1. Marla Adams was best known for playing the roles of Belle Clemens on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm and Dina Abbott Mergeron on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
38 Facts About Marla Adams
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Marla Adams won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role on The Young and the Restless in 2021.
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Marla Adams had been nominated in the same category in 2018.
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Marla Adams was named Miss Diamond Jubilee at the 75th anniversary celebration of her hometown in 1954.
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Marla Adams studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
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The day she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Marla Adams won the role of Ottilie Schill in the original Broadway production of The Visit.
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Marla Adams made her film debut, appearing opposite Natalie Wood in the period drama Splendor in the Grass.
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Marla Adams briefly appeared as Mildred Deal on General Hospital in 1963.
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Marla Adams was cast as Belle Clemens on The Secret Storm in 1968, playing the role until the show's cancellation in 1974.
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Marla Adams was the show's reigning villainess, stopping at almost nothing to destroy the life of the show's leading heroine, Amy Ames.
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Marla Adams played Ruth in the television film The Secret Night Caller, co-starring with Robert Reed.
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Marla Adams continued to land guest starring roles on The Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, Carter Country, Hart to Hart, Archie Bunker's Place, and Happy Days.
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In 1983, Marla Adams briefly played the role of Myrna Clegg on the CBS soap opera Capitol.
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Marla Adams was then cast as Dina Abbott Mergeron on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
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Marla Adams played Cathy in the television film Concrete Beat.
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Marla Adams starred on stage in a production of The Odd Couple, co-starring with Lee Meriwether.
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Marla Adams guest starred on an episode of Empty Nest in 1989.
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Marla Adams played Helen Mullins on the NBC soap opera Generations from 1989 to 1990.
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Marla Adams then played Beth Logan on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in December 1990.
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Marla Adams made a brief return to The Young and the Restless as Dina in 1991.
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Marla Adams starred on stage in the musical Les Ms.
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Marla Adams co-starred with Don Knotts in the play Last of the Red Hot Lovers.
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Marla Adams guest starred on Perfect Strangers and The Golden Girls.
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Marla Adams appeared in the television film White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd.
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Marla Adams played Gladys Baker, the mother of Marilyn Monroe, in the television film Marilyn and Me.
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Marla Adams made a guest appearance on Baywatch in 1992.
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Marla Adams briefly returned to The Young and the Restless as Dina in 1996.
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Marla Adams appeared on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Dr Claire McIntyre, first airing on February 3,1999.
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Marla Adams had a recurring role as Betsy Harper on Walker, Texas Ranger from 2000 to 2001.
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Marla Adams reprised her role as Dina for three episodes on The Young and the Restless in 2008 when Katherine Chancellor was presumed dead.
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Marla Adams returned on a recurring basis nine years later, first airing on May 3,2017.
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Marla Adams received her first Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2018.
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Marla Adams made her last film appearance in Beneath the Leaves in 2019.
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Marla Adams won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series on June 25,2021.
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Marla Adams met her first husband, George Oates, at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Marla Adams's son appeared in an episode of The Secret Storm, bringing her character, Belle Clemens, a red rose.
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Marla Adams continued to send Adams a red rose every year after that for Mother's Day.
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Marla Adams died of cancer in Los Angeles on April 25,2024, at the age of 85.