Deidre Hall, 78, Breaks Silence After 50 Years

Days Of Our Lives star Deidre Hall was seen on Instagram recently.

The 78-year-old soap opera icon was posing in a suit on the set of her legendary daytime show.  

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The versatile star has played the character for almost 50 years and was nominated for a Daytime  three times.

Before that, Hall popped up on popular TV shows like The Streets Of San Francisco, Emergency! and Columbo. More recently, she appeared on Hacks.

See how amazing she still looks today as she approaches her eighties. 

The Wisconsin native who was raised in Florida moved to Los Angeles after attending Palm Beach Junior College.

That is where she began modeling and getting commercials. Then she got into acting on TV.

In 1976, she was cast as superheroine Electra Woman in Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, a live-action children's show that aired on Saturday mornings.

Hall appeared on a number of shows, including Emergency! (as Nurse Sally Lewis in the first two seasons), and The Young and the Restless (as Barbara Anderson).

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In 1986, Hall began playing Jessie Witherspoon on the family drama Our House, which ran for two seasons. Shannen Doherty played her older daughter. 

But juggling two shows at the same time became stressful so she left Days of Our Lives in 1987.

Our House was cancelled in 1988 and then she took some time off.

Hall made guest appearances on a variety of prime time shows until March 1991, when she made a return to Days of Our Lives.

She remained on contract with the show for 18 more years until January 24, 2009, when she was let go due to budget cuts. 

In 1995, Hall produced and starred in Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story, a made-for-TV movie about her journey to start a family.

In 2010, Hall wrote Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup. In 2011, Hall guest-starred on the season finale of Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva.

In 2024, Hall played a fictionalized version of herself on the HBO Max series Hacks.

She has been married four times: William Hudson (May 6, 1966 – 1970) Keith Barbour (1972–1977), a singer, Michael Dubelko (1987–1989), a producer and writer, Steve Sohmer (December 31, 1991 – 2006), an author and screenwriter. 

Hall and Sohmer have two sons: David Atticus Sohmer and Tully Chapin Sohmer, born via surrogate.

In between her marriages to Barbour and Dubelko, Hall dated Louisiana State Senator Ned Randolph in the early 1980s. 

In December Hall talked to People about the 60th anniversary celebration of DOOL.

'It's a lifestyle, it's a family, it's a place to belong,' Hall said. 'I raised my children here, the best time with the best people.

'Nothing’s been on television for 60 years? You must realize that,' she continued. 'So I've said it before, but it's a lot of people doing a lot of things right, and we've got good leadership. 

'We're a family show. We're running and produced and run by a family, always have been, so it just makes sense that we would last 60 years.'

Hall joked she wants to stay on the show until her 'key doesn’t open that gate.'

She also talked about her first day on the set of the soap opera.

'I had a scene with Mac Carey, and I approached him. He was working with Mary Frann, who played Amanda, and I thought she's so beautiful, and I was transfixed watching her work,' Hall shared. 'Mac was introducing us, and he said, "I'd like you to meet Dr. Evans." And I said, "Oh no, please call me Amanda." And the scene stopped.

'I waited for somebody to figure out they messed up. And finally, Mac came in and said, "Darling, she's Amanda. You're Marlena,"' she continued.

'So that was my first day. Try to remember who you're playing. A good life lesson.'