| Janice Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Days of our Lives | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Martha Nix (1975–78) Elizabeth Storm (1987–88) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current status | Former; Regular | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1975–78, 1987–88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | December 18, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | March 14, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cause/reason | Died | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Pat Falken Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Betty Corday (1975) Betty Corday, Ken Corday and Al Rabin (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Murdered by the Riverfront Knifer (Harper Deveraux) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Medical intern | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Salem, Illinois (at time of death) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Janice Barnes is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Martha Nix from 1975 to 1978, and Elizabeth Storm from 1987 to 1988.
Storylines
Introduced as the foster daughter of Mickey Horton and Maggie Horton. In May 1978, Janice's biological mother Joanna (Corinne Michaels) returned to Salem and secretly began seeing Janice without Mickey and Maggie's knowledge. Joanna kidnapped Janice during an unplanned trip to Disneyland. When the two were later found, Joanna stayed in Salem to stay closer to her daughter, driving Maggie to drink, thus beginning Maggie's long struggle with alcoholism. Due to Maggie's struggle, Joanna was later granted custody of Janice and the two later depart Salem. In September 1987, Janice returned to town when Maggie was recovering through a recurrent of Myasthenia Gravis. Janice stayed in town and took a job at Salem University Hospital where she had romances with both Bill Horton (Christopher Stone) and Mike Horton (Michael T. Weiss). Her romance with Bill tore the Horton family apart and made plans to leave Salem in March 1988 when she was murdered by the Riverfront Knifer, making her his second murder victim.