Days of Our Lives characters (1970s)

A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1, 1970, and the end of 1979.

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States borough of Salem. She was portrayed by many actresses including Nancy Stephens, later known for her role in the Halloween movies, Barbara Stanger played the role the longest from 1976 to 1980. Actress Melinda Fee was the last character to play the role from 1981 until the character was killed by the Salem Strangler in 1982.

Bob Anderson

Robert "Bob" Anderson Sr. is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States borough of Salem. The role was played by Mark Tapscott from July 18, 1972 to March 28, 1980, from May 26 to July 27, 1978 he was briefly replaced by Dick Gitting. Bob and his wife Phyllis came to Salem in 1972. After Scott Banning died they took his widow Julie Olson in their home and Bob fell in love with her. He divorced Phyllis and married Julie. In 1976 also that marriage fell apart. In 1978, he married Linda Patterson but divorced her as well in 1980. He had heart problems and Phyllis came back to Salem to take care of him. They rekindled their relationship and became engaged. Before they could remarry Bob died of a heart attack.

Samantha Evans

Samantha Evans is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States borough of Salem. She was portrayed by Andrea Hall, the twin sister of fellow Days actress Deidre Hall, who plays Samantha's twin sister Marlena Evans, from 1977 to 1980 with a brief reprisal when the character was killed by the Salem Strangler in 1982. Deidre briefly played Samantha in 1992 and 2008. Marlena named her first daughter, Samantha Gene Brady, after her sister.

See also

• Days of Our Lives characters
• Days of Our Lives characters (1960s)
• Days of Our Lives characters (1980s)
• Days of Our Lives characters (1990s)
• Days of Our Lives characters (2000s)
• Days of Our Lives characters (2010s)
• Days of Our Lives cast members
• List of previous Days of Our Lives cast members

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