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Deidre Hall (born October 31, 1947) is an
actor|actress who is best known for her portrayal
of Dr. Marlena Evans on the United States|American
soap opera Days of Our Lives. She played the role
originally from 1976 to 1987, and returned to the
show in 1991. She is the twin sister of former
actress Andrea Hall, who portrayed Samantha Evans
on the serial from 1977 to 1982. 

Marlena has been at the center of many of the
show's most controversial storylines. A serial
killer seemed to have murdered Marlena in 1982,
but a fan uproar caused the producers to reveal
that Marlena's twin sister Samantha had actually
died. In 1995, Marlena was possessed by the devil
and had to be exorcised. In 2004, it was revealed
that Marlena was Salem's latest serial killer,
only for the show to later reveal that the murders
were hoaxes.

Hall's first big role was as the superhero Electra
Woman in the 1976 series Electra Woman and Dyna
Girl. She also portrayed Jessica Witherspoon on
the nighttime drama Our House from 1986 to 1988. 
She was also an original cast member of the soap
opera The Young and the Restless, playing Barbara
Anderson from 1973 to 1975.

She was married to network executive Steve Sohmer
from 1991 to 2005. Hall and Sohmer became parents
via surrogacy, and the conception of their first
child was chronicled in the autobiographical
TV-movie Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story.
Hall played herself in the movie.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she had a
relationship with Ned Randolph, who was at that
time state senator in Louisiana; he would go on to
serve as mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana.