Marlena Evans

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dr. Marlena Evans Black (formerly Craig, Brady and Bradford) is a long-running fictional character on the NBC daytime drama, Days of our Lives, a long running serial about working life in the fictional town of Salem. She was played by actress Deidre Hall since 1976, with a few minor breaks in between from 1987 to March 1991 and again in January 2009. Marlena was created by scriptwriter Pat Falken Smith and executive producer Betty Corday, as one of Days of our Lives' most well known characters. Hall made her debut on the soap on June 21, 1976, making her the fourth longest running actress on the serial, surpassed only by Frances Reid (Alice), John Clarke (Mickey), and Suzanne Rogers (Maggie). After a brief two-year absence, Hall once again reprised her role as Marlena on Monday, September 26, 2011.