Samantha Evans | |||||||||||||||||
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Days of our Lives | |||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Andrea Hall (1977–82) Deidre Hall (1992–2008) | ||||||||||||||||
Current status | Former; Regular | ||||||||||||||||
Duration | 1977–80, 1982, 1992, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
First appearance | July 15, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | August 20, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
Cause/reason | Died | ||||||||||||||||
Created by | Ann Marcus | ||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Betty Corday and H. Wesley Kenney (1977) Betty Corday and Al Rabin (1982) Ken Corday and Tom Langan (1992) Ken Corday and Edward J. Scott (2008) | ||||||||||||||||
Profile | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Sam | ||||||||||||||||
Alias(es) | Marlena Evans | ||||||||||||||||
Namesake(s) | Samantha Sami Brady | ||||||||||||||||
Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||
Born | October 7,1951 (originally October 7,1956) | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
Age | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | Murdered by the Salem Strangler | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||||||||
Residence | Salem, Illinois (at time of death) | ||||||||||||||||
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Samantha Evans is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, 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.