Capitol, but I definitely remember digging Myrna. Honestly, taking over Alexandra was a breath of fresh air for the role. Marj definitely had that 'it' thing - she was always present and engaged. You always knew when she was on the screen and you kinda had to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted January 29, 2020 Author Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Even though the writing for Alexandra Spaulding was hit or miss, Marj Dusay always gave it her all. She could be funny, clever, cunning and devious. I loved watching her as GL's Alex and AMC's Vanessa. RIP to a great lady. Edited January 29, 2020 by Gray Bunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) As much as I loved her as Myrna Clegg on CAPITOL, and lived for her scenes w/ Constance Towers' Clarissa, to me, Marj will always be Blair Warner's mom on "The Facts of Life." She and Lisa Whelchel had such wonderful mother-daughter chemistry, especially whenever Blair had to be the adult in their relationship (like when Monica was dealing with breast cancer, or deciding whether she wanted to abort her late-in-life pregnancy). RIP Marj. You are missed already. Edited January 29, 2020 by Khan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 One of her more standout moments on GL, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Poor Signy...trying to go toe to toe and failing miserably. Edited January 29, 2020 by ChitHappens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RavenWhitney Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 When she remembered her lines, her version of alex was fine but she needed cue cards a lot. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Oh no! Please register in order to view this content I loved her beautiful, mellifluous voice and her punchy delivery. She definitely played wealthy soap matriarchs from another age -- that age being the 80s when a strong, sexy, glamorous woman upwards of +45 yrs old was de rigeur (and frankly I miss that era in soaps sometimes). I have a misty memory of her as Myrna Clegg on Capitol, scheming to keep Jess Walton's Kelly from her son. Then I remembered her on Santa Barbara, as a third Pamela Capwell recast -- SB had been casting around for former movie actresses, but they didn't have as much presence as Dusay, who literally burst onto the screen. She was so damn watchable, so consummate, so smooth and sophisticated. They don't make 'em like they used to, that's for damn sure. Edited January 29, 2020 by Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 If memory serves (I may be wrong) Dusay's involvement with SB was one of the camel-breaking moments with the Dobsons and New World - didn't they always want her in the role but Anne Howard Bailey wanted another actress (the British actress who was originally in the role)? It's all blurry to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 While Bev was irreplaceable, I thought she was quite compelling in her early GL days. It’s just too bad what they did to her later on. Glad she at least got a great role as Vanessa on AMC, where she was so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 Tacky to the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 Along with show anniversaries, the passage of soap stars on P&G shows would have been an opportunity to show clips and celebrate these actors and their work if P&G had bothered to have a YouTube page. The only thing preventing this is P&G's absolute indifference to the fans who supported their creative properties for generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 I absolutely adored her as Vanessa on AMC. My last truly favorite family to arrive on that show, her, David, and Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 MARJ DUSAY CLIFFHANGERS: STOP SUSAN WILLIAMS Jennifer Selden 1979 CAPITOL Myrna Clegg 1983-87 DALLAS Bernice Billings 1985 SANTA BARBARA Pamela Pepperidge Capwell Conrad 1987-88; 1991 SONS AND DAUGHTERS Daisy Mercer 1991 DAYS OF OUR LIVES Vivian Alamaine.... (temporary) 1992-93 GUIDING LIGHT Alexandra Spaulding Von Halkein Thorpe Foley 1993-97; 1998-99; 2002-09 ALL MY CHILDREN Vanessa Bennett Hayward DuPres Cortlandt (aka Proteus) 1998-2002 GUIDING LIGHT Radio show Organist 2007 (GL's 70th Anniversary) also...... STAR TREK Kara that stole Spock's brain 1967 THE FACTS OF LIFE Monica Warner 1981-87 BRET MAVERICK Kate Hanrahan 1982 Countless Prime-time guest appearances. TV MOVIE MURDER IN PEYTON PLACE Ellen Considine 1977 I loved Marj, in all her roles I've seen. She will be missed Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 29, 2020 Members Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Yup. Well, sort of. From the start, Bridget and Jerome Dobson wanted Marj Dusay to play Pamela Capwell Conrad; their HW's, Anne Howard Bailey and Charles Pratt, Jr., wanted either Shirley Anne Field or Samantha Eggar. (I can't remember which, exactly, but I do recall that Eggar signed on for the role, realized almost immediately she couldn't hack it and quit). Because the Dobsons believed their HW's should be allowed to write for the characters and actors who excited them most, they acquiesced (sp?). However, in an ironic twist, Field was so listless in the role that they had to recast (again) with Marj. Of course, by then, I think the Dobsons had been forced out, but I could have that wrong. Anyway, what REALLY broke the camel's back was New World's resistance toward Bridget's decision to fire Bailey as HW. The Dobsons claimed they had full control over production; New World claimed they didn't and that firing Bailey would have jeopardized the show. And, well, we all know the rest. It's amazing what Marj was able to accomplish with one of AMC's worst-ever storylines. Edited January 29, 2020 by Khan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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