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Deidre works day and night 1 By JERRY BUCK nizer and hostess alarm. from a man in shows. She'd also AP Television of "Deidre Hall's "I had a twin sis- Chester, she been a semi-reguWriter Lunchbreak," an ter named Saman- says. "It was a lar on "Emergenaffair staged for she says. very special letter LOS ANGELES cy." -Soap opera her fans, usually "Somebody was and we became Miss Hall grew queen Deidre Hall, every year.

The trying to kill me fast friends. I flew up in Lake once 1984 bash, which and Roman was back for his 97th and was who aspired a psycholo- attracted 2,500 peo- hired to protect me birthday. It was H. studying to be a to be gist, is breaking ple from around and catch the man. Weston Taylor.

He psychologist when into nighttime tele- the world, was put In a strange twist, was a fan of the she got sidetracked vision. But not to on videocassette, the strangler got show and he was into acting. worry, soap fans, as was "'Deidre my twin instead of an artist. I had a "I came to Los she will still be Hall: A Video Bi- me." face he found inter- Angeles for the seen in the day- The den of Miss esting and he did a summer, she time, She's appeared Hall's home in the picture of me. I says.

"I did some too. This fall Miss in numerous tele- San Fernando Val- don't have it hang- modeling and my vision specials and ley is decorated ing, but I have it. agent sent me for a Hall will co-star with Wilford Brim- in such movies as with antiques, in- He died a few days commercial. I did ley in the new NBC "A Reason to cluding a pedal- before his 98th a few jobs. I liked drama series "Our Live." powered sewing birthday." the work of acting, in which Miss Hall ap- machine.

A num- Her casting in studying people, she plays a widow pears on "Days of ber of original "Days of Our repeating emowith three children Our Lives" about magazine illustra- Lives" was Miss tions. I kept thinkwho is forced to three times a tions by H. Weston Hall's first major ing I would act week. Taylor hang on the role. She'd previ- until I had a semove in with her husband' father.

"My stories cen- wall. One picture ously been in "'The rious career in psyShe will also con- ter around my was for the Satur- Young and the chology. I woke up tinue her role on relationships," she day Evening Post Restless" and had one day and found NBC's "Days says. "So it's just in 1926. been a guest star I had a serious of caOur Lives." my leading man "I got a letter on various episodic reer.

"I'm doing two and myself. Drake shows with great Hogestyn plays delight," she says. Roman Brady. "We have a sched- Wayne Northrop ule that permits played Roman for me to work on 'Our three years and House' five days a then left. Roman ALL IS week and to tape 'Days of Our Lives' on Saturdays.

So it works out well." Miss Hall, one of the most popular of all daytime soap opera stars, is a four-time winner of the Soapie Award as best actress for her role as Dr. Marlena Evans Brady on "Days of Our Lives." She's the orga40 August was off the show FORGIVEN for about a year, then we brought Bess Armstrong stars as a the character soap opera producer in "All Is back." Forgiven." Rebroadcasts of the sitcom, which NBC did Miss Hall has been on the day- not return to the netrenew, time serial for 10 work lineup on Saturday, years and a se- Aug. 30. quence in 1979 got many of her fans upset. Thinking she was going to be killed off, some fans picketed NBC.

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