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Addie Horton
Addie Horton Williams
Days of our Lives
Portrayed by Patricia Huston (1965–66)
Patricia Barry (1971–74)
Current status Former, Regular
Duration 1965–66, 1971–74
First appearance November 10, 1965
Last appearance December 18, 1974
Cause/reason Died
Created by Peggy Phillips
Kenneth Rosen
Introduced by Ted Corday (1965)
Betty Corday (1971)
Profile
Fullname Adelaide Horton Williams
Gender Female
Born 1931
Died June 28, 1974
Age 43
Cause of death Hit By A Car
Occupation Housewife
Residence Salem, Illinois (at time of death)
Relationships
Family Horton Family
Parents Tom Horton
Alice Horton
Siblings Tommy Horton
Bill Horton
Mickey Horton
Marie Horton
Spouses Ben Olson † (1948–71)
Doug Williams (1972–74)
Romances Dr. Mark Larson
Children Steve Olson
Julie Olson Williams
Hope Williams
Grandchildren Spencer Olson
David Banning
Shawn Douglas Brady
Zack Brady
Ciara Brady
Great-grandchildren Claire Brady
Scott Banning
Eli Grant
Grandparents William Horton †
Adelaide Horton †
Sid Grayson †
Abigail Grayson †
Nieces and nephews Sandy Horton
Mike Horton
Jessica Blake
Melissa Horton (adoptive)
Jennifer Horton
Lucas Horton
Sarah Horton (legal)
Great-nieces and nephews Mackenzie Horton † (adoptive)


Adelaide "Addie" Horton Williams (previously Olson) is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by actresses Patricia Huston November 10, 1965 to March 9, 1966, and Patricia Barry from April 19, 1971 to June 28, 1974. Barry reprised her role as Addie for one episode on December 18, 1974.

Storylines

Addie was the daughter of Tom and Alice Horton. She had four other siblings. Her fraternal twin brother Tommy, Mickey, Bill and Marie Horton. She was first married to wealthy banker Ben Olson and had two children with him, Steve and Julie Williams. Ben later died and Addie was free to date, later becoming engaged and married to her lover, Douglas Williams.

Once Addie married Doug, she soon discovered that she was ill with Leukemia and that she was pregnant. Despite her doctor's warnings she decided to keep her baby and let the cancer take its course instead of fighting it and harming the baby.

Addie soon gave birth to her and Doug's first and only child together, a baby girl named Hope. Soon afterwards though Addie was deathly ill and soon realized that she wouldn't live long. So as she was taking a walk one day with her daughter, a car spun out towards them. Addie pushed her daughter's stroller to safety and let the car hit her so her daughter would survive, while Addie was instantly killed.

Addie died when Hope was only nine days old, and of those nine years she'd only appeared in five of them, and yet, a full thirty-six years later, Addie's legacy remains and she's still one of the most oft-mentioned deceased characters. As the only child of Tom and Alice that died young, Addie was always an inherently emotional subject. Every Christmas at the Horton ornament hanging you could count on a tender moment where someone, usually one of her kids, would hang up Addie's ornament wistfully. Even while other long-gone members of the Horton clan get pruned off the family tree (Steven, David, Scotty, even Tommy) Addie remains a central part of it.

The reason, of course, is an obvious one. Though the effect Addie herself had on the show is minimal, both of her daughters were such rampantly important characters that Addie's place in Days history could never be anything but significant. For the first twenty years this show essentially belonged to Julie, and for the next twenty years it belonged to Hope. And because Julie and Hope are so important, everyone who's important to them is also important - and that's Addie.

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