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Show Deidre Hall returns to ‘Days of Our Lives’ By Jay Bobbin, Tribune tiedie Services in the world of daytime serials lew extremely popular characters really ever die but fans are fonu hate af they come back with the same faces Recasting 2 xole vacaied by a we liked perfonmer always is an Oplior for seap-opera producers, but those an charge of NBC's long-running “Days of Our Lawes” dads cise M an one case, and they now have £eason 40 be glad Aa the end of Friday's episode after a four-year absence. actress Desde Hall returns to the part of Dr Marlena Evans. Hall actually contun ued with the show for a year while simultaneously aPC ing an pramc fume, in the NBC family dramz Our House,’ but she left an 198° to devote herself solely 10 what ended up being the evening program’s last season. She then went or LO appear in such TY-movies as “Taxe My Daughters, Please’ anc the recemt ““For the Very Firs! Tame,” as well as ““Perry Mason and ““Columbo*’ installments anc last February’s CBS miniseries And the Sea Will Tell,’ but ongoing Conversations aboul 2 possibile “Days” reprise eventually led her LO agree 10 @ Six-Month reture engagement. Hence, Marlena reap pears on Friday. but Hall offers 2 warning that there’s an on-scree: twist: When she first shows up again, for some mysicrious reasor Dr. Evans is speaking in Spanist The Goor always had been ieft Open w me, the warm Marlena Evans this Friday on ¢ popular soap opera can be séen WEEKLEYS ON KL anc friendly Hall confirms of rejoining the soap was fine with me.’’ Marlena’s big lowe story on ““Days’’ was with the character of Roman Brady, original- ang they mace me ver) comfort able that if J ever wanted io go back that Goor ett Stay open. | think we all find that we evaluate and reevaluate things in our lives at certain times, and ever) few years I start thinking, “Where Go | want to be’ Whai have I Gone that ] don’t want to do? What have | not accon , | GOWN anc hear those things are and Corday called, and he wanted to have @ serious CONVersalion aboul : e show. . ; ; The latter acior remains in the role, but Hall concedes that she hac 10 ask’ about many characters Lo catch up on all that has developed since her departure: “Are these still my parents? Is this still my husband and has he remarried? What's hap- plished yet, and how can | get there?’ | had wanted to do 2 nigh time show, which I did for two years, and “Our House was some thing I was really proud of. I'd done a jot of movies for television and a critically acclaimed miniseries, and | had a wonderful time. There were sull uuungs I had not yet done wher Days’ execulive producer) Ker ly played by Wayne (““Dynasty”’ Northrop, but assumed by Drake oe sty the year before Hall left penec One nhayjOr Change that Hall claims | onvlines a Uulnhe WiC VISIO -~ ur to have found is in the pacing of the show's various stories. “They do happen faster,’ she says. ‘“The nuances are not as longated ass they were when I was .ere bebose Also, I'm on a different sound ¢ slage. When I left ‘Days of(OwlLives,” we siandard -Examiner Ogden, Utah |